N8834A Datasheet, PDF (2/11 Pages) Keysight Technologies – MultiScope Application

Introduction
Introducing the new MultiScope application
Need more than four simultaneous oscilloscope channels? Ever placed two oscilloscopes
together to see eight channels simultaneously? The Keysight Technologies, Inc. N8834A
MultiScope application enables Infiniium and InfiniiVision real-time oscilloscope users to
bring multiple oscilloscopes together for measurement on a single timebase. Capture, view,
and analyze up to 40 time-correlated oscilloscope channels. If your need for more than four
simultaneous channels goes away, each oscilloscope can be used independently and then
brought back together when there are future needs for more than four channel measurements.
Are you working on applications like power rails, high-speed multi-lane serial buses, optical
networking, or DDR memory systems? The N8834A MultiScope software allows connection
of 2 to 10 oscilloscopes to achieve up to 40 channels on a single timebase. Each oscilloscope
is daisy chained via cables and power splitters to the first oscilloscope, called the leader.
Automated calibration is available to allow channel correlation across frames down to less
than 1 ps. All oscilloscopes connect to a control PC via LAN or USB. The PC runs the Infiniium
application (user interface) and allows users to change settings on all oscilloscopes. The
Infiniium application on the PC shows all waveforms and measurements and offers analysis in
addition to controlling the oscilloscope settings. The leader can also work as the controller in
the absence of a control PC.