Waveform Capture

  • Channel deskew

    Here's a link to a similar item on our test and measurement site. It isn't tailored to automotive applications so may not be immediately helpful.

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  • Trigger

    What it does Trigger monitors one of your incoming waveforms and checks its behaviour against the conditions set within the trigger options. Once the monitored waveform…

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  • Vertical

    What it does The Vertical panel provides all the options related to the treatment of the incoming waveform before it is digitised by your PicoScope oscilloscope’s analog-to-digital…

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  • Run

    What it does PicoScope 7 Automotive’s Run control is used to start the scope so that when it is Running it is in a state ready to capture waveforms…

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  • Resolution enhance

    What it does Resolution enhance increases the effective vertical resolution of your waveforms at the expense of high-frequency detail. You can apply resolution enhancement individually to…

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  • Probe mismatch

    What it does Probe mismatch recognises and warns you when you start a capture and the detected probes do not match those selected in the software…

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  • Memory buffer

    The best way to diagnose an intermittent fault is often to set up the scope to measure from several components and wait for the fault to occur. For…

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  • Analog Offset

    Also called DC offset. This valuable feature can give you back the vertical resolution that would otherwise be lost when measuring small signals. Analog offset adds…

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  • Timebase

    What it does You can use the Timebase control to set your PicoScope’s timebase and gain access to the related set of sampling settings. Your oscilloscope’s timebase…

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  • Custom probes

    What it does By changing and scaling your measurements to have different values, units or ranges, Custom probes convert your channel inputs to an on-screen view of…

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  • Auto arrange

    What it does Auto arrange moves and scales your waveforms, Reference waveforms and Math channels within a View so they do not overlap. How it can help you By automatically arranging all…

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  • ConnectDetect®

    What it does ConnectDetect® – available on PicoScope 4×25 and 4x25A Automotive oscilloscopes – indicates whether you have good connections between your test leads and circuits. How it…

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  • Zero channel offsets

    What it does Zero channel offsets digitally removes the small offsets that are present within a measurement channel when the channel signal and ground inputs are…

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  • Probes

    What it does You use Probes in PicoScope 7 Automotive to set the probe (test lead, current clamp, ignition pickup and pressure transducer etc.) connected to your…

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  • Channel options

    What it does Most of the settings related to capturing, conditioning and displaying a measurement on one of your oscilloscope’s input channels are within the…

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  • Sampling

    What it does Your PicoScope samples your measurements (i.e. it takes a series of single measurement values) at regular intervals to digitize and turn them…

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  • Bandwidth limit

    What it does A Bandwidth limit reduces unwanted waveform noise. You can apply a Bandwidth limit to any channel of a PicoScope 4×25 or 4x25A Automotive oscilloscope. The limit…

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  • Coupling mode

    What it does Sometimes you have small waveform variations but they are found at a relatively large and constant offset from zero. We can label…

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  • Frequency counting

    What it does Frequency counting (available with PicoScope Automotive 4000 series oscilloscopes) calculates and displays the frequency (in units of cycles per second, Hz) of one of your…

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  • Low pass filter

    What it does Low pass filters can be used to reduce measurement noise and clean up your waveforms. Each of your PicoScope channels can have a low…

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