MSO Xs-A Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes

Successful design and debug of an embedded system requires monitoring a wide range of analog, digital and serial data signals. The MSO Xs-A with its long memory, fast processing, advanced measurements and touch screen is the right tool to view these signals and ensure proper bus traffic and timing between events. Its small form factor pack a powerful processor that can handle the long 10 Mpts of memory on each of the 4 analog and 18 digital channels faster than any competing products and without any compromise of memory length or sample rate. The touch screen interface is the ultimate in ease of use and with features like WaveStream fast viewing mode and WaveScan.

Search and Find you can be confident that you will be able to quickly debug and solve every problem in your embedded system. Beyond the advanced measurement and triggering the MSO Xs-A offers a wide range of available serial data trigger and decode tools for I2C, SPI, UART, Serial Audio, CAN, and LIN. With analog bandwidths from 400 MHz to 1 GHz and max digital input frequencies up to 250 MHz the MSO Xs-A is the ideal mixed signal oscilloscope for everyday design and debug.

Speed and Responsiveness The MSO Xs-A was designed to shorten debug time through faster hardware and more sophisticated software. The hardware allows for fast processing of long memory even when looking at all 22 inputs with math, measurements and serial decoders. The software is designed to respond immediately to the user’s input even while processing data eliminating any lag or delay.

WaveScan Advanced Search Searching for data is very helpful, but wouldn’t it be better to Search for something you can't trigger on? WaveScan allows searching in a single acquisition using more than 20 different modes. Or, set up a Scan condition and scan for an event over hours or days, and perform some action when it is found.

Long Capture Time With 10 Mpts/Ch of fast acquisition memory standard the MSO Xs-A provides long capture time at full sample rate, and allows for very long captures at lower sample rates letting you capture long stretches of serial bus traffic. The MSO Xs-A long memory is also thoughtfully designed to respond quickly, even when measurements, math, or serial decoders are being used.

WaveStream Fast Viewing Mode WaveStream provides a vibrant, intensity graded (256 levels) display with a fast update to closely simulate the look and feel of an analog oscilloscope. Turn WaveStream ON or OFF, and adjust intensity, using the front panel knob. Use it only when you want to.

Touch Screen Simplicity Keep your testing efficient with a thoughtfully designed user interface that provides the busy engineer with a GUI that is smooth, transparent, and easy to use. Use the touch screen to quickly access all triggers, math functions and measurement parameters or to “draw a box” around the area of interest and zoom all channels to the desired area.

Advanced Mixed Signal Triggering Powerful triggering allows for analog and digital cross-pattern triggering of up to 4 analog and 18 digital channels as well as Qualified AB event triggering to arm a trigger on a certain event and trigger on a parallel or serial pattern that follows.

Serial Data Trigger and Decode Quickly and easily locate and isolate specific data on I2C, SPI, UART, CAN or LIN busses with the optional trigger and decode capabilities. Data is sown with a color-coded overlay directly on top of the physical layer waveform.

Analog, Digital and Cross-Pattern Triggering The MSO Xs-A has an extensive set of triggering capabilities aimed at capturing a wide range of analog and digital signals. These triggers can be as simple as an edge trigger on an analog or digital channel or as complicated as a cross-pattern trigger which incorporates up to 4 analog and 18 digital channels. Powerful Qualified AB event triggering allows the trigger to be armed on one event and triggered on another.

Easy-to-use Measurement Tools Cursor and measurement parameters are important for measuring and understanding both analog and digital waveforms. The MSO Xs-A cursors will read out hexadecimal bus values and analog channel voltages simultaneously. Automated measurement parameters will make measurements on both analog and digital channels with statistics to help you understand how they change over time.

Complete I2C, SPI, UART, RS-232, LIN, CAN, and Digital Audio Serial Triggering Quickly and easily isolate specific serial data events on your embedded controller for better understanding and faster debug. Set up trigger conditions in binary and hexadecimal formats. Use the digital channels to capture serial data busses keeping the analog oscilloscope channels open for other uses. Trigger on DATA in specific locations of long I2C EEPROM reads. Get complete control of your debug process and finish faster.

Powerful Conditional Data Triggering Completely isolate specific message events for better understanding and debug. Use a conditional I2C, UART, RS-232, SPI, LIN or CAN DATA trigger to select a range of DATA values to trigger on, not just a single DATA value. Oftentimes, I2C utilizes DATA bytes to specify sub-addresses for accessing memory locations in EEPROMs. Conditional DATA trigger allows triggering on a range of DATA bytes that correspond to reads or writes to specific sub-address memory blocks in the EEPROM. It can also aid in monitoring DATA outputs from sensors, such as analog-todigital converters, and triggering when DATA is outside a safe operating range. In both cases, verifying proper operation becomes a simple task.

Table Summary and Search/Zoom Turn your oscilloscope into a protocol analyzer with the Table display of protocol information. Customize the table, or export Table data to an Excel file. Touch a message in the table and automatically zoom for detail. Search for specific address or data values in the acquisition.

The MSO Xs-A mixed signal oscilloscope makes everyday embedded system testing simpler and easier. The intuitive user interface and streamlined front panel make it easy to turn on and start making measurements. The interface is designed so that all triggering, decoding, measurements and functions are just one touch away

• Digital Channel Capture - Capture 18 digital lines at 1 GS/s with 10 Mpts memory on each channel.


• Digital Waveform Views - View all lines individually or group them and view as a parallel bus.


• Analog Signal Capture - Capture and view analog channels width bandwidths up to 1 GHz, sample rate up to 5 GS/s and 10 Mpts on each channel.


• Serial Data Decode - View decoded bus information from I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, LIN or digital audio busses on analog or digital channels with serial data trigger and decode options.


• Local Language User Interface - Select from 10 languages. Add a front panel overlay with your local language.


• Bright 10.4" Touch Screen Display - Easily operate the MSO by accessing all functionality with a touch of the screen.


• Push Knobs - Trigger level, delay and offset knobs all provide shortcuts to common actions when pushed.


• WaveStream Fast Viewing Mode - Provides a lively, analog-like feel similar to a phosphor trace. Adjust “trace” intensity with the front panel control, or toggle between LeCroy WaveStream and real-time modes.


• Dedicated Cursor Knobs - Select type of cursor, position them on your signal, and read values without ever opening a menu.