Hi RSB ,

The sample rate of the PicoScope 2204A is 100MS/s, while the Analog bandwidth is 10MHz, so the shortest duration impulses that you would be able to accurately measure, would be those with a rise and fall time of no faster than 35 nS (10%, 90%).

Regards,

Gerry

Hi TimOster, Sorry I should have made that clearer. I was focusing more on the 'what you can expect' part of your query, as that is an essential starting point. Unfortunately we don't have any data to give you an idea of what to expect. However, the PicoScope 2205A is an entry level PicoScope, and i...

Hi TimOster,

This has already been answered on our forum here: topic10569.html, with an updated version here: post110681.html?hilit=phase%20difference#p110681 which is more accurate but has some associated caveats.

Regards,

Gerry

Hi Numbawunfela, Most of your question has already been answered elsewhere on our forum (see here: https://www.picotech.com/support/topic22841.html). Regarding your concern of accidentally touching a 29V line, our 2000 series PicoScopes have overvoltage protection to ±100 V (DC + AC peak, see under ...

Hi RSB, The PicoScope 2204A does come with a x1 / x10 switchable Probe, if selected at time of purchase, which will allow you to measure +/-200V on the higher setting. You say that you are going to measure 100V. Is that peak, peak-to-peak, or RMS voltage? Our PicoScope 6 software provides 'Custom Pr...

Hi natandmark The issue is more to do with the the difference between the the older version of PicoScope software used in the experiment (PicoScope 5) and the current release of PicoScope software (PicoScope 6) and the fact that the ADC-216 can only use PicoScope 5, while the PicoScope 4262 requires...

Hi Glovisol,

One of our customers has created a piece of software for applications such as filter characterization, which has a step generator function to sweep across a frequency range. The details are here: https://bitbucket.org/hexamer/fra4picoscope/wiki/Home.

Regards,

Gerry

Hi Yukinobu First of all, just so that we're clear, the objective of Calibration is to use a sufficiently more accurate measurement instrument to determine the accuracy of the instrument being calibrated. This is so that you can establish if the instrument being calibrated can perform a measurement ...

Hi karl, That sounds like a safer, easier option. Just to prevent any possible misunderstanding regarding my previous statement (for other visitors to this forum) a 700V DC + peak AC probe such as our TA041 Differential Probe, would be sufficient to cover 230V RMS. You also need to cover the impulse...

Hi Karl, With any measurement of potentially hazardous voltages (as you would have, using a Variac on mains voltage) you should only be considering tools appropriate for the job. The correct Probe to use would be a 1000V (minimum) CAT III Differential Probe, not a x100 Probe (which would mean you wo...

Hi beekmani, All Probes shipped with our 2000 series PicoScopes should include a clip (hook) for the probe tip. The Range of Sampling for the 2408B is from 10ns at 1GS/s to just under 14hrs at 20S/s. So, for one hour (and 23 mins) you could sample at 200S/s, and then save the data. There is more tec...

Hi geranium, The reason for the variation that you see was given at the bottom of this post by Martyn: https://www.picotech.com/support/post44027.html?hilit=5ns#p44027. So, if your waveform edges are not exactly on a 5ns boundary, relative to the trigger point, then you will see a variation for the ...

Hi Germanium, Actually there's no need to post a psdata file now that I know what you are doing. Looking at the specifications for the B model 5000 series PicoScopes (https://www.picotech.com/oscilloscope/5000/picoscope-5000-specifications) the update rate is 200MS/s, so the update interval is 5ns, ...

Hi germanium, So, do I understand you correctly, is what you are saying that you have 2 pulses per capture, one that you are triggering on (to, as you say synchronize the signal Generator output with the PicoScope sample clock), and the other one to measure the jitter? Could you post the Psdata file...

Hi CDBS, The short answer to your question is No, but you may be able to change where this happens in your data, so that the discontinuity doesn't affect what you want to see. One reason for the discontinuity is that Math Channels, in PicoScope 6, are display functions (which can be saved to a file)...