PicoScope 2206A 50MHz 2-Ch Oscilloscope (PP908)

Benchtop Scope Specs In Your Pocket!

Powerful and portable

The PicoScope 2206A oscilloscope puts a 50 MHz, 500MS/s instrument in your toolkit! Ideal for field engineers or sales engineers doing product field demos, it suits other applications such as bench-top design, test, education, service, monitoring, fault finding, and repair.

A compact package is not the only advantage of this PC-based scope. Pico Technology’s sophisticated PicoScope 6 software (free) adds high-end features such as serial decoding and mask limit testing as standard – no extra charge. And new functions are regularly added with the free upgrades, downloadable from the manufacturers’ website.

USB Connected

The USB connection removes the need for a bulky external power supply. and makes for fast data transfer, and simple printing, saving, and emailing field data

Fast Sampling

The PicoScope 2206A oscilloscope provides fast real-time sampling rates up to 1GS/s (= 1 ns time resolution). For repetitive signals, equivalent-time sampling (ETS) mode boosts an effective sampling rate up to an amazing10GS/s for even finer resolution down to 100 ps. It also supports a configurable length pre-trigger and post-trigger capture.

Arbitrary Waveform, Sweep, and Function Generator

All of the PicoScope 2200A Series oscilloscopes have a built-in arbitrary waveform generator (AWG). Waveforms can be imported from the oscilloscope, external data files, or created and adjusted using the graphical AWG editor provided.  Standard function generator waveforms are included, with sine, square, triangle, DC level, and more. As well as level, offset and frequency controls, advanced options allow you to sweep through a range of frequencies. Combined with the spectrum peak hold option, this creates a powerful tool for testing amplifier and filter responses..

Advanced Digital Triggers

As well as the standard triggers found on most oscilloscopes, the PicoScope 2206A offers one of the best selections of advanced triggers available – even on a bench-top scope. These include pulse width, windowed and dropout triggers to help find and capture almost any signal quickly.

Most digital oscilloscopes still use an analog trigger architecture based on comparators. This limits the trigger sensitivity at high bandwidths and can also create a long trigger re-arm delay, all of which causes time and amplitude errors that can’t always be calibrated out. 

For over 20 years Pico technology has pioneered the use of full digital triggering using the actual digitized data. This reduces trigger errors and allows Picoscopes to trigger on even the smallest signals, and at the full bandwidth. All triggering is digital, resulting in high threshold resolution with programmable hysteresis and optimal waveform stability. 

High Signal Integrity

PicoScopes are built up to a specification, not down to a price.  Careful front-end design and shielding reduces noise, crosstalk, and harmonic distortion. Decades of oscilloscope design experience can be seen in improved pulse response and bandwidth flatness. 

High-end Features

PicoScopes like the 2206A offer high-end features such as resolution enhancement, mask limit testing, serial decoding, advanced triggering, automatic measurements, math channels, XY mode, and a signal generator - all included in the base price.  There are no extras or options to pay for!

Both the PC software and firmware inside the scope can be updated. Pico Technology has a long history of providing new features for free through software downloads. Picoscope users become lifelong customers and frequently recommend Picoscopes to their colleagues!  You will too!