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News Release from: Fluke (UK) | Subject: 190B Series ScopeMeters
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 March 2003
Fluke Upgrades Hand-Held Monochrome
Oscilloscopes
Fluke, the world leader in compact, professional electronic test tools, has enhanced its ScopeMeter range of high-performance hand-held monochrome oscilloscopes.
Fluke, the world leader in compact, professional electronic test tools, has enhanced its ScopeMeter range of high-performance hand-held monochrome oscilloscopes The upgraded models offer a 20% screen size increase, a doubling of screen brightness, and an extended range of triggering modes to help in troubleshooting
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new Fluke 190B Series ScopeMeters, which replace the 190 Series, have a 20% larger screen, with a diagonal of 144cm.
The screen is also twice as bright as before and has improved contrast for easier interpretation of waveforms in all working conditions.
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Downloadable application notes for ScopeMeters
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The 190B Series' 320 x 240-pixel screen resolution and 1200 samples per trace (up from 1000) further enhance on-screen detail and allow 12 horizontal (timescale) divisions.
All the new Fluke 190B Series ScopeMeters are two-channel oscilloscopes with separate high-speed digitisers per channel.
They are 1,000V CAT II and 600V CAT III safety certified.
The top-of-the-range Fluke 199B model has a 200MHz bandwidth and 2.5GS/s real-time sampling rate per input.
The 196B has a 100MHz bandwidth (1GS/s sampling rate) while the 192B has a 60MHz bandwidth (500MS/s sampling rate).
With a many times faster display update rate (similar to that of the 190C Series Colour ScopeMeters), signal changes are seen immediately, helping users to analyse complex, modulated or other fast-changing waveforms.
Faster display of dynamic signals is particularly useful when making fine adjustment of a system under test.
The 190B's ScopeRecord mode now also features a 'Stop-on-Trigger' function that allows the instrument to stop recording waveform data if the signal is interrupted or if a specific trigger signal is received.
This function is useful for recording and analysing power interruptions, machine failures and UPS-take-over.
An automatic measurement function that allows users to measure the effective output voltage of variable speed motor drives and pulse-width modulated power supplies is also built in.
Other features include a waveform-compare function allowing an acquired trace to be stored as a 'reference trace', which can be subsequently used to visually compare newly acquired waveforms.
The coverage of the TrendPlot function has been extended from 8 to 22 days.
The optional FlukeView PC software (V4.1) has been updated to handle reference templates, enter set-up descriptions and provide more download functions (a free update is available for V3.x users).
Despite the larger display and faster operation, battery life is unchanged.
The built-in NiMH battery pack still provides up to four hours operating time per recharge.
A battery charger (BC190), voltage probes, ground lead, 4-mm probe tip, ground-lead-to-banana-plug cable and hard-point test leads (TL75) are all included. Request a free brochure from Fluke (UK) ...
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