AGILENT Technologies has launched the InfiniiVision 2000 and 3000 X-Series oscilloscopes with advanced capabilities at entry-level prices.
The new InfiniiVision oscilloscopes are based on an Agilent-designed custom 90nm CMOS ASIC with 6 million gates and embedded memory. The MegaZoom IV single-chip architecture allows accelerated waveform update rates and responsive deep memory.
This allows the 2000 X-Series to offer bandwidths from 70MHz to 200MHz, an update rate of 50,000wfm/s, and up to 2GSa/s sample rate.
The 3000 X-Series has bandwidths from 100MHz to 500MHz, up to 4GSa/s sample rate, and an update rate of one million wfms/s.
According to Agilent, the InfiniiVision 2000 and 3000 X-Series oscilloscopes are really 4 instruments in one, integrating the scope, a logic analyser, function generator and protocol analyser.
The oscilloscopes also feature upgradeable bandwidth, MSO, measurement applications (decodes) and waveform generator (WaveGen).
Besides the pricing, features such as training signals mean the InfiniiVision 2000 and 3000 X-Series oscilloscopes are well-suited for the education sector.
For a period until 31 August 2011, Agilent is offering customers guaranteed satisfaction on the new oscilloscope purchases, or it will replace the units with another vendor’s scope.
Education users who purchase one or more new InfiniiVision 2000 or 3000 X-Series oscilloscopes will receive a free WaveGen built-in 20MHz function generator and a free Education Oscilloscope Training Kit per oscilloscope.
Trio Smartcal, authorised distributor of Agilent Technologies’ products in Australia, says it will offer a free extra probe for the external trigger input for purchases of the new oscilloscopes, and has also announced a trade-in offer for the 3000 X-Series.
Update/P.S.:
The Electronics News team also met EEVBlog‘s David L. Jones at the launch event. Below is his enthusiastic teardown of the 3000 unit. Is that awesome, or is that awesome?