PicoScope 7 Software
Available on Windows, Mac and Linux
This month's newsletter is later than usual because we've been busy releasing the next generation of PicoScope 3000 Series oscilloscopes: the PicoScope 3000D Series. All scopes in this range feature deep memory, allowing high sampling rates to be maintained even at slower sweep speeds for capturing long waveforms in fine detail. Here's a summary of the specifications of the new PicoScope 3000D Series:
Advanced PicoScope software with digital triggering, serial decoding, mask limit testing, math channels and many other features, all included as standard
Model |
Channels² |
Bandwidth |
Buffer memory |
GBP* |
USD* |
EUR* |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PicoScope 3203D |
2A |
50 MHz |
64 MS |
349 |
576 |
423 |
PicoScope 3203D MSO |
2A+16D |
50 MHz |
64 MS |
499 |
824 |
604 |
PicoScope 3204D |
2A |
70 MHz |
128 MS |
449 |
741 |
544 |
PicoScope 3204D MSO |
2A+16D |
70 MHz |
128 MS |
599 |
989 |
725 |
PicoScope 3205D |
2A |
100 MHz |
256 MS |
599 |
989 |
725 |
PicoScope 3205D MSO |
2A+16D |
100 MHz |
256 MS |
749 |
1236 |
907 |
PicoScope 3206D |
2A |
200 MHz |
512 MS |
849 |
1401 |
1028 |
PicoScope 3206D MSO |
2A+16D |
200 MHz |
512 MS |
999 |
1649 |
1209 |
PicoScope 3403D |
4A |
50 MHz |
64 MS |
549 |
906 |
665 |
PicoScope 3403D MSO |
4A+16D |
50 MHz |
64 MS |
699 |
1154 |
846 |
PicoScope 3404D |
4A |
70 MHz |
128 MS |
699 |
1154 |
846 |
PicoScope 3404D MSO |
4A+16D |
70 MHz |
128 MS |
849 |
1401 |
1028 |
PicoScope 3405D |
4A |
100 MHz |
256 MS |
949 |
1566 |
1149 |
PicoScope 3405D MSO |
4A+16D |
100 MHz |
256 MS |
1095 |
1807 |
1325 |
PicoScope 3406D |
4A |
200 MHz |
512 MS |
1295 |
2137 |
1567 |
PicoScope 3406D MSO |
4A+16D |
200 MHz |
512 MS |
1445 |
2385 |
1749 |
1. AC adapter supplied for 4-channel operation with low-power USB ports
2. A = analog, D = digital
Data sheets, specifications tables and an explanation of features
Our latest addition to the list of MATLAB Instrument Drivers is for the PicoScope 4000 Series. The list of devices supported in MathWorks MATLAB is now as follows:
Details of all PicoScope Instrument Drivers can be found on Pico's MathWorks Instrument Driver page.
Our selected video this month is again from Colin O'Flynn. Using PicoScope AWG for Testing Serial Data Limits uses a PicoScope 6000 Series scope to import data from a scope channel and export it back out of the arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) for use as a test signal. The PicoScope's built-in AWG allows you to vary the frequency and voltage levels to stress-test your serial data decoder.
Watch Using PicoScope AWG for Testing Serial Data Limits (YouTube video) by Colin O'Flynn, and browse his other videos for more hints and tips on oscilloscopes.
As promised, we picked a random product review submitted to our website, and the winner was:
Marc Dekenah, of Buckinghamshire, UK
Mr Dekenah (who provided the quotation at the top of this newsletter) will receive a free DrDAQ Data Logger. The DrDAQ is probably the greatest bargain available in the data logging and data acquisition world, bristling with 14 assorted inputs and outputs and including full versions of the PicoLog and PicoScope applications. PicoLog allows long-term data logging with charts, spreadsheets, alarms and data analysis functions; while PicoScope is a powerful oscilloscope package with math channels, mask limit testing, spectrum analysis, automatic measurements and many more features.
We'd like to thank all of you who submitted reviews. If you would like read reviews of our products or submit your own comments, please go online to our Products section, find your product and click "Reviews".
Another lucky customer has been selected at random to win a PicoScope 5444B Flexible Resolution Oscilloscope:
Rostislav Uchitel, of VA, USA
This high-specification oscilloscope provides a range of resolutions from 8 bits to 16 bits, all provided by hardware with no need for software resolution enhancement. The leading-edge hardware enables this scope to deliver fast sampling rates combined with low noise, low distortion and high accuracy.
Take a look at the complete range of PicoScope 5000 Series Flexible Resolution Oscilloscopes - one of these may be the only oscilloscope you need on your workbench
Q. I plan to have several PicoScope devices all connected to one PC. My hand-rolled application will enable me to access each one individually. What is unclear to me is what happens when I connect 3 x 2204A, 2 x 4424 and 3 x 6404D.
If I call the SDK for the PS2000 scopes three times, for the PS4000 twice and the PS6000 scopes three times, will their psXXXX_open_unit()
functions all find the correct and matching scope?
A. For the PicoScope 4000 and 6000 Series devices you can specify the serial number of the device in the ps4000OpenUnitEx
and ps6000OpenUnit
functions respectively.
For the PicoScope 2000 Series devices using the API functions provided by the ps2000 driver, you will get a handle value for the device that is detected (with the devices being picked in the order that they are found on the USB Bus). You can then call the ps2000_get_unit_info()
with each handle to identify the serial number of each device.
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