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PicoScope 6 User's Guide 91

6.5.8.1

General page

Location:

Tools > Preferences > General

Purpose:

contains general controls for PicoScope

Reset 'Don't show this again' dialogs

Restore any missing dialogs that you asked PicoScope not to show again.

Reset preferences

Set all preferences back to their default values.

Waveform Buffer

Maximum Waveforms: This is the maximum number of waveforms that

PicoScope will store in the waveform buffer. You can select a number from 1 to the

maximum allowed by the oscilloscope that is connected: see the scope

specifications for details). The actual number of waveforms stored depends on the

available memory and the number of samples in each waveform.

Collection Time Units

Change the mode of the Timebase control in the Capture Setup toolbar.

Times per division: the Timebase control displays time units per division - for

example, '5 ns /div'. Most laboratory oscilloscopes display timebase settings in this

way.

Total collection time: the Timebase control displays time units for the entire

width of the scope view - for example, '50 ns'.

Measurement Statistics

Capture Size - the number of successive captures that PicoScope uses to calculate

the statistics in the Measurements Table. A larger number produces more accurate

statistics but causes them to be updated less frequently.