AN INTRODUCTION TO PICOSCOPE ®

PICOSCOPE 6 SUPPORTS CHANNEL SCOPE PERSISTENCE SPECTRUM AUTO TOOLS TIMEBASE BUFFER FLEXIBLE RESOLUTION  SIGNAL MIXED-SIGNAL
ALL PICO TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS MODE MODE MODE SETUP Custom probes, CONTROLS CONTROLS The PicoScope 4444, 5000 Series GENERATOR OSCILLOSCOPES THE
REAL-TIME OSCILLOSCOPES In Auto mode Click to Switches to Click this first math channels, and 6000 Series allows you to PicoScope MSOs
AND IS FREE TO DOWNLOAD PicoScope adjusts return to
Switches to
digital color or PicoScope’s to find your reference
Set the collection
time across
PicoScope stores
the most recent select vertical hardware resolution.
For oscilloscopes
with a built-in can measure up PICOSCOPE
the input range to
fit t he signal. You
the normal
oscilloscope
analog intensity
mode. Both
dedicated
FFT spectrum
signal, then
adjust using
waveforms, serial
decoding, alarms,
the screen and
the number
waveforms in a
buffer. Use these ZOOM BUTTONS
signal generator,
this button lets
to 8 analog and
16 digital channels
RANGE
SAMPLING RATE can override t his to display modes are fully analysis the other masks and macro of samples to controls to scan you set up the at once. Dual logic
Click to pan and zoom around the
PC oscilloscopes work by set your own range mode. configurable. mode. controls. recorder. record. through them. output signal. thresholds allow
entire view.
sampling the input s ignal— for each channel. you to operate with
measuring it at regular DC admits all mixed logic families,
intervals and storing the frequencies, while AC and advanced
values in its memory. Any filters out frequencies triggering can be
changes in the signal below about 1  hertz. activated for analog
between one sample and Lowpass filtering or digital inputs or a
the next are lost. So, to preserves the combination of both.
avoid losing important underlying shape PicoScope 2000 Series
details, the sampling rate of the signal while Benchtop performance
must be fast enough for eliminating high- SERIAL in a pocket-sized
the type of signal being frequency noise. DECODING scope
measured. PicoScope PicoScope can
devices are available with decode: 1-Wire,
a wide range of sampling CHANNEL ARINC 429,
rates from 10 million RULERS BroadR‑Reach, CAN
to 5 billion samples per Drag a colored and CAN FD, DALI,
second (10 MS/s to handle from the top DCC, DMX512,
5 GS/s). of the window to the Ethernet 10Base-T
level you want to and 100Base-TX,
measure. The ruler FlexRay, I²C, I²S, LIN, PicoScope 3000 Series
PERSISTENCE MODE legend shows the PS/2, Manchester, Fast sampling with
Digital color mode is measurement. MODBUS, SENT, SPI, deep memory
useful for estimating noise 2 or 4 channels and
UART and
and jitter, and for spotting MSO
USB 1.1 protocols.
glitches. Analog intensity TRIGGER
mode shows the high- MARKER
frequency content of a Shows the channel, CHANNEL AXIS
signal at slow timebases. signal level and time Each channel has
of the trigger event. a color-coded axis.
Drag to adjust. Drag it up or down to
position the channel.
PicoScope 4444
CHANNELS differential
These are linked to oscilloscope
the channel controls SCALE AND
above. Each channel OFFSET
corresponds to one of Each channel has a
SPECTRUM MODE the PicoScope input color-coded button.
The spectrum analyzer connectors. Click it to reveal the
in PicoScope is of the scale and offset
Fast Fourier Transform controls.
(FFT) type which, unlike a RULER LEGEND
traditional swept spectrum Shows PicoScope 4000A
analyzer, has the ability measurements of all MEASUREMENTS 2, 4 or 8 channels
to display the spectrum rulers on screen. Also TABLE
of a single, non-repeating shows difference Lists dynamically
waveform. between two rulers. updated automatic
TRIGGER MODE TRIGGER EDGE THRESHOLD PRE-TRIGGER TRIGGER DELAY MEASUREMENTS PHASE RULERS measurements.
TIME RULERS SOURCE SELECT Set the voltage How much of How long to wait Click to add Display phase in Choose from dozens
CAPTURE MEMORY
Drag a white ruler handle from AUTO displays a stable Choose which Trigger on at which the the waveform is after the capture an automatic degrees or percent, of time-domain and
PC oscilloscopes usually
left to right to mark a point on the channel to rising or trigger operates, captured before before enabling the measurement with adjustable frequency-domain
store more data on each waveform when possible.
axis. The ruler legend shows the trigger on. falling edges. or drag the the t rigger event. next trigger event. to the m
 easurements partitions. measurement types. PicoScope 5000D Series
waveform than they can NONE always displays
display on the screen. You time at each ruler and the time trigger marker. table, or to delete or with FlexRes®
regardless of the waveform. edit one.
can zoom in to see the difference between t hem.
SINGLE displays a single
extra data. PicoScopes ADVANCED TRIGGERS
waveform.
have high-performance
REPEAT displays only stable Level Window REFERENCE MATH UPDATES TO
“always on” capture Edge
dropout dropout
PICOSCOPE 6
memory that operates at STOP/GO CONTROL waveforms. WAVEFORMS CHANNELS PICOSCOPE ARE
Runs on Windows 10
FREE
full speed regardless of Click to start displaying RAPID captures a sequence Waveforms can be Basic operations
record length. This frees waveforms. Click again to stop. of waveforms. Window Pulse Runt 32‑bit and 64-bit. saved and displayed to advanced
The space bar on the keyboard width for comparison with equations.
you from having to worry
has the same function.
ETS boosts the sampling rate Beta versions for PicoScope 6000 Series
about the memory settings for repetitive waveforms. live data. TO DOWNLOAD
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