4425A Attenuators

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Meffi1994
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4425A Attenuators

Post by Meffi1994 »

Hi Guys,

yesterday the new Picoscope 4425A is arrived at my workshop :shock: . I´m very happy now. :lol:
So i started to work with and I want to take a look at diesel with piezo injectors <, we all know these could be very high.
At my old scope I used the Attenuator to measure the Voltage but now? I know the bnc-cables form the older scope´s are connectable but the bnc attenuator between the BNC+ connector form scope and cable feel very unusual and wierd to me :oops:

Maybe I had overlooked something :oops: but better save than sorry :)

Kind regards
Meffi1994

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Re: 4425A Attenuators

Post by Steve Smith »

Hello and thank you for the post, great news your scope has arrived

Regarding attenuation you have several options

Depending on the kit you have purchased (assuming you have purchased a kit) for BNC+ attenuation you would use the 10:1 Scope probe here https://www.picoauto.com/products/test- ... cope-probe. This probe is included in all kits accept the starter kits

Alternatively you can continue to use a standard BNC x1 test lead with an additional attenuator https://www.picoauto.com/products/test- ... attenuator

Finally, you can also use our BNC high impedance probes https://www.picoauto.com/products/test- ... 00-mhz-bnc

One final note, with all the above attenuated probes/options, only the signal path is attenuated, not the ground

I hope this helps, take care.......Steve

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