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PicoVNA® 100 Series vector network analyzers

PicoVNA feature

PicoVNA 5 current release

PicoVNA 3

Supported cal kit definition

Pico.kit file, TouchStone, polynomial coefficients and TRL

(1/2 frequency bands) and Open or Short Reflect. Includes

in-app kits editor

Pico.kit file, TouchStone via external conversion to .kit,

polynomial coefficients and TRL (1/2 frequency bands

and Open or Short Reflect. Includes in-app kits editor

Import/export, save/recall and offline working

Save/recall session

Yes, save all with selection at recall of calibration,

settings, data.

Yes, save settings or calibration and settings

Import/export

Yes, .csv (comma or point separator), Touchstone V1/V2,

MA,DB,RI, a-b wave.csv

Yes, .csv, Touchstone MA, a-b wave.csv

Standalone (off-line) operation

Yes; load, process, display, measure and re-save your data

without instrument connection.

Save and Print display, viewport and readouts graphics

Not in current release - print screen or graphics grabbers

available

Yes, plots + readouts with user print title labelling

Remote interfacing

Remote control and retrieve

SCPI compliant GUI control and retrieve with Local

- Remote operator inter-action. Plus separate high

performance API.

Separate GUI-less DLL

Compatibile with PicoVNA 3 command set

No, PicoVNA 3 control.dll remains supported and there

are comprehensive SDK examples to assist migration.

Yes

Network presence

Network present application that allows fully remoted

command and retrieve, GUI operation and display

mirroring.

No network remote support

Fixture or feed removal and Z

0 conversion

Reference plane shift

Yes, manual in current release, independent on each port

and can be combined with embe/de-embed networks as

below

Yes, manual or automatic, independent on each port

Normalisation

No, not in current release.

Yes, either via trace math or loss at 1 GHz.

Embed/de-embed

Yes, de-embed separate Touchstone defined networks,

one or multiple on each port, which can be applied in

addition to Ref Plane Shift from above.

Yes, de-embed separate Touchstone defined networks,

one on each port

System impedance adjust - Z

0 conversion

Not in current release

Yes, 10Ω to 200Ω, purely resistive and applicable to Live

and Memory traces

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