DESCRIPTION:

The Rohde & Schwarz MXO54-350 is the entry-bandwidth model within the four-channel MXO 5 Series. Despite its 350 MHz bandwidth rating, the instrument incorporates the complete MXO 5 architecture, delivering the same acquisition engine, deep memory capability, multispectrum analysis, and measurement performance found throughout the higher-bandwidth MXO 5 family. The MXO 5 Series covers bandwidths from 350 MHz to 2 GHz for four-channel models and is designed for demanding laboratory, R&D, validation, and troubleshooting applications.

At the core of the MXO54-350 is Rohde & Schwarz's advanced 12-bit analog-to-digital converter architecture. Operating at full resolution across all sample rates, the system delivers sixteen times greater vertical resolution than conventional 8-bit oscilloscopes. Combined with HD mode providing up to 18-bit effective resolution and up to 10-bit ENOB performance, engineers can accurately analyse low-level signal behaviour, switching noise, power rail ripple, transient disturbances, jitter effects, and signal integrity issues.

The oscilloscope supports sampling rates up to 5 GSa/s and provides 500 Mpoints acquisition memory per channel as standard. Optional memory expansion increases capture depth to 1 Gpoint. This deep memory architecture enables long-duration waveform captures while maintaining fine timing resolution, making the platform particularly effective for FPGA debugging, embedded processor validation, communications system development, protocol analysis, industrial automation systems, and transient event investigation.

A defining characteristic of the MXO 5 platform is its acquisition performance. The MXO54-350 captures more than 4.5 million waveforms per second while simultaneously supporting spectrum acquisition rates exceeding 45,000 FFT calculations per second. This dramatically increases the probability of detecting intermittent faults, rare glitches, timing violations, protocol anomalies, and sporadic disturbances that often remain hidden on slower oscilloscope architectures.

The integrated multispectrum analysis system supports up to four simultaneous spectrum displays with independent time-domain and frequency-domain controls. Engineers can analyse EMI emissions, RF activity, harmonics, switching power supplies, clock systems, and mixed-domain interactions without requiring a dedicated spectrum analyzer. Zone triggering is available across analogue, spectrum, and mathematical measurements, enabling highly selective event capture in complex systems.

Advanced digital triggering includes edge, pulse width, runt, glitch, timeout, setup-and-hold, logic, serial bus, zone, spectrum, and math triggering. Trigger sensitivity down to 0.0001 divisions, trigger rearm times below 21 ns, and trigger jitter of approximately 1 ps provide exceptional event isolation and debugging performance for demanding engineering applications.

The large 15.6-inch Full HD capacitive touchscreen provides extensive workspace for simultaneous viewing of waveforms, decoded protocols, FFT measurements, automated measurements, and multiple spectrum displays. The platform supports optional 16-channel logic analysis, arbitrary waveform generation, protocol analysis, power analysis, frequency response analysis, automotive Ethernet analysis, and aerospace communications protocol support.

Technical Specifications

Specifications derived from the MXO 5 platform and MXO54 350 MHz configuration.

Key Features

• Four analogue input channels
• 350 MHz bandwidth
• True 12-bit ADC architecture
• Up to 18-bit HD mode
• Up to 10-bit ENOB performance
• Up to 5 GSa/s sampling rate
• 500 Mpoints memory per channel standard
• Optional 1 Gpoint memory expansion
• More than 4.5 million waveforms per second acquisition rate
• More than 45,000 FFT calculations per second
• Up to four simultaneous spectrum displays
• Advanced multispectrum analysis
• Digital triggering with 0.0001 division sensitivity
• Zone triggering on analogue, spectrum and math signals
• Optional 16-channel mixed-signal capability
• Optional 2-channel 100 MHz waveform generator
• Optional protocol decoding and triggering
• Optional power analysis and frequency response analysis
• Large 15.6-inch Full HD touchscreen display
• HDMI, DisplayPort, USB and LAN connectivity

Usage Suitability

The MXO54-350 is ideally suited for embedded systems development, industrial automation diagnostics, communications engineering, automotive electronics, aerospace electronics, power electronics development, EMI investigations, protocol verification, FPGA debugging, manufacturing diagnostics, laboratory research, and advanced electronics engineering applications requiring four analogue channels, 350 MHz bandwidth, deep memory acquisition, and industry-leading waveform update performance.