Saelig announces availability of Picoscope4000

A Saelig Company product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jan 21, 2009

Picoscope4000 PC oscilloscope adapters are two- or four-channel 20MHz high-resolution oscilloscopes that are suitable for general, scientific and field-service use.

With 12-bit resolution (adjustable up to 16 bits in enhanced resolution mode) and 1 per cent accuracy they are a suitable choice for noise, vibration and mechanical analysis.

With an 80MSa/s real-time sampling rate and input ranges from +/-50mV to +/-100V full-scale, Picoscope4000 scopes can handle small signals from sensors as well as higher voltages from power supply circuits and motor drives.

The deep 32MSa memory allows Picoscope4000 series scopes to capture over 400msec of data at the maximum sampling rate without any performance reduction.

Powered solely from a standard USB 2.0 port, no power adapter or batteries are required, making Picoscope4000 series scopes ideal for field work with a laptop PC.

Picoscope4000 series oscilloscopes include Picoscope6 software for Windows PCs, which harnesses the PC's processing power, storage, graphics and networking capabilities.

The user interface is simple to learn, but professional users will find many advanced features including spectrum analysis, persistence display, automatic measurements, advanced triggers and channel math capabilities.

Users can download software updates, feature extensions and improvements free of charge with no time limit.

Picoscope6 can save waveform data in a range of text and binary formats including CSV, PNG, BMP and Matlab, ready for export to other applications.

An API and examples are included for Labview, C, C++, Delphi and Visual Basic for integration into users' own software.