The RIGOL DS7014 is a high-performance 100 MHz digital oscilloscope developed for engineers who require four analogue input channels, deep acquisition memory and advanced waveform-analysis tools in a single benchtop instrument.

It belongs to the RIGOL MSO/DS7000 family and uses the company’s proprietary Phoenix chipset together with the UltraVision II measurement platform. This architecture integrates the analogue front end, acquisition system, triggering, signal processing and display functions into a responsive test platform.

The DS7014 provides four analogue channels and an external trigger input. Unlike the MSO7014, the DS7014 does not include the 16-channel logic analyser interface or optional arbitrary waveform generator. It is therefore best suited to users whose applications primarily involve analogue waveform acquisition, serial-bus analysis through analogue channels, power measurements and general electronic troubleshooting.

100 MHz Bandwidth with Upgrade Flexibility

The DS7014 provides 100 MHz analogue bandwidth as standard, making it suitable for examining signals found in:

• Microcontroller systems
• Industrial control boards
• Sensor interfaces
• Power supplies
• Audio electronics
• Consumer electronics
• Communication control circuits
• Automotive electronic modules
• General-purpose laboratory projects

Where future projects require greater bandwidth, the instrument can be upgraded electronically. Official bandwidth-upgrade options are available from 100 MHz to 200 MHz, 350 MHz or 500 MHz, allowing laboratories to expand measurement capability without immediately replacing the oscilloscope.

Four Analogue Input Channels

Four analogue channels allow engineers to observe several related signals at the same time. This is particularly useful when studying:

• Clock, data and enable signals
• Input and output power waveforms
• Multiple power rails
• Three-phase control signals
• Sensor excitation and response
• PWM control and switching-node behaviour
• Analogue and serial communication signals
• Timing relationships across different circuit stages

The DS7014 also has a separate external trigger input, which helps preserve all four primary analogue channels for measurement.

Up to 10 GSa/s Real-Time Sampling

The acquisition system supports a maximum real-time sample rate of 10 GSa/s when one analogue channel is active. The available sampling rate is allocated according to the number and grouping of enabled channels:

In half-channel mode, channels 1 and 2 form one acquisition group, while channels 3 and 4 form the second group. Activating one channel in each group allows a maximum rate of 5 GSa/s per active channel.

A high sample rate provides more acquisition points across fast transitions and short-duration events. It helps engineers examine rise time, overshoot, ringing, glitches, pulse distortion and timing behaviour with greater confidence.

100 Mpts Standard Memory, Expandable to 500 Mpts

The RIGOL DS7014 is supplied with 100 Mpts acquisition memory as standard. Optional memory licences allow the instrument to be expanded to 250 Mpts or 500 Mpts.

At the maximum 500 Mpts configuration, analogue memory is allocated as follows:

Deep memory allows the oscilloscope to capture a longer time interval while retaining a high sampling rate. Engineers can record complete communication transactions, power-start-up sequences, intermittent failures and long-duration control activity before zooming into individual events.

RIGOL also provides search, navigation and segmented waveform recording functions to make long records easier to examine.

Up to 600,000 Waveforms per Second

The DS7014 supports a maximum waveform capture rate of at least 600,000 waveforms per second under specified acquisition conditions.

A high waveform update rate reduces the dead time between acquisitions. This increases the likelihood of displaying rare abnormalities such as:

• Random glitches
• Narrow pulses
• Timing violations
• Infrequent noise bursts
• Signal dropouts
• Metastable behaviour
• Intermittent serial-bus errors
• Unstable switching transitions

The oscilloscope’s intensity-grading and colour-persistence display modes can indicate how often different waveform paths occur, making occasional events easier to distinguish from repetitive signal activity.

Hardware Waveform Recording and Playback

The DS7014 supports hardware waveform recording and playback of approximately 450,000 frames in single-channel operation.

Instead of continuously overwriting previously acquired information, segmented recording stores selected events that satisfy the configured trigger conditions. Each captured frame can then be reviewed to determine when and how an abnormal condition occurred.

This capability is useful for analysing:

• Intermittent circuit faults
• Serial communication errors
• Power-supply instability
• Motor-control abnormalities
• Random noise
• Unexpected resets
• Start-up failures
• Production-test deviations

Hardware-based acquisition and playback reduce the processing delay normally associated with software-only recording.

10.1-Inch Capacitive Multi-Touch Display

The front panel includes a 10.1-inch capacitive colour touchscreen with a resolution of 1024 × 600 pixels.

Touch gestures can be used to:

• Move waveforms
• Change vertical scale
• Adjust the horizontal time base
• Position cursors
• Configure trigger levels
• Select measurements
• Expand waveform areas
• Navigate long acquisitions
• Operate on-screen menus

Traditional knobs and buttons remain available for users who prefer physical controls. Mouse operation is also supported, making the interface suitable for both bench use and remote operation.

Full-Memory Hardware Measurements

Many oscilloscopes calculate measurements only from the waveform data visible on the screen. The DS7014 uses full-memory hardware measurement technology, enabling measurement calculations across the acquired record rather than only the displayed section.

This is especially useful when analysing signals with:

• Large frequency differences
• Long acquisition records
• Multiple bursts
• Changing duty cycles
• Infrequent timing abnormalities
• Long communication packets
• Start-up and shutdown sequences

The instrument supports 41 automatic waveform measurements and can display up to ten measurement results simultaneously.

Automatic Waveform Measurements

Available automatic measurements cover commonly required voltage, timing and pulse parameters.

Typical measurements include:

Voltage measurements

• Maximum
• Minimum
• Peak-to-peak
• Amplitude
• Top
• Base
• Average
• RMS
• Overshoot
• Preshoot

Time measurements

• Frequency
• Period
• Rise time
• Fall time
• Positive pulse width
• Negative pulse width
• Positive duty cycle
• Negative duty cycle
• Delay
• Phase

Pulse and statistical analysis

• Positive pulse count
• Negative pulse count
• Rising-edge count
• Falling-edge count
• Area
• Cycle area
• Standard deviation

Measurement statistics can help engineers evaluate variation over repeated acquisitions and identify unstable circuit behaviour.

Advanced Trigger System

A reliable trigger system is essential for isolating a specific waveform condition. The DS7014 supports a broad selection of standard trigger types:

• Edge
• Pulse
• Slope
• Video
• Pattern
• Duration
• Timeout
• Runt
• Window
• Delay
• Setup and hold
• Nth-edge

Optional protocol-trigger packages provide triggering and analysis for:

• RS232 and UART
• I²C
• SPI
• CAN
• LIN
• FlexRay
• I²S
• MIL-STD-1553

These trigger modes allow the instrument to capture events based on voltage, timing, pulse shape, data pattern or protocol activity rather than relying only on a basic signal edge.

Zone Triggering

Zone triggering allows the operator to draw one or more regions directly on the touchscreen. The oscilloscope can then acquire waveforms that intersect or avoid the selected zones.

This graphical method is useful when the event is visually recognisable but difficult to define using conventional numerical trigger settings.

Zone triggering can assist with locating:

• Abnormal pulse shapes
• Overshoot beyond a permitted region
• Missing transitions
• Ringing
• Jitter
• Unstable amplitude
• Unexpected signal trajectories

It can also operate together with waveform recording, protocol analysis and pass/fail testing.

Serial-Bus Trigger and Decode Options

The DS7014 can decode supported serial communication protocols using the analogue input channels. Optional packages are available according to the application.

Decoded information can be displayed together with the analogue waveform, helping users correlate electrical signal quality with protocol-level data.

Typical applications include:

• Embedded controller debugging
• Automotive network testing
• Industrial communication analysis
• Sensor-bus troubleshooting
• Audio interface verification
• Avionics communication development

Parallel-bus decoding is included as a standard function, while the listed serial protocols require the relevant software option.

Enhanced FFT and Frequency-Domain Analysis

The DS7014 includes an enhanced Fast Fourier Transform function for viewing signal energy in the frequency domain.

FFT analysis can help identify:

• Harmonics
• Switching noise
• Clock leakage
• Modulation components
• Spurious frequencies
• Resonance
• Power-supply ripple
• Electromagnetic interference sources

The enhanced FFT supports records of up to 1 Mpts and provides several selectable windows:

• Rectangular
• Blackman-Harris
• Hanning
• Hamming
• Flattop
• Triangle

Peak-search functionality can identify up to 15 frequency peaks based on user-defined threshold and offset settings.

The colour FFT mode adds probability-based colour grading. Frequently occurring and transient spectral components can therefore be visually separated, which is valuable when examining hopping, intermittent or modulated signals.

Waveform Mathematics and Digital Filtering

The DS7014 includes mathematical and logical waveform-processing functions such as:

• Addition
• Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Division
• Integration
• Differentiation
• Logarithm
• Natural logarithm
• Exponential
• Square root
• Absolute value
• Linear transformation
• AND
• OR
• XOR
• NOT

Digital filtering functions include:

• Low-pass filter
• High-pass filter
• Band-pass filter
• Band-stop filter

These tools allow users to compare channels, calculate derived signals, remove unwanted frequency components and investigate circuit behaviour without exporting every acquisition to external software.

Waveform Histogram Analysis

Histogram analysis displays the distribution of measurement results or waveform positions over repeated acquisitions.

Engineers can use it to evaluate:

• Timing jitter
• Amplitude variation
• Noise distribution
• Frequency stability
• Duty-cycle consistency
• Production tolerances
• Long-term signal drift

Rather than viewing only a single measurement result, a histogram shows how that parameter changes over time. This helps identify outliers and gradual instability that may not be obvious in a conventional waveform display.

Hardware Pass/Fail Testing

Pass/fail testing compares the acquired waveform against a user-defined mask.

When a signal crosses the permitted mask boundary, the instrument can record the failure, stop acquisition or provide a corresponding output indication, depending on the configured test procedure.

Typical uses include:

• Production-line inspection
• Component screening
• Repetitive board testing
• Signal-integrity verification
• Power-supply quality checks
• Long-duration monitoring
• Educational laboratory assessment

Because the function is implemented in hardware, the DS7014 can perform rapid repetitive testing with minimal acquisition delay.

Built-In Digital Voltmeter

The integrated digital voltmeter provides convenient voltage measurements without requiring a separate bench multimeter for basic signal checks.

It can support routine troubleshooting tasks such as:

• Checking DC supply levels
• Confirming bias voltage
• Monitoring slowly varying signals
• Verifying average or RMS voltage
• Comparing voltages across circuit stages

The DVM operates through the oscilloscope’s analogue inputs.

Frequency Counter and Totaliser

The integrated frequency counter provides more precise frequency information than a basic screen-derived measurement. The totaliser function can count input events over a selected period.

Applications include:

• Clock-frequency verification
• Pulse counting
• Oscillator evaluation
• Sensor-output monitoring
• Repetition-rate analysis
• Production testing
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Optional Power Analysis

The DS7000-PWR software option adds built-in power-analysis functions for power-electronics development and troubleshooting.

Power-analysis measurements can support the evaluation of:

• Power quality
• Switching loss
• Conduction loss
• Harmonics
• Ripple
• Modulation
• Safe operating area
• Turn-on and turn-off behaviour

For accurate deskew and phase-correction work, RIGOL recommends the RPA246 power-analysis phase-difference correction jig.

Remote Operation and Automation

The DS7014 supports browser-based Web Control, allowing authorised users to operate the oscilloscope remotely from a computer, tablet or compatible mobile device on the same network.

Remote-control capability is valuable for:

• Automated test stations
• Restricted-access laboratories
• Thermal and environmental chambers
• Production lines
• Classroom demonstrations
• Long-duration monitoring
• Shared engineering laboratories

Programming interfaces can also be used to integrate the instrument into automated measurement systems.

Connectivity

The oscilloscope provides a comprehensive set of interfaces:

• USB 2.0 host
• USB 2.0 device
• LAN
• GPIB
• HDMI
• AUX output
• Web Control
• Probe compensation output

USB host connectivity can be used for external storage devices. USB device and LAN interfaces support PC communication and remote control. HDMI output enables waveform and menu information to be shown on a larger external display.

Applications

The RIGOL DS7014 is suitable for a wide range of engineering and laboratory applications.

Embedded-System Development

Examine clocks, reset lines, PWM outputs, sensor signals, communication traffic and analogue interfaces in microcontroller- and FPGA-based designs.

Power-Supply Testing

Measure switching waveforms, ripple, start-up sequences, control-loop behaviour, gate-drive signals and output stability.

Automotive Electronics

Troubleshoot sensors, actuators, electronic control units, CAN and LIN communication, ignition controls and motor-drive circuits.

Industrial Electronics

Analyse PLC-related signals, control boards, variable-frequency drives, motor-control systems and industrial communication interfaces.

Consumer-Electronics Development

Test control circuitry, display electronics, audio subsystems, power converters and communication modules.

Education and Research

Provide students and researchers with four analogue channels, deep memory, advanced triggering, FFT analysis and automated measurements.

Manufacturing and Quality Control

Use pass/fail masks, waveform recording and remote-control capabilities for repetitive inspection and production testing.

General Electronics Troubleshooting

Locate intermittent faults, unstable power rails, distorted pulses, noise coupling, timing errors and component failures.

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