User manual

PicoScope 4000 Series User's Guide6
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3 Product information
3.1
What do I get?
Your PicoScope 4000 Series PC Oscilloscope kit contains the following items:
Reorder
code
Quantity
Description
PP492
1
PicoScope 4224 scope unit (PicoScope 4224 kit only)
PP493
1
PicoScope 4424 scope unit (PicoScope 4424 kit only)
MI007
2 or 4
x1/x10 switchable 60 MHz oscilloscope probes
(2 with PicoScope 4224, 4 with PicoScope 4424)
MI106
1
USB cable, for connection to the USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port on
your PC
DI025
1
Software and reference CD
DO115
1
USB Oscilloscope Installation Guide
MI144
1
Carry case
3.2
System requirements
To ensure that your PicoScope 4000 Series PC Oscilloscope operates correctly, 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 software will increase with more powerful PCs, including those with multi-core
processors.
Item
Absolute
minimum
Recommended
minimum
Recommended
full specification
Operating system
Windows XP SP2 or Vista (32-bit versions only)
Processor
As required
by Windows
300 MHz
1 GHz
Memory
256 MB
512 MB
Free disk space
(Note 1)
1 GB
2 GB
Ports
USB 1.1 compliant port
USB 2.0 compliant port
Note 1: The PicoScope software does not use all the disk space specified in the table.
The free space is required to make Windows run efficiently.
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