Datasheet

Mask limit testing
This feature is specially designed for production and debugging
environments. Capture a signal from a known working system, and
PicoScope will draw a mask around it with your specified tolerance.
Connect the system under test, and PicoScope will highlight any parts
of the waveform that fall outside the mask area. The highlighted details
persist on the display, allowing the scope to catch intermittent glitches
while you work on something else. The measurements window counts
the number of failures, and can display other measurements and statistics
at the same time.
The numerical and graphical mask editors can be used separately or in
combination, allowing you to enter accurate mask specifications and to
modify existing masks. You can import and export masks as files.
High-end features as standard
Buying a scope from some companies is a bit like buying a car. By the time
you have added all the optional extras you need, the price has gone up
considerably. With the PicoScope 3000 Series, high-end features such as
mask limit testing, serial decoding, advanced triggering, measurements,
math, XY, digital filtering and segmented memory are all included in the
price.
To protect your investment, both the PC software and firmware inside the
unit can be updated. We have a long history of providing new features
for free as software downloads. Other companies make vague promises
about future enhancements but we deliver on our promises year after
year. Users of our products reward us by becoming lifelong customers,
frequently recommending us to their colleagues.
High signal integrity
Most oscilloscopes are built down to a price; ours are built up to a
specification.
Careful front-end design and shielding reduces noise, crosstalk and
harmonic distortion. Years of oscilloscope experience leads to improved
pulse response and bandwidth flatness.
We are proud of the dynamic performance of our products and publish
these specifications in detail. The result is simple: when you probe a circuit,
you can trust in the waveform you see on the screen.
Persistence display modes
See old and new data superimposed, with new data in a brighter color or
shade. This makes it easy to see glitches and dropouts and to estimate
their relative frequency. Choose between analog persistence and digital
color, or create a custom display mode.
The design of the PicoScope software ensures that maximum display area
is available for waveform viewing. Even with a laptop you have a much
bigger viewing area and higher resolution than a typical benchtop scope.
Serial decoding
The PicoScope 3000 Series, with its deep memory, is ideal for serial
decoding as it can capture thousands of frames of uninterrupted data.
Protocols currently included are I²C, SPI, RS232/UART, CAN bus, LIN
and FlexRay. Expect this list to grow with free software updates.
PicoScope displays the decoded data in the format of your choice: in-view,
in-window, or both at once. The in-view format shows the decoded data
beneath the waveform on a common time axis, with error frames marked
in red. You can zoom in on these frames to look for noise or distortion
on the waveform.
In-window format shows a list of the decoded frames, including the data
and all flags and identifiers. You can set up filtering conditions to display
only the frames you are interested in, search for frames with specified
properties, or define a start pattern that the program will wait for before
listing the data.
You can also create a spreadsheet to fully decode the hex data into plain
text.
High-speed data acquisition/digitizer
The drivers and software development kit supplied allow you to write
your own software or interface to popular third-party software packages
such as LabView.
If the 128 MS record length isn’t enough, the driver supports data
streaming, a mode that captures gap-free continuous data through the
USB port directly to the PC’s RAM or hard disk at a rate of >10 MS/s
(Maximum speed is PC-dependent).
PicoScope Features