Atec Agilent-mso7104a - Manual (Page 12)

Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes: Capture analog, digital and serial signals with a single acquisition in one instrument
12 | Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes
Should you consider a mixed signal oscilloscope for your next purchase?
Your design likely has a mix of analog, digital and serial signals. A mixed signal oscilloscope
shows them to you all at once.
Do you need to see more than 4 channels at once? For example, if you’re incorporating serial
buses like I 2 C or SPI or using microcontrollers or FPGAs, you might benefi t from additional
viewing capability.
Do you need to trigger on digital patterns? An MSO will allow you to do that and preserve
your analog channels to observe behavior in other parts of your design.
A mixed signal oscilloscope integrates traditional analog channels with
16 digital channels.
Combining the familiar controls of an oscilloscope with the additional digital data collection
and pattern recognition of a logic analyzer, Agilent MSOs seamlessly integrate the two
capabilities in one instrument. Trigger across any combination of analog and digital channels.
Integrate serial bus triggering and decode. You can even see inside your FPGA designs.
MSOs capture analog, digital and serial signals in a single measurement to identify critical interactions.