OEM & custom applications

DIAEL BlueBOX PD system

A Partial Discharge (PD) measurement system is used for assessing the insulation condition of high voltage systems which provides an effective “early warning” solution for assessing the reliability of electrical installations.

The DIAEL MS Pico BlueBOX portable system captures partial discharge signals and the AC voltage reference to obtain frequency and phase shift parameters. Based on a PicoScope 5000D, the system can be used for both periodic maintenance and aceptance tests. http://diael.com/en/

Vector Informatik .Scope

Vector Informatik's Option .Scope is an integrated oscilloscope solution for the company's CANoe and CANalyzer network analysis systems. Based on a PicoScope 5444D, the hardware has 4 input channels for 2 CAN/CAN FD/FlexRay or 4 LIN/IO and is triggered using the sync line of Vector´s interface hardware. Bus specific trigger conditions and CANoe time synchronization enable the cause of protocol errors to be rapidly identified.

Elkem EPIC® thermal analysis system

A well-nucleated base is the starting point for all iron foundries. The nucleation potential of iron can be measured using Elkem’s EPIC® thermal analysis system. Based on a Pico thermocouple data logger, this system is designed to give information and control of the process from furnace to mould, quickly identifying any areas that need attention before problems arise. 

The examples show EPIC® used to display the eutectic cooling process and measure carbide potential and shrinkage tendency. https://www.elkem.com/

GSI / FAIR RF control system

The GSI/FAIR facility in Darmstadt, Germany enables scientists to recreate temperatures, densities and pressures equivalent to those produced in stellar explosions and collisions. To do so, they bombard small samples of matter with a stream of particles directed by a radio frequency control system.

Critical points throughout the RF control system are monitored in both time- and frequency-domains with custom configured PicoScopes hosted on Linux platforms. https://fair-center.eu/

Other applications

Pico PC-based instruments have been used in numerous applications from extreme to novel, including critical curing process temperature measurements during construction of the London Eye concrete foundations, monitoring of samples taken from athletes during the London Olympics of 2012 and thermal characterisation of biological experiments in space!