6GHz oscilloscope tests IoT applications

The oscilloscope allows developers to test the radio interfaces of 802.11ac WLAN components for IoT modules in the 5GHz band as well as fast communications interfaces such as USB 3.1 Gen 1 with data rates of 5Gbit/s.

Thanks to its multi-domain functionality, only a single compact instrument is needed to analyse power supplies, processors and sensors with up to 6GHz bandwidth.

Synchronised time, frequency, protocol and logic analyses results allow users to debug at the system level.

Up to 16-bit vertical resolution in high definition mode enables developers to detect even the smallest of signal details. The oscilloscope offers one million waveforms per second, allowing fast identification of even the most sporadic signal faults.

The integrated spectrum analysis and spectrogram display make it possible to observe the signal path in the frequency domain as well as over time.

The zone trigger for the time and frequency domain supports developers in their day-to-day tasks. This function lets them isolate events graphically in the time and frequency domain, for example in order to separate read and write messages from memory interfaces. The R&S RTO2000 offers 2Gsample memory, so users can analyse even long pulse and protocol sequences.

They can also use the history function to retrieve previously acquired waveforms.

The high-resolution, 12.1in touchscreen and the color-coded controls make the R&S RTO2000 especially intuitive to use.

The app cockpit provides direct access to all available applications, such as trigger and decoding functions, conformance and signal integrity tests, I/Q analysis and even customer-specific development tools.

The oscilloscope is now available from Rohde & Schwarz.

It will be presented for the first time at DesignCon 2017 in Santa Clara, California (February 1-2).