COMPETITIVE FACT SHEET
| Display Size and Waveform Viewing Area | |
| Tektronix 4 Series MSO | R&S RTA4000 Series |
| ✔ 13.3 inch HD (1920 x 1080) | ✗ 10.1 inch WXVGA (1280 x 800) |
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| Digital Channels | |
| Tektronix 4 Series MSO | R&S RTA4000 Series |
| ✔ No. of displayed busses limited only by scope memory | ✗ Limited to 4 bus signals |
| ✔ Up to 48 digital channels | ✗ Max. of 16 digital channels |
| ✔ 6.25 GS/s sample rate regardless of number of channels | ✗ Sample rate drops to 2.5 GS/s for 16 channels |
| Navigation and Search | ||
| Tektronix 4 Series MSO | R&S RTA4000 Series | |
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✔ Wave Inspector® controls | ✗ Uses horizontal scale and position controls for zoom - loss of control over horizontal scale |
| ✔ Pan/Zoom controls for easy scrolling through long records. | ✗ Zoom window shifts making it unclear what you are seeing | |
| Measurements and Math | |
| Tektronix 4 Series MSO | R&S RTA4000 Series |
| ✔ More than 5 math channels | ✗ Max. of 5 math channels |
| ✔ No. of measurements limited only by scope memory | ✗ Max. of 8 measurements |
| ✔ Graphical equation editor with easily recognizable math functions | ✗ Limited math choices available through text-based equation editor |
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| Waveform Capture Rate | |
| Tektronix 4 Series MSO | R&S RTA4000 Series |
| ✔ Greater than 500,000 waveforms/s | ✗ Up to 64,000 waveforms/s |
| ✔ Up to 5,000,000 waveforms/s in fast segmented memory mode | ✗ Up to 2,000,000 waveforms/s in fast segmented memory mode |
| Tektronix 4 Series MSO | Rohde & Schwarz RTA4000 Series | |||
| Analog Channels | ✔ | 4 or 6 | ✗ | 4 |
| Digital Channels | ✔ | Up to 48 | ✗ | Up to 16 |
| Bandwidth | ✔ | 200 MHz, 350 MHz, 500 MHz, 1 GHz, 1.5 GHz | ✗ | 200 MHz, 350 MHz, 500 MHz, 1 GHz |
| Analog-to-Digital Converter | ✔ | 12-bit | ✗ | 10-bit |
| Analog Sampling Rate | ✔ | 6.25 GS/s on all channels | ✗ | 2.5 GS/s on all channels, 5 GS/s on half channels |
| Digital Sampling Rate | ✔ | 6.25 GS/s on all channels | ✗ | 2.5 GS/s on all channels, 5 GS/s on half channels |
| Waveform Capture Rate | ✔ | Greater than 500,000 waveforms/s | ✗ | Up to 64,000 waveforms/s |
| Record Length | ✗ | 31.25 M (std); 62.5 M (opt) | ✔ | 100 M (std) |
| Segmented Memory | ✔ | Yes | ✔ | Yes |
| Visual Trigger | ✔ | Yes | ✗ | No |
| # of Active Measurements | ✔ | < 8 - Limited only by scope memory | ✗ | 8 |
| Serial Triggering and Analysis | ✔ | I2C, SPI, I3C, RS-232/422/485/UART, SPMI, CAN, CAN FD, LIN, FlexRay, SENT, USB 2.0, Ethernet, I2S, LJ, RJ, TDM, MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429 | ✗ | I2C, SPI, UART/RS-232/RS-422/RS-485, CAN, LIN, I2S, MIL-STD-1553, ARINC429 |
| Integrated Waveform Generator | ✔ | 1 @ 50 MHz | ✗ | 1 @ 25 MHz |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) | 11.0 in x 15.9 in x 6.1 in (280 mm x 405 mm x 155 mm) | 8.66 in x 15.35 in x 5.98 in (220 mm x 390 mm x 152 mm) | ||
| Display | ✔ | 13.3 inch, HD (1920 x 1080), Touchscreen | ✗ | 10.1 inch, WXGA (1280 x 800), Touchscreen |
| Warranty | ✔ | 3 years | ✔ | 3 years |
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