User Interface
Based on a wide ranging set of customer interviews and beta testing, LeCroy also refined the acclaimed WaveRunner user interface for the 6000 Series to meet the needs of the general-purpose oscilloscope user. The intensive customer research program led to a front panel layout with dedicated controls for all basic functions, and easy touch-screen access to the most commonly used features. The new interface puts basic tools for viewing signals literally at users' fingertips, while maintaining one- or two-touch access to commonly used signal troubleshooting features.
For example, each channel has its own V/div and offset controls. Cursor and zooming controls have dedicated knobs. Basic triggers can be set from the front panel. The most popular controls, such as Analog Persistence, Zoom and Print (screen, email or internal or external printer) have dedicated buttons. All knobs that control waveform position may be pressed to set as zero or return the wave to its original position. It's also easy to make signal measurements or to troubleshoot circuit problems. The menus for all traces, timebase, and triggering can be entered by a single touch.
Detailed Specifications
The WaveRunner 6030 is a 350 MHz scope with a 2.5 GS/s sample rate and 1 Mpoint of memory.
All WaveRunner 6000 Series DSOs come with a standard 8.4-in. color touch-screen display, advanced triggers for troubleshooting, and a wide variety of signal measurement capabilities. Though the WaveRunner 6000 Series is targeted for general purpose use as everyday bench DSOs, LeCroy also offers options for specific applications. These options include advanced waveform math (XMATH), measurement of signal jitter/timing (JTA2), power device measurements (PMA2), a digital filter package (DFP2), testing of serial datacom signals using standardized test masks (SDM), and a package for testing Ethernet signals (ENET).
Connectivity
The Windows 2000 operating system and 10/100BaseT Ethernet port (standard on all models) make it easy to control the DSO from a PC via the network, and to transfer screen images or waveform data for viewing, analysis or printing. The user can simply press "Print Screen" on the DSO and print to a networked printer or store images to a file server. ScopeExplorer (available free from www.lecroy.com) is a self-contained program for data acquisition and display. ActiveDSO, another utility available as a free download, allows the user to write macros for oscilloscope control and data retrieval. Of course, as with any Windows-based oscilloscope, it is easy to transfer files to other Windows applications, such as MATLAB, Mathcad, Excel or Visual Basic. The oscilloscope user who wants to use these popular third-party programs to analyze data captured by a WaveRunner 6000 Series instrument can do much better than simply exporting the data. Using LeCroy's X-Stream( Technology, scripts written in these third-party programs can be inserted into the processing stream of the oscilloscope. Both standard math and parameters, as well as customized calculations, run 10-100 times faster than other open Windows environment oscilloscopes, not counting the time saved by running the calculations in a single application.
Analog Persistence
The WaveRunner 6000 Series also includes the LeCroy proprietary technology for capturing multiple waveforms in an Analog Persistence oscilloscope display mode. With one touch of the "Analog Persist" button, this display technique allows the DSO to capture many acquisitions of a signal which are then displayed in persistence mode on the bright 8.4-in. TFT screen. The data has brightness-graded intensity, similar to an analog oscilloscope, and the data can be digitally "aged" (with a time constant set by the user) to simulate the action of phosphor on an analog screen. Analog Persistence capability allows the user to see voltage vs. time, and also a third dimension of signal activity ( the intensity of the signal over a period of time.
Alternatively, the persistence display can also have "thermal" grading, using colors ranging from red (hot) to blue (cool). The display can even show 3D views of the persistence map - a new way of viewing signal aberrations.
SMART Trigger
The WaveRunner 6000 Series of oscilloscopes includes a powerful set of SMART Triggers that are often absent in DSOs of this price range. Standard triggers include edge, glitch, pulse width, window, interval width, state and edge qualified, and dropout. Time and events holdoff are also standard.
There are also times when an oscilloscope user knows the shape of a typical signal but wants to trigger on abnormal wave shapes. For that situation, LeCroy offers exclusion triggering based on signal timeout, glitch/pulse width, pattern width, or signal/pattern interval. The exclusion trigger allows the DSO user to have a maximum chance of capturing rare events by keeping the trigger circuit active nearly 100% of the time. All the triggers are easy to access and easy to set up.
New PP007 Passive Probe
All WaveRunner 6000 Series oscilloscopes are provided with one PP007 probe per channel. This is another facet of LeCroy industry leadership - other manufacturers charge extra for passive probes with their 1-2 GHz DSOs. The PP007 is a 500 MHz BW passive probe with excellent physical and electrical characteristics. When connected to a WaveRunner DSO, the PP007 displays 9.5 pF of capacitance at its 2.5 mm tip. The PP007 delivers an impressively flat response, is compatible with over 30 accessories (15 are standard), and costs only $200. Data and Output Management
One benefit of a Windows-based platform is that there are unlimited ways to manage DSO data and setups. WaveRunner 6000 Series models ship with a standard 40 GB hard disk, and a CD-R (upgradeable to CD-RW) drive. The WaveRunner 6000 Series also includes five USB ports, including a convenient one on the front-panel - allowing the use of popular storage devices, such as Flash memory sticks, Zip and floppy drives. Standard 10/100 BaseT LAN, parallel, RS-232 ports and an optional GPIB adapter allow even more flexibility.
For those who want a fast internal printer, an optional thermal graphics printer produces full-resolution screen printouts in less than 10 seconds. In landscape mode, the printer can produce fully detailed hard copies of long waveforms by making printouts up to 100 feet long.
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