Automotive Newsletter September 2021

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September 2021

PicoScope 7 Automotive has officially been launched and the new PicoScope Automotive app is now available to download.

In other news, we have a new scope school artcle from Steve covering PicoScope 7 Automotive. We have a customer case study on the forum and a new post in the One waveform One picture series on the forum. Our EV kit was announced as a Motor Top 20 Awards winner and we have a quick summary of our first event in a long time, Automechanika Frankfurt 2021. Our best of the web section has two new videos.

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PicoScope 7 Automotive
official release

Tuesday 14th September saw the official launch of PicoScope 7 Automotive with the first stable release
made available to all users of 3000 and 4000 series Automotive PicoScopes.

PicoScope 7 Automotive represents a major step forward in design and usability, having been developed
from the ground up to fully support the touchscreen devices that are now commonplace within vehicle
repair workshops. It retains all the benefits that made PicoScope 6 Automotive the industry standard,
and introduces significant usability enhancements to make it easier for all technicians to learn and use.
For the first time, PicoScope 7 Automotive is now available on macOS and Linux operating systems in
addition to Windows 10 (and soon Windows 11).

If you are still using your older PicoScope hardware, then PicoScope 7 provides a free upgrade to improve
the PicoScope you bought years ago and at no charge. This is our way of saying thank you for being
a loyal Pico customer. PicoScope 7 Automotive runs with the following PicoScope models:
3223, 3423, 4223, 4423, 4823, 4225, 4425, 4225A and 4425A. It will also be supported with any future
Automotive models of PicoScope hardware. When you buy PicoScope today you can be confident that you
are gaining a tool that will continue to improve every year without any subscription fees or contracts.

PicoScope 6 Automotive should now only be used for those features that have not yet been released in
PicoScope 7 Automotive, such as XY plot, masks and alerts. Later versions of PicoScope 7 Automotive
will include these "missing" features, allowing us to retire PicoScope 6 Automotive.

To support the release of PicoScope 7 Automotive, we have made many additions to the A to Z of PicoScope
section on our website and Steve Smith has continued to update his excellent forum entries about
PicoScope 7 Automotive

Try PicoScope 7 Automotive now! It is directly available for free, with no subscription or registration required.

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Photo of the app open on a phone next to a 4425A scope.

PicoScope Automotive Application
Where to start; What to do; How to succeed

We are delighted to share the release of our new PicoScope Automotive app.

This is not PicoScope software running on a phone or tablet, but an app that brings together a powerful and
accessible set of information designed to be our most interactive and complete customer engagement tool.
This app gives new users everything they need to understand PicoScope, no matter their diagnostic experience.

The PicoScope Automotive app will guide you through your journey in oscilloscope diagnostics. It allows everyone
to learn about PicoScope and the different kits available, the use of our Top ten Guided tests and benefit
from tips on how to use PicoScope. It allows a user to confidently master diagnostic skills with
PicoScope and become the best technician possible.

The app includes articles, animations and videos that show how technicians and workshops benefit
from using PicoScope and demonstrates the ease and simplicity of the PicoScope hardware and software.

Key Features:
How to get started with PicoScope
Waveform analysis and advice
Popular Pico case studies
Find the right PicoScope kit - take a simple quiz to find the best kit for you
Bite-sized training videos
Watch animations of our Top 10 Guided tests
Real-life workshop applications

More information

Bmw Vanos Fault Explained

DiagnoseDan

After spending €3000 replacing parts and the fault was still not fixed, DiagnoseDan gets the opportunity to diagnoses the fault.

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GIF from video showing connections and PicoScope on monitor in the workshop.

CARACTERÍSTICAS Y COMPROBACIÓN de una monobobina

By MIAC DIAGNOSIS

Todo lo que tienes que saber de una monobobina.

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In other news

Screensht from PicoScope 7 Automotive showing probe menu.

PicoScope 7 Automotive Scope School - Part 1

An article covering useful information for new users of PicoScope 7 Automotive, such as what
an oscilloscope is, how to acquire your first capture and how to adjust the settings for the
voltage, probes and trigger.

Screenshot from PicoScope 6 Automotive showing the camshaft signal

DTC P000B - Camshaft Position Slow Response (Bank 1)

Check out this customer case study that goes into the steps carried out to diagnose a fault on a quad camshaft "V" engine design.

Image from forum thread showing a waveform with the offending component.

One Waveform One Picture

We have a series on the forum where we add one waveform and one photo. The photo illustrates the mechanical fault with the component captured in the waveform. Check out this month's posts.

MOTOR TOP 20 AWARDS WINNER

The MOTOR Top 20 Awards is the industry’s longest-running and most recognized award program. We are pleased to announce that the Pico Auto EV kit is one of the winners of the 2021 Top 20 Awards. Entries represented some of the past year’s most innovative and exciting new developments from across the automotive industry, and the winners were selected using an online voting system. We are thrilled to be in such good company again and would like to thank all our supporters for voting for our kit.

Automechanika Frankfurt 2021

The Automechanika show took place in Frankfurt as a limited event and plans to return to the usual schedule in 2022. Pico exhibited at the exhibition from Tuesday 14 Sept 2021 to Thursday 16 Sept 2021.

The event this year was a 'hybrid' event with a smaller physical presence and additional online features. As a response to the high level of customer appetite for a real event, we decided to exhibit in person hosted by our Pico GmbH office. To further support distributors, we hosted special webinars during this week focused on our EV kit, and the new app.

The exhibition proved to be popular with both the Pico team and the many visitors really happy to leave the house and enjoy some time to explore new product introductions and meet old friends. We look forward to meeting with our customers at Automechanika Frankfurt again in 2022, and at all the key exhibitions between now and then.

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