Tektronix MDO34

Key performance specifications

•  4 analog channels
• 100 MHz
• 2.5 GS/s sample rate
• 10 M record length on all channels
• >280,000 wfm/s maximum waveform capture rate
• Standard passive voltage probes with 3.9 pF capacitive loading and 250 MHz, 500 MHz or 1 GHz analog bandwidth

Spectrum Analyzer

• Frequency range: 9 kHz - 1 GHz
  
• Ultra-wide capture bandwidth

Applications

• Embedded design and IoT: Discover and solve issues quickly by performing system level debug on mixed signal embedded systems including today's most common serial bus technologies for broad set of common serial buses
• Power design: Make reliable and repeatable voltage, current, and power measurements using automated power quality, switching loss, harmonics, ripple, modulation, and safe operating area measurements with wide selection of power probes
• Education: Combination of small instruments and high levels of integration aids in teaching of various electronics principles as well as in its usage for more sophisticated lab experiments; full upgradeability enables adding functionality over time as needs change or budgets allow
• Manufacturing test and troubleshooting: Minimizes rack or bench space by integrating multiple instruments into one small package; integration reduces costs associated with utilizing multiple different instrument types in manufacturing test or troubleshooting stations
• Service installation and maintenance: Combines analog waveforms, digital logic, and spectrum analysis in a lightweight (11.7 lbs, 5.3 kg), portable package; perfect choice where space is limited and flexibility is a must

The Tektronix MDO343BW100 100 MHz, 4-Channel, 2.5 GS/s Mixed Domain Oscilloscope with 8-bit Vertical Resolution and 11.6 in. HD Touchscreen, 10 M Record Length adds more capability to your bench - with an included spectrum analyzer and separate RF inputs, the MDO34 allows you to quickly debug your designs and track down sources of unwanted EMI emissions, without tracking down a standalone analyzer.

Exceptionally easy-to-use user interface lets you focus on the task at hand

The Settings Bar - key parameters and waveform management

Waveform and scope operating parameters are displayed in a series of badges in the Settings Bar that runs along the bottom of the display. The Settings Bar provides immediate access for the most common waveform management tasks.

The Results Bar - analysis and measurements

The Results Bar on the right side of the display includes immediate, one tap access to the most common analytical tools such as cursors, measurements, searches and bus decode results tables.

Cursors, measurements and search results badges are displayed in the Results Bar without sacrificing any waveform viewing area. For additional waveform viewing area, the Results Bar can be dismissed and brought back at any time.

Touch interaction finally done right

Scopes have included touch screens for years, but the touch screen has been an afterthought. The MDO34 11.6 inch display includes a capacitive touchscreen and provides a user interface truly designed for touch.

The touch interactions that you use with phones and tablets, and expect in a touch enabled device, are supported in the MDO34.

Smooth, responsive front panel controls allow you to make adjustments with familiar knobs and buttons, and you can add a mouse or keyboard as a third interaction method.

Powerful Waveform Capture and Analysis

At the core of the MDO34 is a world-class oscilloscope, offering comprehensive tools that speed each stage of debug - from quickly discovering anomalies and capturing them, to searching your waveform record for events of interest and analyzing their characteristics and your device's behavior.

Digital phosphor technology with FastAcq™ highspeed waveform capture

To debug a design problem, first you must know it exists. Every design engineer spends time looking for problems in their design, a time consuming and frustrating task without the right debug tools.

FastAcq Waveform Capture

Digital phosphor technology provides you with fast insight into the real operation of your device. Its fast waveform capture rate - greater than 280,000 wfms/s with FastAcq - gives you a high probability of quickly seeing the infrequent problems common in digital systems: runt pulses, glitches, timing issues, and more.

To further enhance the visibility of rarely occurring events, intensity grading is used to indicate how often rare transients are occurring relative to normal signal characteristics. There are four waveform palettes available in FastAcq acquisition mode.