The RIGOL MSO/DS4000 Series Digital Oscilloscope is a high-performance test and measurement platform developed for engineers, electronics manufacturers, research laboratories, service departments and educational institutions.
Built around RIGOL UltraVision technology, the series combines deep acquisition memory, fast waveform capture, hardware waveform recording, advanced trigger modes and serial bus analysis. It is suitable for testing analog, digital and mixed-signal electronic systems.
The series includes conventional digital oscilloscope models and mixed-signal models. DS models provide analog waveform measurement, while MSO models add 16 digital channels through a compatible logic probe.
Bandwidth and Channel Configurations
The original MSO/DS4000 Series includes bandwidth options of:
- 100 MHz
- 200 MHz
- 350 MHz
- 500 MHz
Depending on the selected model, the series provides:
- Two or four analog input channels on DS configurations
- Four analog channels on MSO configurations
- 16 digital channels on supported MSO models with a compatible logic probe
- One external trigger input
This range allows users to choose a configuration according to the required signal bandwidth, number of analog channels and digital debugging requirements.
High-Speed Signal Acquisition
The series provides a maximum real-time sampling rate of up to 4 GSa/s.
High-speed sampling helps engineers observe:
- Fast signal transitions
- Clock timing
- Pulse behaviour
- Overshoot and ringing
- Setup and hold violations
- Intermittent glitches
- Serial bus activity
- Switching waveforms
The available sample rate may depend on the number of active analog channels and the selected acquisition configuration.
Deep Acquisition Memory
The RIGOL MSO/DS4000 Series supports memory depth up to 140 Mpts.
Deep memory allows users to capture longer waveform records while maintaining a useful sample rate. This is important when debugging complex systems where the event of interest may occur long after the acquisition begins.
Typical deep-memory applications include:
- Serial bus packet analysis
- Embedded software debugging
- Long-duration waveform capture
- Power-supply start-up testing
- Intermittent fault detection
- Timing sequence analysis
- Communication interface validation
Users can zoom into recorded waveforms and examine small signal details without immediately repeating the acquisition.
Waveform Recording and Playback
The series supports hardware-based waveform recording, playback and analysis.
This function allows engineers to:
- Capture multiple waveform frames
- Replay recorded waveform sequences
- Compare normal and abnormal events
- Locate intermittent faults
- Review signal behaviour after testing
- Analyse long-duration acquisitions
A dedicated navigation control helps users move through waveform records and search for events efficiently.
Advanced Trigger Functions
The MSO/DS4000 Series provides trigger functions designed to isolate specific waveform conditions.
Supported trigger types can include:
- Edge
- Pulse width
- Slope
- Video
- Pattern
- Duration
- Timeout
- Runt
- Window
- Delay
- Setup and hold
- Nth edge
- Serial bus trigger
These trigger modes help users capture signal abnormalities such as narrow pulses, timing errors, invalid logic combinations and communication faults.
Serial Bus Triggering and Decoding
The oscilloscope supports serial bus triggering and decoding for embedded, automotive and industrial electronics applications.
Supported protocol options include:
- I2C
- SPI
- RS232/UART
- CAN
- LIN
- FlexRay
Protocol availability may depend on the selected model and installed software option.
Decoded protocol information is displayed together with the electrical waveform, allowing engineers to identify:
- Invalid packets
- Incorrect addresses
- Timing problems
- Missing acknowledgements
- Communication errors
- Intermittent bus faults
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Mixed-Signal Debugging
MSO models add up to 16 digital channels using a compatible logic probe.
Mixed-signal capability allows users to observe analog and digital signals on the same time-correlated display.
This is useful for:
- Microcontroller debugging
- FPGA validation
- Parallel bus analysis
- Embedded control systems
- Digital power systems
- ADC and DAC testing
- Timing relationship analysis
- Mixed analog and digital circuit testing
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Waveform Measurement and Analysis
The RIGOL MSO/DS4000 Series provides multiple waveform-analysis tools for time-domain and frequency-domain measurements.
Available functions include:
- Automatic waveform measurements
- Cursor measurements
- FFT frequency analysis
- Waveform mathematics
- Waveform statistics
- Pass/fail testing
- Mask testing
- Search and navigation
- Waveform recording and playback
- Protocol decoding
- Logic analysis on MSO models
These functions help engineers perform design verification and fault analysis without transferring every waveform to external analysis software.
Pass/Fail and Mask Testing
The series supports waveform template and pass/fail testing.
Users can define acceptable waveform boundaries and monitor whether acquired signals remain within those limits.
Pass/fail testing is suitable for:
- Production-line validation
- Long-term signal monitoring
- Component screening
- Quality inspection
- Repetitive design verification
- Manufacturing test systems
The oscilloscope can record pass/fail statistics and respond to failed tests according to the configured action.
Display and User Interface
The MSO/DS4000 Series uses a large colour display that provides sufficient space for multiple analog traces, digital channels, measurements and decoded protocol information.
The interface supports:
- Multi-channel waveform display
- Digital channel grouping
- Measurement tables
- Protocol decode information
- Waveform zoom
- Recording navigation
- Configurable waveform intensity
- Colour-coded channel identification
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Connectivity and Remote Operation
Available interfaces can include:
- USB Host
- USB Device
- LAN
- LXI
- VGA output
- AUX output
- Optional USB-GPIB connectivity
These interfaces support:
- Screenshot and waveform storage
- PC communication
- Remote programming
- Network control
- External monitor connection
- Automated test-system integration
- Pass/fail output
Interface availability should be confirmed for the selected model.
Applications:
The RIGOL MSO/DS4000 Series is suitable for:
- Embedded-system development
- Electronics design and debugging
- Microcontroller testing
- FPGA validation
- Analog circuit testing
- Digital circuit analysis
- Mixed-signal debugging
- Serial bus decoding
- Automotive electronics testing
- Industrial control-system testing
- Communication interface analysis
- Power electronics testing
- Semiconductor testing
- Production-line validation
- Quality-control testing
- Research and development
- Educational laboratories
- Service and repair laboratories
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Why Buy from Revine Tech:
Revine Tech supplies professional test and measurement equipment for engineering, laboratory, educational and industrial applications.
Our technical team can help customers confirm:
- Required oscilloscope bandwidth
- Two-channel or four-channel configuration
- Digital channel requirements
- Compatible logic probes
- Memory-depth requirements
- Serial bus decoding options
- Passive and active probe selection
- High-voltage probe requirements
- Current probe requirements
- Remote-control interfaces
- Rack-mounting requirements
- Calibration and documentation
The original MSO/DS4000 Series is a legacy product family in several markets. Current availability, replacement models, software licences, accessories and support status should therefore be confirmed before ordering.
