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USB port directly to the PC’s RAM or hard disk at a rate of over 10 MS/s
(maximum speed is PC-dependent).
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. You can import and export masks as files.
Custom probe settings
The custom probes feature allows you to correct for gain, attenuation,
offsets and nonlinearities in special probes, or to convert to different units
of measurement (such as current, power or temperature). You can save
definitions to disk for later use.
Spectrum analyzer
With a click of a button,
you can display a
spectrum plot of the
selected channels with
a maximum frequency
up to 200 MHz. A
full range of settings
gives you control
over the number of spectrum bands, window types and display modes:
instantaneous, average, or peak-hold.
You can display multiple spectrum views with different channel selections
and zoom factors, and see these alongside time-domain waveforms of
the same data. A comprehensive set of automatic frequency-domain
measurements, including THD, THD+N, SNR, SINAD and IMD, can be
added to the display.
Math channels
Create new channels by combining input channels and reference
waveforms. Choose from a wide range of arithmetic, logarithmic,
trigonometric and
other functions.
Define a function
using the push-button
control panel or type
an equation in the text
box.
PicoScope Features
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 5000 Series, high-end features such as
mask limit testing, serial decoding, advanced triggering, measurements,
math, XY mode, 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.
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.
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.
Serial decoding
The PicoScope 5000 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, LIN and
FlexRay. Expect this list to grow with free software updates.
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 scope’s ultra-deep memory isn’t enough, the driver supports data
streaming, a mode that captures gap-free continuous data through the
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