Pico Technology

1. New product - DrDAQ Oxygen Sensor
2. Application story - Hillview Animal Sanctuary
3. Automotive training days
4. New science experiments
5. Technical tip - choosing and using thermocouples
6. Latest software releases
7. Back issues of this newsletter
8. Subscribe / unsubscribe information

1.  New Product — DrDAQ Oxygen Sensor

The DrDAQ oxygen sensor measures the concentration of oxygen gas in air. Unlike many previously available oxygen sensors, the DD103 oxygen sensor can measure the full 0 to 100% range. This makes it ideal for many chemistry, biology and physics experiments.

As with all sensors for the DrDAQ data logger, the oxygen sensor is simple to set up and use, it requires no power supply and will be automatically recognised, so that results are displayed in the correct units.

Visit the DrDAQ data logger website for more information on the oxygen sensor.

2.  Application Story — Hillview Animal Sanctuary

Hillview Animal Sanctuary in County Cork, Ireland is a rescue centre for cats and kittens. The sanctuary can have in the region of 100 cats in residence at any one time.

Young kittens and cats in poor condition have specialised requirements for the temperature of their enclosures.

Find out more about how the Pico Technology EnviroMon data logging system is being used to monitor the conditions at the Hillview Animal Sanctuary

3.  Automotive Training Days

The automotive training days in February were fully booked and all who attended said how worthwhile it had been.

The next courses in Leeds (UK) are in June and October. We hope to soon be announcing more dates and venues.

Find out more about automotive training courses

4.  New Science Experiments

Our library of science experiments for data loggers and oscilloscopes continues to grow. New this month is an experiment showing the use of the DrDAQ Oxygen sensor . This experiment looks at the drop in oxygen levels when a candle is lit in a sealed enclosure.

See this and over sixty other interesting and educational experiments at the Pico Technology library of science experiments

5.  Technical tip — Choosing and Using Thermocouples

Many requests received by our support department relate to the selection and use of thermocouples.Typical questions are which type of thermocouple is best for a given application and how will long thermocouple leads affect accuracy?

Answers to these questions (and many more) can be found in our thermocouple application note

6.  Latest Software Releases

The current production releases are:

• PicoScope R5.09.3
• PicoLog R5.09.2
• EnviroMon R5.08.7
• Drivers R5.08.7

Software can be downloaded from www.picotech.com/download.html

(Note : the above web page also contains a link to our 'what’s new' page which describes recent changes and additions to the software).

As soon as we release new software, it is made available for FREE download from our web site. To check which version you are using, start the software (PicoScope, PicoLog or EnviroMon) and select HELP | ABOUT.

7.  Back Issues of this Newsletter

Back issues of this newsletter are now available online at http://www.picotech.com/maillist.html

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