When you buy a PicoScope 3000 USB Oscilloscope you also get a comprehensive suite of software that enables you to get the most from your oscilloscope. And unlike other companies our software is 100% free — there are no licence fees and you can use the software on as many PCs and laptops as you like.
PicoScope Oscilloscope Software
PicoScope is your complete test and measurement lab in one easy to use application.
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Start PicoScope, click Auto setup and your PC is transformed into a powerful oscilloscope with the timebase and triggering already set up. Click Persistence mode and you can emulate the phosphor display of a conventional analog scope – useful for displaying complex analog signals and spotting glitches. Click Spectrum mode and your PC becomes an FFT spectrum analyzer. And there’s more… Arbitrary waveform and function generatorAll PicoScope 3000s have a built-in function generator (sine, square, triangle, DC level). As well as basic controls to set level, offset and frequency, more advanced controls allow you to sweep over a range of frequencies. Combined with the spectrum peak hold option this makes a powerful tool for testing amplifier and filter responses. If you have a PicoScope 3204B, 3205B or 3206B you also have a built-in arbitrary waveform generator (AWG). The AWG can generate a waveform of almost any shape. You can create and edit waveforms for your AWG using the AWG editor, load them from a spreadsheet or import them from a previously captured oscilloscope waveform. |
PicoScope at a glancePicoScope 6 includes the following features:
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View larger imageThe deep memory of your PicoScope 3000 Series scope is ideal for serial decoding as it can capture thousands of frames of uninterrupted data. Using PicoScope you can decode data from a serial bus such as I²C or CAN bus. Unlike a conventional bus analyser, PicoScope lets you see the original electrical waveform at the same time as the data.
Mask limit testing
This feature is specially designed for production and debugging environments. Capture a signal from a known working system, and PicoScope will draw a mask around it with your specified tolerance. Connect the system under test, and PicoScope will highlight any parts of the waveform that fall outside the mask area. The highlighted details persist on the display, allowing the scope to catch intermittent glitches while you work on something else. The measurements window counts the number of failures, and can display other measurements and statistics at the same time.
The numerical and graphical mask editors can be used separately or in combination, allowing you to enter accurate mask specifications and to modify existing masks. You can import and export masks as files.
Custom probes
The custom probes feature allows you to correct for gain, attenuation, offsets and nonlinearities in special probes, or to convert to different units of measurement (such as current, power or temperature). You can save definitions to disk for later use. Definitions for standard Pico-supplied oscilloscope probes and current clamps are included.
Easy to use
Despite the many advanced features and functions, PicoScope is still fast and easy to use. Even if you’ve used a traditional “knobs and buttons” oscilloscope for many years, the intuitive controls and familiar Windows user interface of PicoScope make it incredibly easy to use.
Great today. Greater tomorrow
PicoScope software is regularly updated with feature extensions and improvements. These can be downloaded for free from our website and ensure that your oscilloscope will always have the latest features and enhancements.
Software Development Kit
Your PicoScope 3000 Series oscilloscope comes complete with a software development kit (SDK). The SDK contains a range of software drivers and example code that you can use to write your own software or to use your PicoScope Oscilloscope with third party software.
The SDK supports data streaming, a mode that captures gap-free continuous data through the USB port directly to your PC’s RAM or hard disk. Using data streaming you can capture data at a rate greater-than 10 MS/s (the maximum speed is dependent on your PC).
