Please note: the product images show the GDS-2504HD. The GDS-2254HD is identical in appearance.
The GW Instek GDS-2254HD is a 4-channel, 250MHz digital storage oscilloscope designed for reliable everyday measurements in engineering, service and education environments. Its 12-bit vertical resolution shows you more waveform detail, which pays off when you are looking at small signal changes, ripple, noise and power-related measurements. With a high real-time sample rate and a memory depth of up to 100Mpts, you can capture fast events and longer signal behaviour in the same acquisition. That helps when you are tracking down an intermittent fault, checking communication behaviour or analysing a switching power supply over a longer time window.
Across the GDS-2000HD/HG series, tools such as serial bus decoding and FFT analysis take care of the common debugging tasks. You operate all of it on a 10.1" capacitive touchscreen running Android, so you can open documents, PDFs and videos directly on the instrument, and screen recording and web control let you share or follow a measurement remotely. The USB and LAN interfaces cover data transfer and remote control from a PC. In addition, the oscilloscope can be powered over USB-C, so it also runs from a suitable power bank when you take it out of the lab.
| Model | Bandwidth | Rise time | Memory depth | Built-in function generator | Price |
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| GDS-2254HD | 250 MHz | 1.75 ns | 100 Mpts | No |
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| GDS-2254HG | 250 MHz | 1.75 ns | 100 Mpts | Yes |
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| GDS-2354HD | 350 MHz | 1 ns | 500 Mpts (divided by the number of active channels) | No |
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| GDS-2354HG | 350 MHz | 1 ns | 500 Mpts (divided by the number of active channels) | Yes |
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| GDS-2504HD | 500 MHz | 0.7 ns | 500 Mpts (divided by the number of active channels) | No |
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| GDS-2504HG | 500 MHz | 0.7 ns | 500 Mpts (divided by the number of active channels) | Yes |
| Channels | 4 |
| Sample rate | 2.5 GS/s (2 active channels) |
| Vertical resolution | 12 bits |
| Vertical scale | 500 µV/div - 10 V/div |
| Horizontal scale | 500 ps/div - 1000 s/div |
| Input impedance | 1 MΩ ± 2% |
| Interfaces | USB Host, USB Device, LAN, USB-C (power) |
| Display | 10.1" TFT LCD (1024x600) |
| Dimensions | 325 x 209.5 x 111.5 mm |
| Weight | 3.2 kg |
The GDS-2254HD comes with:
| GDS-2000HD/HG series user manual | Download | |
| GDS-2000HD/HG series datasheet | Download |