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Fundamentally, all oscilloscopes measure voltage (in the Y axis) against time (in the X axis) and all voltage measurements are made between two points. Most oscilloscopes…
Pico Technology offers many active differential probes covering a wide range of voltages, category (CAT) ratings and bandwidths. As the name suggests, these probes have…
James Skinner1, Nils Nazoa2, Mark Ashcroft3, Nick Ridler1 1National Physical Laboratory; 2LA Techniques Ltd; 3Pico Technology Abstract These days, many instrument calibrations are performed automatically…
Introduction The TRL (Thru-Reflect-Line) calibration technique (1) was originally developed as a way of enhancing calibration accuracy in coaxial lines. The improvement is based on the…
Safety tips Though the energy in the impulses used is very small, the peak level may be enough to damage loudspeakers. Make sure that the…
The article first appeared in Sensor Review, The international journal of sensing for industry. This article is also available in German (published in Elektronic Journal) and Norwegian (published…
Almost every signal measured by an oscilloscope has some unwanted noise. When measuring small signals or connecting to high-impedance nodes, there are times when the…
AC power to homes, factories and offices is normally delivered at a frequency of 50 or 60 Hz, depending on the region of the world…
When changing the timebase in the PicoScope 6 software, you may wonder why the sampling rate shown in the Properties view also changes. This application…
Introduction Every time we walk outside, we are bathed in force fields that are produced by nature. They are gravitational, magnetic and electric fields. In…
The test installation This summer, Picoās Business Development Manager Trevor Smith selflessly volunteered to take some oscilloscopes and data loggers with him to the south…
Insertable and non-insertable check standards? What do we mean? We’ve created the following video to help in the understanding of this topic: Will you be making a 75…
This time we consider how a new differential input oscilloscope, the PicoScope 4444, helps debug a typical DC/DC converter designed to provide power in Internet…
From line-voltage and embedded power supplies to audio and serial data communication, differential voltage measurements deliver tangible benefits to scope users trying to track down…
The high resolution, fast sampling and differential inputs make the PicoScope 4444 ideal for power measurement. Blue trace is supply voltage, red is current and…