The ADC-216 is a high resolution, high precision oscilloscope. The unit is accurate to 1% and has a 16 bit resolution — making it ideal for measuring Vibration, Noise and Audio signals.
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The ADC-216 has a large 32,000 sample waveform buffer, therefore it is possible to capture the most complicated signals, and then expand the areas of interest to show their finer detail.
In digital electronics a signal change of 1% is usually no problem, but in audio electronics 0.1% distortion or noise can be a disaster. Conventional DSO's only offer an 8 bit resolution, so can detect at best 0.4% signal changes. This means that they are unsuitable for many applications ranging from monitoring sensors and transducers to detecting noise and vibration. Precision oscilloscopes require more than 8 bit resolution.
As well as resolution, noise is an issue. The amplifiers that make up the 'front end' of a conventional DSO are designed to have a high bandwidth. Low noise is not a priority and so 1% noise figures are typical. The designer of a 16 bit oscilloscope has a tough job, noise must be kept below 0.0015% (15 ppm), otherwise the extra resolution will be swallowed up by noise.
For more information please view our application note on high resolution pc oscilloscopes
Read an independent review of the ADC-216 from Audio Electronics.
| ADC-216 | |
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| Channels | 2x BNC + 1 external trigger |
| Analog bandwidth | 166 KHz |
| Sampling rate | 333 kS/s |
| Sampling rate (dual channel) | 166 kS/s |
| Resolution | 16 bit |
| Buffer size | 32 kB |
| Dynamic range | 96 dB |
| Scope timebases | 20 µs/div to 50 s/div |
| Spectrum ranges | 0 to 166 kHz |
| FFT points | 128 (fastest) to 4096 (accurate) |
| Windows | Rectangle, Triangle, Gaussian, Hamming, Blackman, Parzen, Hanning |
| Trigger modes | Free run, Auto, Repeat & Single |
| Pre/ post trigger | ±100 % |
| Voltage ranges | ±10 mV to ±20 V in 11 ranges |
| Overload protection | ±100 V |
| Input impedance | 1 MΩ |
| Coupling | AC, DC |
| Accuracy | ±1 % |
| Power supply | 500 mA @ 12 V (mains adaptor supplied) |
| Output connector | D25 to PC parallel port (cable supplied) |
| Dimension | 140 x 190 x 45 mm (5.51 x 7.48 x 1.77 in) |
| Supplied software | PicoScope (oscilloscope, spectrum analyser, meter), PicoLog (data logger), Drivers and examples (C, Pascal, Visual Basic, Delphi, Labview, Aglient Vee, Excel Macro. Software is supplied on CD and is compatible with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP. |
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Part No. Price |
PP086 |