DESCRIPTION:

The Rohde & Schwarz MXO38-200 combines eight analogue input channels with 200 MHz bandwidth in a compact next-generation oscilloscope platform. Built on the MXO architecture, the instrument delivers exceptionally high waveform acquisition performance, true 12-bit vertical resolution, deep memory capability, and advanced analysis functions designed for engineers working on increasingly complex electronic systems.

At the core of the MXO38-200 is a custom 12-bit analog-to-digital converter operating at full resolution across all sampling rates. Compared with traditional 8-bit oscilloscopes, the architecture provides sixteen times greater vertical resolution, allowing engineers to identify subtle signal variations, switching ripple, power rail noise, transient disturbances, jitter effects, and signal integrity issues with significantly improved clarity. HD mode further extends effective resolution to as much as 18 bits for precision measurement applications.

The oscilloscope supports sampling rates up to 5 GSa/s and provides 125 Mpoints acquisition memory per channel as standard. Optional upgrades expand memory depth to 500 Mpoints per channel. This deep memory architecture allows long-duration acquisitions while maintaining fine timing resolution, making the MXO38-200 highly effective for analysing industrial control systems, embedded processors, power converters, communications interfaces, sensor networks, and complex transient events.

A defining feature of the MXO platform is its waveform acquisition performance. The MXO38-200 captures more than 4.5 million waveforms per second and provides up to 99% real-time signal visibility. This dramatically increases the probability of detecting intermittent faults, rare glitches, timing violations, protocol errors, and sporadic disturbances that often remain hidden on conventional oscilloscopes.

Integrated spectrum analysis provides up to 50,000 FFT calculations per second with independent time-domain and frequency-domain controls. Engineers can perform EMI investigations, harmonics analysis, switching power supply development, RF troubleshooting, and mixed-domain debugging without requiring a dedicated spectrum analyzer.

Advanced triggering capabilities include edge, pulse width, runt, glitch, timeout, setup-and-hold, logic, pattern, zone, serial bus, spectrum, and math triggering. Trigger rearm times below 21 ns and trigger jitter as low as 1 ps provide exceptional event isolation performance during validation and troubleshooting activities.

The large 11.6-inch Full HD touchscreen provides extensive workspace for simultaneous viewing of eight analogue channels, protocol decodes, FFT measurements, automated measurements, and mixed-domain analysis results. The platform can be expanded with optional 16-channel logic analysis, arbitrary waveform generation, protocol decoding, power analysis, automotive Ethernet analysis, and aerospace protocol support.

Keywords: Rohde & Schwarz MXO38-200, MXO38, 200 MHz oscilloscope, eight-channel oscilloscope, 12-bit oscilloscope, mixed signal oscilloscope

Technical Specifications

Key Features

• Eight analogue input channels
• 200 MHz bandwidth
• True 12-bit ADC architecture
• Up to 18-bit HD mode
• Up to 5 GSa/s sampling rate
• 125 Mpoints memory per channel standard
• Optional 500 Mpoints memory upgrade
• More than 4.5 million waveforms per second acquisition rate
• Up to 99% real-time signal visibility
• Up to 50,000 FFT calculations per second
• Integrated spectrum analysis
• Advanced digital trigger architecture
• Zone, logic, serial bus, spectrum and math triggering
• Optional 16-channel logic analysis
• Optional arbitrary waveform generation
• Optional protocol analysis packages
• Optional power analysis and frequency response analysis
• 11.6-inch Full HD touchscreen display
• HDMI, USB and LAN connectivity

Usage Suitability

The MXO38-200 is ideally suited for embedded systems development, industrial automation diagnostics, communications engineering, power electronics development, motor drive analysis, multi-rail power system debugging, serial bus verification, manufacturing diagnostics, laboratory research, and advanced electronics engineering applications requiring eight simultaneous analogue channels, 200 MHz bandwidth, deep memory acquisition, and exceptionally high waveform update rates