Installation guide

PicoScope 4000 Series (A API) Programmer's Guide 3
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Pico Technology
James House
Colmworth Business Park
St. Neots
Cambridgeshire
PE19 8YP
United Kingdom
Phone:
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Fax:
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Email:
Technical Support:
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Sales:
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Web site:
www.picotech.com
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System requirements
Using with PicoScope for Windows
To ensure that your PicoScope 4000 Series PC Oscilloscope operates correctly with the
PicoScope software, you must have a computer with at least the minimum system
requirements to run one of the supported operating systems, as shown in the following
table. The performance of the oscilloscope will be better with a more powerful PC.
Please note the PicoScope software is not installed as part of the SDK.
Item
Specification
Operating system
Windows XP SP3, Vista, 7 or 8
32 bit and 64 bit versions supported
Processor
As required by Windows
Memory
Free disk space
Ports
USB 3.0 port
Using with custom applications
Drivers are available for the operating systems mentioned above.
USB
The PicoScope 4000 driver offers three different methods of recording data, all of
which support USB 1.1, USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, although the fastest transfer rates
between the PC and the PicoScope 4000 are achieved using USB 3.0.