Test and Measurement News

December 2020

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Season's greetings from all at Pico Technology

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Our focus this month is on the PicoScope 4444 Differential Oscilloscope. We'll also take a look at the second PicoScope 6424E element14 RoadTest review. There's a PicoLog 6 tech tip, and a reminder of how handy a PicoScope can be.

Read about our series of webinars starting next month, or catch up on last month's.

New year, new job? Check out our vacancies.

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Pico Technology presents... seven monthly webinars, beginning January 2021
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Pico is delighted to announce a new series of webinars focusing on specific applications using our products, starting next month. These will be presented by staff from Pico's own sales and engineering teams, together with guests from a number of complementary partner companies, and will cover a wide range of tools and applications. 
  • January: From CAN to BroadR-Reach – debugging automotive networks with PicoScope
  • February: OEM applications
  • March: PicoVNA and the Network Metrology Training Kit
  • April: High-resolution PicoScopes and MATLAB
  • May: High-speed digital design verification with the PicoScope 6000E Series
  • June: Academic applications
  • July: IEPE interfaces
The first webinar is on Tuesday January 26, 2021 at 09:00 CST / 15:00 GMT / 16:00 CET. We'll be providing more details, along with a sign-up link, in the next newsletter, on January 12.
Webinar start time: 09:00 CST / 15:00 GMT / 16:00 CET on January 26, 2021
 
In the meantime, why not catch up with last month's webinar?
Last month's joint webinar with Berkeley Nucleonics (Fast Pulse/Low Jitter Timing Solutions, featuring the PicoScope 9404 SXRTO) was a great success, with around 90 people tuning in, and many great questions asked. If you weren't able to tune in, it's not too late, as you can now play back the recording on YouTube.
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PicoScope 4444: Safe measurements up to 1000 V CAT III
The PicoScope 4444 differential oscilloscope provides true differential, 12- or 14-bit measurements over a wide range of voltages, and is ideal when you need to measure without reference to ground, or where short circuits could damage the DUT or the scope.

PicoLog 6 support makes long-term observations possible, including accurate correlation with data loggers or other oscilloscopes.
The PicoConnect 442 1000 V CAT III differential probe allows for safe measurement of mains voltages. In this video, Applications Support Engineer Stuart Murlis demonstrates how these probes and the TA325 3-phase flex current probe can be used to investigate mains power outages.
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element14 RoadTest: PicoScope 6424E Oscilloscope + Accessories
PicoScope 6400E oscilloscope connected to four analog probes and one MSO pod, measuring signals from a PCB
Earlier this year, we and element14 asked three volunteers to RoadTest the PicoScope 6424E 4-channel, 500 MHz 8/10/12-bit FlexRes oscilloscope.

Following last month's review by colporteur, it's now Michael Kellett's turn:
"I've found that the [PicoScope] 6424E has become the scope of first resort in my lab and if I had to choose just one scope to keep and get rid of all the others then it's the 6424E that would stay."

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Tech tip: annotations in PicoLog 6
Part of the PicoLog 6 window, showing part of the capture graph, with an annotation, and the Notes & Annotations panel, with the same annotation and a capture note.
It's easy to add notes to your capture in PicoLog 6, and just as simple to remove them!

You can write capture notes about the whole dataset, by clicking the Notes & annotations button in the top right of the PicoLog window, or you can mark up specific points on the graph by clicking the Annotations button at the bottom of the graph display.

To get rid of a note you don't need any more, click Notes & annotations, then click the note you want to remove - a trash-can button will appear, allowing you to permanently delete the note.
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There's always room for a PicoScope!
High-speed internet access, secure VPN technology and advanced project management tools have enabled home working for many software engineers – a trend that has accelerated recently as a result of the current coronavirus lockdown.

But what about engineers who are working on hardware development?

Software-based tools work just as well at home as in the office, but when it comes to debugging your design, and making measurements, oscilloscopes just can't be beaten. PicoScope PC oscilloscopes have the same capabilities as a benchtop unit, but will fit far more comfortably on your dining room table!
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These are words Pico Technology staff use to describe their workplace. We've risen to the challenge of working in the pandemic, and we are hiring.
If you'd like to join our team, read on!

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For more information on any vacancy, or to make a speculative application, visit jobs.picotech.com. We're looking forward to hearing from you!
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