The HP/Agilent 54200A is a 50 MHz digitizing oscilloscope delivering 200 MSa/s sampling rate across two channels. Purpose-built for signal analysis in laboratory and design environments, it combines real-time acquisition with flexible waveform storage and multi-mode display capabilities to support demanding measurement tasks.
Technical Specifications
Acquisition
• Bandwidth: 50 MHz (-3 dB)
• Sampling Rate: 200 MSa/s
• Channels: 2
• Memory: 1 kbyte per channel
• Single-Shot Bandwidth: 50 MHz with post-capture data interpolation
• Pre-trigger Storage: Up to 1 screen diameter
Vertical System
• Input Range: 40 mV to 40 V full-scale, continuously calibrated
• Gain Accuracy: ±2% of full-scale
• ADC Accuracy: ±1.6% of full-scale
• Offset Accuracy: ±1% of offset ±5 mV (40–390 mV); ±1% of offset ±50 mV (400 mV–40 V)
Horizontal System
• Time Base Range: 50 ns to 10 sec full-scale (10 divisions)
• Sweep Speed Accuracy: ±1.6% of full-scale
• Horizontal Vernier: 0.1 (coarse) and 0.004 (fine) screen diameter steps
Triggering
• Threshold Range: -9.9 V to +9.9 V in 100 mV increments
• Threshold Accuracy: ±2.5% ±120 mV
• Dynamic Range: ±10 V about threshold
– Key Features
• Automatic measurements: Frequency, Period, Pulse Width, Rise/Fall Time, Vmax, Vmin, Vpp, Vrms, Vdc, Duty Cycle, Delay
• Dual cursors (X and Y) for time and voltage measurements on live or stored waveforms
• Display modes: Infinite persistence, envelope (max/min capture), average (noise reduction), accumulate (multi-valued waveforms)
• Waveform storage with concurrent display against live signals
• Selectable measurement thresholds: 10/50/90% standard or user-defined voltage, percentage, ECL/TTL presets
• Auto-scale function for automatic vertical, horizontal, and offset optimization
• Direct output to printer or plotter
– Typical Applications
Electronics design validation, signal characterization, transient analysis, repetitive and single-shot waveform capture, circuit debugging in research and production environments.
– Compatibility & Integration
HP/Agilent heritage instrumentation compatible with laboratory environments supporting analog signal sources and hardcopy peripherals.
