A Dedicated History in Oscilloscope Design and Manufacture

A Dedicated History in Oscilloscope Design and Manufacture

Gould's broad range of Digital Storage and Recording Oscilloscopes (DSOs and DROs) is supported by sixty years of application experience and industry leadership.

The result of Gould's latest new product development effort is a wide range of instruments which are sophisticated and powerful, yet easy to operate. Through the use of surface mount technology and digital signal processing, coupled with advanced display and user interface techniques, Gould has designed new products capable of providing not just data, but solutions through acquisition, real time hard copy and comprehensive analysis capabilities. The benefits to users are instruments designed to provide more accurate, meaningful test results and which help make more efficient use of test resources.

Updated 17 March 1998

Since introducing the first Digital Storage Oscilloscope, the OS 4000 in 1974, Gould has continued to pioneer developments in this field.

OS 4000:
10 MHz bandwidth, 1.8 MS/s Sample Rate, 1 k memory

Year    Achievement
    1932    Founded as ADVANCE ELECTRONICS
    1966    OS15 first Gould oscilloscope (DC - 3MHz)
    1974    Acquired by Gould
    1975    OS4000 DSO (10MHz, 1.8MS/s, 1K memory)
    1986    4070 (first Gs/s DSO, “World’s Fastest DSO”)
    1991    Direct Recording Oscilloscope
    1992    ISO 9002 Certification
    1994    DataSYS 840 (12 bit Hi-Res), Synchroscope 770
    1996    Classic DSO platform with TruTraceÒ technology
    1997     Classic 9500 High Speed DSO
    1998     Classic 6100, DataSYS 7200
    1999     Delta 9500A, Synchroscope

    Historical Products Produced
    Signal Generators, Arbitrary Waveform Generators, DVM's, Frequency Counters, Pulse Generators, Bridges, Attenuators, RF Voltmeters, Logic Analyzer, ATE and specialty probes both active and passive.