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What is switch bounce & how to implement debounce
Switch bounce is a common issue in electronics, particularly when working with physical switches. If you’ve ever noticed multiple signals from a single switch press,…
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Series 1: Our New PicoScope 3000E Series with Stuart Law
Series 1, Part 1: Our New PicoScope 3000E Series I am absolutely over the moon with the performance of our new PicoScope 3000E Series! Today…
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Hands-On with PicoScope 7: Pico Technology’s Latest Oscilloscope Software
We’re delighted to be featured in this video from element14! In this video, Bald Engineer presents an overview of our PicoScope 7 software. Using a…
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TDR Measurement Demonstration with a PicoScope 9311
In this brief video, Stuart takes us through a TDR demo using the PicoScope 9311, PicoSample 3 software and a Network Metrology Training board at…
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Building and Testing an IR Light Gate
In this video, James shows a quick example of building and testing an IR light gate using an oscilloscope. With two resistors, an IR LED,…
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What to look for when choosing an oscilloscope
Introduction For many engineers, choosing a new oscilloscope can be daunting—there are hundreds of different models to choose from with widely varying costs and specifications. This article…
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Fast Fourier Transforms explained
In this white paper Pico Technology discusses how Fast Fourier Transforms (FFTs) can be used to analyze signals in the frequency domain, as well as…
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Choosing the right oscilloscope active differential probe
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…
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PicoVNA frequently asked questions
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…
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IoT debug gets a boost from true differential probing
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…
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Experiments with a capacitor
Introduction A storage oscilloscope enables the voltage/time graph for a capacitor charging through a resistor to be displayed and, from the print-out, a value of…
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Unusual technical support request
Our technical support department received the following question about dropping eggs: I have been searching your web pages trying to find out how I can drop…
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Using the PicoScope logic trigger functions
Introduction The PicoScope oscilloscope software offers a wide range of simple and advanced triggers for detecting and capturing elusive signals. Most of these trigger types…
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Power consumption of flash memory using a high-resolution oscilloscope
Measuring the power use of flash memory using a high-resolution scope Introduction Datalight develops and supports software to facilitate the reliable, responsive, and cost-effective running…
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Espresso coffee grinder testing
This application shows how a TC-08 thermocouple data logger is used in the food industry to help make the perfect espresso. The background Fresh coffee has to…
