Rohde & Schwarz has introduced the industry’s first ASIC-based zone triggering as part of its new MXO series oscilloscopes, offering the fastest zone trigger update rate in the market. The MXO series achieves up to 600,000 waveforms per second with less than 1.45 µs blind time between trigger events, outperforming competitors by a factor of 10,000. This breakthrough enables precise event isolation where traditional oscilloscope triggers may fail, enhancing debugging and testing across multiple domains.
Caption: Zone triggering used to trigger on a specific RF chirp length in the time domain and when the chirp exceeds a certain power level in the frequency domain.
Zone Triggering Technology
Traditional oscilloscope triggers, like edge triggering, often struggle to capture complex events. With zone triggering, users can draw one or more zones directly on the oscilloscope’s display to define conditions for triggering. The oscilloscope then inspects each acquisition for these conditions, displaying only the waveforms that meet them. This method is highly effective for isolating events such as non-monotonic edges, serial bus patterns, math waveforms, and frequency domain events. The ASIC-based solution from Rohde & Schwarz operates on analog, math, and spectrum signals, making it a versatile tool for complex measurements.
Breakthrough Performance
Philip Diegmann, Vice President Oscilloscopes at Rohde & Schwarz, highlighted that the MXO-EP processing ASIC technology is the foundation for the performance and responsiveness of the MXO series. The innovative chip design includes hardware acceleration capabilities that allow for future enhancements. Diegmann emphasizes that the MXO zone triggering offers unprecedented trigger flexibility without the blind time drawbacks that often limit software-based solutions.
Innovative Free Run Mode
One standout feature of the MXO series is its free run mode, which allows the oscilloscope to capture as fast as possible without waiting for a trigger event. Combining this with zone triggering can be particularly beneficial for power integrity measurements and EMI debugging.
Additionally, users can store waveforms that exclusively match zone trigger criteria in real time, enabling them to focus on relevant events.
Availability
The ASIC-based zone triggering feature is now standard for all MXO 4, MXO 5, and MXO 5C series oscilloscopes, starting with version 2.2 firmware. Existing users can download the firmware update for free from the Rohde & Schwarz website.
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