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scopes’ highly accurate digital trigger system
with virtually no trigger jitter delivers highly
precise results. The single-core A/D converter
with more than seven effective bits (ENOB)
almost completely eliminates signal distortion.
With a sampling rate of 5 GS/s and a maximum
memory depth of 50 MS/channel, the R&S
RTE can accurately record the long signal se-
quences required when analyzing the data con-
tent of serial protocols such as I2C and CAN.
Users performing complex tasks will especially
appreciate the high measurement speed of the
oscilloscopes. Mask tests, for example, quickly
return statistically conclusive results. The highly
responsive, spectrum-analyzer-like FFT reliably
detects even sporadic signals, making the R&S
RTE suited for EMI debugging during product
development. Thanks to the high-resolution
10.4“ XGA touchscreen, users can intuitively
perform their daily T&M tasks. For instance,
they only have to swipe the screen to access
saved instrument setups. And they can simply
„drag & drop“ waveforms to arrange them on
the screen. Real-time miniature views of the
signals on the edge of the screen allow users to
always see what is happening. Dialog boxes
are opened as semi-transparent overlays over
the active waveforms, which maintain their
full size. Signal flow diagrams and forward
and back buttons in the dialog boxes simplify
navigation. Innovative tools help users boost
their productivity. The QuickMeas function
simultaneously performs several measurements
on a signal. Fingertip zoom allows users to
simply swipe a signal zoom area to quickly
view signal details. Tools are selected from a
configurable toolbar. Rohde & Schwarz also
offers a wide range of dedicated application
solutions for the R&S RTE, including trigger
and decoder options for serial protocols, a
mixed-signal option with 16 additional digital
channels and a power analysis option. A broad
probe portfolio rounds out the offering. Agilent
Technologies announced at embedded world
2014 a next-generation user interface for its
Infiniium real-time oscilloscopes. It is the first
oscilloscope user interface to take advantage
of new display technologies and significantly
enhance the user experience by offering faster
documentation, personalized viewing and im-
proved usability. Infiniium oscilloscopes with
the new user interface allow engineers to easily
manipulate their data across multiple monitors
and move windows, charts and measurement
results to where they want them on the screen.
The new interface can be used on oscilloscope
mainframes as well as offline on a PC with Ag-
ilent N8900AInfiniium offline analysis software.
Infiniium offline software resolves the oscillo-
scope-processing bottleneck by allowing engi-
neers to view, analyze, share and document
their results somewhere other than where they
perform the tests, or at a different time. To en-
able engineers to create better documentation
faster, the new user interface displays book-
marks and composite files - documentation
features previously unavailable in oscilloscope
user interfaces. Because Infiniium offline soft-
ware makes it possible to run the new user in-
terface on a PC, engineers can more easily
share information with design partners, ven-
dors and customers using USB flash drives,
email or Web conferencing.
Figure 4. The new interface can be used on
oscilloscope mainframes as well as offline on a
PC with Agilent N8900AInfiniium offline
analysis software.
