The electronics testing equipment community is invited to help Pico Technology, a 30-year veteran of the test and measurement industry, to help develop its new PS oscilloscope user interface.
The PicoScope 7 Early Access program allows users to view progress, report bugs and provide feedback on the software, which is being simultaneously developed for Windows, Linux and macOS with feature parity across all three platforms. So far, it has been tested in demo mode and on some PicoScope models (2000A/B, 3000D and 4000A); it will eventually support all current and recently discontinued models and most legacy PicoScope USB oscilloscopes.
An early access version of Pico’s next generation user interface is currently in Beta phase. Source: Pico TechnologyAccording to a news release, major elements already implemented include basic x- and y-axis controls, support for analog and digital channels on mixed-signal oscilloscope (MSO) models, timebase and triggers, time-domain and spectrum-mode displays, rulers, automated measurements, math channels, serial decoding (21 protocols), reference waveforms, buffer memory controls and signal generator controls. More functions are currently in development and there are fresh releases of the software roughly every two weeks.
PC oscilloscopes are an alternative to traditional benchtop oscilloscopes, and a match for Pico’s reputation as a developer of affordable high-quality instrumentation. The devices include high-end features such as serial decoding and mask limit testing as standard, as opposed to being options available for additional cost.
The current PicoScope lineup includes:
- USB-powered, ultra-compact range of 8 bit oscilloscopes and MSOs with built-in function generator and arbitrary waveform generator (AWG)
- Bandwidth: 10 MHz to 100 MHz
- Max sampling: 1 GS/s
- Memory: 8 kS to 128 MS
- General purpose 8 bit oscilloscopes and MSOs with fast sampling rate and deep buffer memory, built-in function generator and AWG
- Bandwidth: 50 MHz to 200 MHz
- Max sampling: 1 GS/s
- Memory: 64 MS to 512 MS
- USB-powered, high-resolution 12 to 16 bit oscilloscopes with low noise and distortion, most models with AWG
- Bandwidth: 5 MHz to 20 MHz
- Max sampling: 80 MS/s
- Memory: 10 MS to 256 MS
- Flexible-resolution 8 to 16 bit oscilloscopes and MSOs via analog-to-digital converter (ADC) technology; combines high sampling rate of 3000 Series with high resolution of 4000 Series
- Bandwidth: 60 MHz to 200 MHz
- Max sampling: 1 GS/s
- Memory: 128 MS to 512 MS
- High-performance 8 bit and 8 to 12 bit flexible resolution oscilloscopes and MSOs with ultra-deep capture memory (200 ms capture duration at max sample rate of 5 GS/s)
- 16 bit oscilloscopes with analog-to-digital converter (ADC) technology; combines high sampling rate of 3000 Series with high resolution of 4000 Series
- Low noise and distortion, most models with AWG
- Bandwidth: 300 MHz to 1 GHz
- Max sampling: 5 GS/s
- Memory: 1 GS to 4 GS
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- Sampler extended real-time oscilloscopes (SXRTOs) and sampling oscilloscopes for high-speed data eye diagram, speed and jitter analysis
- Bandwidth: 5 GHz to 25 GHz
- Max sampling: 500 MS/s
- Memory: 250 kS
Click here for more information on the PicoScop 7 Early Access program.
