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PicoScope 6407 Digitizer®

HIGH PERFORMANCE USB DIGITIZER

Programmable and Powerful

1 GHz bandwidth
1 GS buffer size
5 GS/s real-time sampling
Advanced digital triggers
Built-in function generator
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Introduction to the 6407 Digitizer
High-speed data acquisition
The PicoScope 6407 Digitizer is a compact USB plug-in device that turns
your PC or laptop into a high-speed digitizer. It can easily digitize a 1 GHz
sine wave with a timing resolution of 200 ps.

Huge buffer memory
The PicoScope 6407 digitizer has a memory depth of 1 billion samples.
Other digitizers have high maximum sampling rates, but without deep
memory they cannot sustain these rates on long timebases. The PicoScope
6407 can sample at 5 GS/s at timebases all the way down to 20 ms/div,
giving a total acquisition time of 200 ms. If that’s not enough, the driver
supports streaming mode for capturing unlimited gap-free data directly to
the PC’s RAM or hard disk at over 10 MS/s.
The large buffer enables the use of segmented memory. Each capturedwaveform segment is stored in the buffer so you can rewind and review
thousands of previous waveforms. No longer will you see a glitch on thescreen only for it to vanish before you stop the scope.

Advanced triggers
As well as the standard range oftriggers found on all oscilloscopes,
the PicoScope 6407 offers acomprehensive set of advanced
triggers including pulse width,
windowed and dropout triggers
to help you capture the data youneed.

Digital triggering
Most digital oscilloscopes sold today still use an analog trigger architecture
based around comparators. This can cause time and amplitude errors thatcan not always be calibrated out. The use of comparators often limits thetrigger sensitivity at high bandwidths and can also create a long trigger“re-arm” delay.
Since 1991 we have been pioneering the use of fully digital triggering
using the actual digitized data. This reduces trigger errors and allows ouroscilloscopes to trigger on the smallest signals, even at the full bandwidth.
Trigger levels and hysteresis can be set with great precision and resolution.

Digital triggering also reduces re-arm delay and this combined with thesegmented memory allows the triggering and capture of events that
happen in rapid sequence. At the fastest timebase you can use rapid
triggering to collect 10,000 waveforms in under 20 milliseconds. Our
mask limit testing function can then scan through these waveforms tohighlight any failed waveforms for viewing in the waveform buffer.

Arbitrary waveform and function generator
The unit has a built-infunction generator (including
sine, square, triangle, ramp,sin (x)/x, Gaussian, half-sine,
white noise, DC level, andPRBS). As well as basic
controls to set level, offset and frequency, more advanced controls allow
you to sweep over a range of frequencies. Combined with the spectrum
peak hold option, this makes a powerful tool for testing amplifier and filter
responses.
Also included is a full arbitrary waveform generator with a 16k-samplebuffer.

High-end features as standard
To protect your investment, both the API and the firmware inside theunit can be updated. We have a long history of providing new features
for free via software downloads. Other companies make vague promises
about future enhancements but we deliver on our promises year afteryear. Users of our products reward us by becoming lifelong customers,frequently recommending us to their colleagues.

High signal integrity
Most oscilloscopes are built down to a price; ours are built up to aspecification.
Careful front-end design and shielding reduces noise, crosstalk andharmonic distortion. Years of oscilloscope experience enable us to achieve
improved pulse response and bandwidth flatness.
We are proud of the dynamic performance of our products and publishthese specifications in detail. The result is simple: when you probe a circuit,
you can trust in the data you capture.

•Supplied with a software developmentkit (SDK), supporting all C-compatible
languages•SDK compatible with Windows XP(SP3), Windows Vista, Windows 7 and8 (not Windows RT) and Windows 10•

Example programs available as part ofthe SDK•Free Technical Support available

PicoScope 6407 DigitizerPicoScope 6407 Digitizer Specifications
VERTICAL
Number of Channels
Input connectors
Bandwidth (-3 dB)
Rise time (calculated)
Resolution
Input impedance
VSWR
Input coupling
Input sensitivity
Input ranges
DC accuracy
Overvoltage protection
HORIZONTAL
Sampling rate (real time 1 Channel)
Sampling rate (real time 2 Channels)
Sampling rate (real time 4 Channels)
Sampling rate (cont. USB streaming)
Buffer memory
Waveform buffer (no. of segments)
Timebase accuracy
DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE (typical)
Crosstalk
Step response
Noise
TRIGGER
Basic trigger modes
Advanced digital triggers

Trigger sensitivity (Ch A, Ch B)
Max. pre-trigger capture
Max. post-trigger delay
Trigger re-arm timeMax. trigger rate
AUX TRIGGER/CLOCK INPUTTrigger types
Input characteristics
Voltage range
Bandwidth (AUX TRIGGER)
Threshold adjustment range
Overvoltage protection
Frequency Range (CLOCK INPUT)

4SMA
1 GHz
350 ps8 bits (12 bits with software enhancement)
50 Ω ±2%< 1.5:1 DC to 1 GHz typical over full bandwidth of scopeDC
20 mV/div (10 vertical divisions)±100 mV±3% of full scale±2 V (DC + Peak AC)
5 GS/s
2.5 GS/s (using A+C, A+D, B+C, B+D)
1.25 GS/s
1 MS/s in PicoScope software. >10 MS/s using supplied SDK (PC-dependent)
1 GS
1 to 10,000±5 ppm
100:1 DC to 100 MHz
30:1 100 MHz to 1 GHz±3% after 3 ns, typical<0.5 mV RMS
Rising, falling
Edge: Single edge or dual edge with adjustable hysteresis
Window: signal enters or exits a user-defined voltage range
Pulse width: a negative or positive pulse is wider or narrower than a set width, or inside / outside a range of widths
Window pulse width: signal is inside or outside a voltage range for a set time
Dropout: signal does not cross a voltage threshold for at least a set time
Window dropout: signal does not enter or exit a voltage range for at least a set time
Interval: time between two edges is greater or less than a set time, or inside / outside a time range
Logic: arbitrary logic state of Channels A, B, C, D and AUX matches a user-defined pattern
Runt pulse: signal crosses one voltage threshold and returns without crossing the otherDigital triggering provides 1 LSB accuracy up to full bandwidth of scope
Up to 100% of capture size
Up to 4 billion samples< 1 µs on fastest timebase
Up to 10,000 waveforms in a 20 ms burstEdge, pulse width, dropout, interval, logic, delayed
Rear panel BNC, 50 Ω ±1%±5 V, DC coupled
25 MHz±1 V± 5V
5 MHz to 25 MHz

PicoScope 6407 Digitizer

Technical Specifications Continued...
SIGNAL GENERATOR
Standard output signals
Standard signal frequency
Output frequency accuracy
Output frequency resolution
Output voltage range (Pk to Pk)
Offset voltage adjustment
Amplitude flatness
Connector type
Overload protection
Sweep modes
AWG
Sample rate
Buffer size
Resolution
Bandwidth
Rise time (10 - 90%)
GENERAL
PC connectivity
Power requirements
Dimensions
WeightTemperature range
Safety approvals
EMC approvals
Environmental approvals
Software/PC requirements

Sine, square, triangle, ramp, sin (x)/x, Gaussian, half-sine, white noise, DC level, PRBS
DC to 20 MHz±5 ppm
< 0.1 Hz±250 mV to ±2 V (into high impedance load)±1 V (max. combined output ±2.5 V)
1.5 dB DC to 20 MHz, typical
Rear panel BNC±5 V
Up, down, dual with selectable start/stop frequencies and increments
200 MS/s
16,384 samples
12 bits
20 MHz
10 ns, typicalUSB 2.0
12 V DC, 3.5 A supply
255 x 170 x 40 mm (including connectors)< 1 kgOperating: 0 °C to 40 °C (20 °C to 30 °C for stated accuracy)
Designed to EN 61010-1:2010
Tested to EN61326-1:2006 and FCC Part 15 Subpart B
RoHS and WEEE compliant
PicoScope 6: Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8 (not Windows RT) and Windows 10 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Have you seen our PicoScope 6000 Series data sheet?
It shows the full range of features available with the PicoScope software, which turns
your PicoScope 6407 Digitizer into a powerful oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer. Allof these capabilities are included in the price of your digitizer.

PicoScope 6407 DigitizerPicoScope 6407 Digitizer Connections

DC power input
USBAWG and function generator
output
AUX trigger/Reference Clockinput

Ch ACh B

Your PP795 PicoScope 6407 Digitizer product pack contains thefollowing items:

Ch C
Ch D
The four SMA input connections on the front of thePicoScope 6407 Digitizer allow four signals to be sampled.
Various attenuators can be fitted to these connections
to allow a wider range of signals to be measured on thedevice.

•••••

PicoScope 6407 Digitizer
USB cableQuick Start Guide
Software and Reference CD
Carrying case (pictured right)

Ordering Information
ORDER CODE
PP795
TA181
TA261
TA262
TA173
TA061

PART DESCRIPTION
PicoScope 6407 Digitizer
Attenuator 3 dB, 10 GHz 50 Ω SMA (m-f)
Attenuator 6 dB, 10 GHz 50 Ω SMA (m-f)
Attenuator 10 dB, 10 GHz 50 Ω SMA (m-f)
Attenuator 20 dB, 10 GHz 50 Ω SMA (m-f)
Oscilloscope probe 1.5 GHz, x10, 50 Ω, SMA

USD*9895
7575
7575329* Prices are correct at the time of publication. VAT not included.
Please contact Pico Technology for the latest prices before ordering.

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EUR*8395
6767
6767279

GBP*6835
53535353225