2 years ago

The world's fastest oscilloscope, the Rohde & Schwarz MXO4 teardown!
Wow, this is an impressive beast in more ways than one.

https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/products/test-and-measurement/oscilloscopes/rs-mxo-4-oscilloscope_63493-1164992.html

Unboxing and testing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txPxo4TA0i4

ADC: https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/slvsdr3c/slvsdr3c.pdf
FPGA: https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amd-xilinx/XCZU7EG-1FBVB900I/7034695

Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1545-worlds-fastest-oscilloscope-mxo4-teardown/

00:00 - Rohde & Schwarz MXO4 The world's fastest oscilloscope
00:55 - The handle doesn't cut the mustard these days
02:02 - The production flap
03:54 - ALL scopes should use this power connection!
04:32 - This is gorgeous, and it just gets better.
06:38 - Look at it! Look at it!
08:14 - RF goodness
08:35 - Dual 100MHz Arb generator
08:54 - Best probe interface solution ever
09:55 - The world's best low noise fan?
10:53 - Main PCB
13:17 - Inside the front end RF can
19:48 - The MXO4-EP ASIC
21:30 - External trigger system
22:43 - $3300 12bit ADC
23:29 - The $3400 Xilinx Zynq FPGA and applications processor.
26:08 - I'm now uploading videos natively on Twitter