Pico Technology

1.  FirstLook Automotive Diagnostic Sensor

The FirstLook™ sensor is designed to work with an oscilloscope to quickly measure the "health" of an engine.

By mapping pressure waves in the exhaust pipe, the FirstLook engine diagnostic sensor can quickly spot compression problems, exhaust valve problems and give a quick indication of the overall health of the engine.

Connected to the fuel pressure regulator the sensor can test injector operation and connected to the inlet manifold, you can find vacuum problems including those related to inlet valves.

The product is ideal for fault diagnosis on all petrol and diesel engines whether in bikes, cars, boats, planes or trucks.

Although the sensor can work with any modern scope, we have added full support for the sensor into PicoScope PC Oscilloscope software.

2.  New Catalogue

In July, we published our new 44 page catalogue. This was sent by post to all recent customers.

If you have not received a copy, and would like to do so, please fill in the online form or contact your local distributor.

3.  Technical Tip — Reducing Noise in Oscilloscope Measurements

In normal operation PicoLog data logging software collects up to 1 million readings in one data file and then stops.

There are however a number of options to decide what happens at the end of a run, these are selected from Settings | Recording within PicoLog Recorder.

Repeat immediately is useful when you need to collect more than 1 million readings, or wish to have several smaller files (one per day for example)

Repeat after delay is useful for taking snapshots of data, a typical use would be collecting one minute of high speed data every hour.

Scroll mode discards the oldest samples, this is useful if you only wish to have a record of the most recent data.

4.  New Science Experiment

Our library of science experiments for data loggers and oscilloscopes continues to grow.

New this month is a Biology experiment looking at the aerobic respiration of maggots . This experiment is aimed at 9 to 19 year olds and uses a DrDAQ data logger and an oxygen in air sensor.

5.  Exhibitions and Training Dates

We have started compiling a list of exhibitions, seminars and training days which will feature our products. This will be expanded in the coming months as we add in information supplied by our distributors.

19th September 2003
UK Autotalk Exhibition -Elland Road Conference Centre, Leeds, UK

29th September - 2nd October 2003
TechMessen, Denmark
Pico will be represented on the Robotek stand (D3239)

15th - 16th October 2003
Automotive Training Course - Leeds, UK

29th October - 2nd November 2003
Industry 2003 - Athens, Greece
Pico will be represent on Advantech Stand (601)

4th - 7th November 2003
AAPEX (Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo) - Las Vegas, USA
Pico will be exhibiting in Booth 5943

14th - 17th November 2003
Electronika 2003 - Athens, Greece
Pico will be represented on the Advantech Stand (A-51)

7th - 10th January 2004
BETT 2004 - Olympia, London, UK (educational exhibition)
Pico will be exhibiting on stand D123.

11th - 12th February 2004
MTEC - NEC, Birmingham, UK
Pico will be exhibiting on stand D123

11th - 12th February 2004
MechanEx - Donington Park, UK
Pico will be exhibiting on stand A4

23rd - 25th March 2004
Automotive Trade Show - NEC, Birmingham, UK

6.  Latest Software Releases

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.

The current releases are:

• PicoScope R5.09-6
• PicoLog R5.09-6
• EnviroMon R5.09-6
• Drivers R5.09-6

To download the latest software please visit the software downloads page

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

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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