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PicoScope 4000 Automotive

User's Manual

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PC Oscilloscopes

Summary of Contents for PicoScope 4000 Series

Page 1: ... Copyright 2008 Pico Technology Ltd All rights reserved PicoScope 4000 Automotive User s Manual ps4000a en 1 PC Oscilloscopes ...

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Page 3: ...rements 2 3 Installation instructions 3 4 Safety symbols 3 5 Safety warning 4 6 FCC notice 4 7 CE notice 5 8 Legal information 6 9 Company details 7 2 Product information 7 1 Specifications 8 3 Advanced features 8 1 Sampling modes 8 2 More on block mode 8 3 More on streaming mode 8 4 AC DC coupling 8 5 Oversampling 9 4 Glossary 11 Index ...

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Page 5: ...plied with these items USB cable for use with USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 ports Automotive software and reference CD Quick start guide 1 2 Minimum PC requirements For your PicoScope 4000 Series Automotive Oscilloscope to operate correctly you must connect it to a computer with the minimum requirements to run Windows or the following whichever is the higher specification Item Absolute minimum Recommended m...

Page 6: ... start the PicoScope software The software should now display the voltage of any signal that is connected to the oscilloscope If you plug in a test lead into the scope and touch the red clip or probe with your finger you should see a small signal caused by mains pickup or other electrical noise in the oscilloscope window Standard oscilloscope connectors The PicoScope 4000 Series Automotive Oscillo...

Page 7: ...orrectly This could cause damage to your computer or lead to injury to yourself and others Maximum input range PicoScope 4000 Series Automotive Oscilloscopes are designed to measure voltages in the range 100V Any voltages in excess of 200V may cause physical damage Mains voltages Pico Technology products are not designed for direct connection to mains line power sources To measure mains use a diff...

Page 8: ...on manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his or her own expense For safety and maintenance information see the safety warning 1 7 CE notice The PicoScope 4000 Series Automotive Oscilloscopes meet the intent of the E...

Page 9: ...pplications are the same Pico Technology cannot guarantee that its equipment or software is suitable for a given application It is your responsibility therefore to ensure that the product is suitable for your application Mission critical applications This software is intended for use on a computer that may be running other software products For this reason one of the conditions of the licence is t...

Page 10: ...ll rights reserved ps4000a en 1 9 Company details Address Pico Technology James House Colmworth Business Park St Neots Cambridgeshire PE19 8YP United Kingdom Phone 44 0 1480 396 395 Fax 44 0 1480 396 296 Email Technical Support support picotech com Sales sales picotech com Web site www picoauto com ...

Page 11: ...es 32M samples 16M samples 8M samples Inputs 2 x BNC input 1 MW impedance 22 pF 4 x BNC input 1 MW impedance 22 pF Voltage Ranges 100 V 50 V 20 V 10 V 5 V 2 V 1 V 500 mV 200 mV 100 mV 50 mV Accuracy Voltage 1 Time 50 ppm Operating Environment Temperature range Humidity 0 C to 45 C 20 C to 30 C for quoted accuracy 5 to 80 RH Overload Protection 200 V PC Connection USB 2 0 Compatible with USB 1 1 Po...

Page 12: ...e In streaming mode the computer prompts the PicoScope 4000 Series Automotive Oscilloscope to start collecting data The data is then transferred back to the PC without being stored in oscilloscope memory Data can be sampled with a period of between 1 ms and 60 s and the maximum number of samples is limited only by the amount of free space on the PC s hard disk 3 4 AC DC coupling Each channel can b...

Page 13: ... used by the oscilloscope to temporarily store data This helps to compensate for the differences in data transfer rate from one device to another Maximum sampling rate A figure indicating the maximum number of samples the oscilloscope is capable of acquiring per second Maximum sample rates are usually given in MS s megasamples per second or GS s gigasamples per second The higher the sampling capab...

Page 14: ...niversal Serial Bus This is a standard port that enables you to connect external devices to PCs A typical USB 2 0 port supports a data transfer rate that is 40 times faster than that supported by USB 1 1 An additional feature of USB 2 0 is that it is backwards compatible with USB 1 1 Vertical resolution A value in bits indicating the degree of precision with which the oscilloscope can turn input v...

Page 15: ...puts 7 L Legal information 5 M Maximum input range 3 Memory buffer 8 O Operating environment 7 Oscilloscope probe 2 Overload protection 7 Oversampling 8 P PC connection 7 PC Oscilloscope 1 4 9 PC requirements 1 PicoScope 4000 Series Automotive 1 PicoScope software 1 2 9 Power supply 7 R Repair 3 Resolution vertical 7 8 9 S Safety warning 4 Sampling rate 7 9 Signal generator 2 Specifications 7 Spec...

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Page 18: ...e Colmworth Business Park Eaton Socon ST NEOTS Cambridgeshire PE19 8YP United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1480 396 395 Fax 44 0 1480 396 296 Web www picotech com Copyright 2008 Pico Technology Ltd All rights reserved ps4000a en 1 28 10 08 ...

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