PicoScope® PICO TECHNOLOGY TEST & MEASUREMENT TOOLS IN EDUCATION TEST AND MEASUREMENT PicoScope PC oscilloscopes are software running, free of charge, Waveforms captured by a configured with a built-in signal on their own PC to practice and PicoScope in the lab can be generator, time- and frequency- learn at their own pace. displayed and processed live domain waveform views, serial to provide instant feedback on protocol analyzers and other I use the PicoScopes in my projects and exercises, which measurement capabilities to help “labs regularly for research reinforces the concepts students electrical engineering students and education of students have been taught and makes the achieve oscilloscope proficiency learning process enjoyable. and prepare for a career in in minor degree (B.Eng.) and This feedback from Prof. engineering or scientific research. major degree (M. Eng.). I’m Johannes Stolz at Hochschule absolutely happy using the Koblenz University of Applied The core instrument that students units. They are very intuitive Sciences sums it up nicely: use to test and document and reduce the “fear” of their assigned experiments in doing something wrong Students come along with almost all teaching labs is the comparing to conventional “the use of PicoScope very oscilloscope. PicoScope PC- quickly, normally within less based oscilloscopes running with scopes with millions of PicoScope 6 software present a buttons than 30min they know the familiar user interface for students ” basics of triggering, doing to set up the instrument and measurements, analyzing display the measured waveforms. harmonics in spectrum Each student can have PicoScope 6 mode.” PicoScope 2000 Series devices course and beyond. Thus they are a complete electronics lab have access to an oscilloscope in one compact, low-cost, USB- even when at home - especially powered unit. They provide important whilst studying oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, remotely during the Covid-19 function generator, arbitrary lockdown. waveform generator and protocol decoding out of the box. Mixed PicoScopes aren’t the only Pico signal models add a 16-channel PC-based instruments that have logic analyzer. a place in the classroom; Pico RF and Data Acquisition products are Due to the low cost and small size ideal for students learning about of the 2000 Series it is possible radio frequency technology and to issue one per pupil for them numerous scientific applications. to keep for the duration of their RF PRODUCTS The PicoVNA 6 GHz and 8.5 GHz With the included active broadband Vector Network Analyzers with the amplifier element, nonlinear Network Metrology Training Kit compression measurements such support network metrology as P1dB and AM to PM can be education. explored. Partnered with the PicoVNA, PicoVNA also supports software the Network Metrology Training connection to Microwave Office kit provides a variety of passive within the Cadence AWR Design and active test networks and Environment, and to Optenni Lab low-cost calibration standards antenna and propagation CAD and test leads. The kit includes software. With this the student a comprehensive training guide and teacher can jump into the that supports teaching objectives Design–Simulate–Implement– around reflection and transmission Evaluate cycle at any point to measurements, S-parameters and compare measured results with standard measurement quantities. simulated data. DATA LOGGERS Pico data loggers are suitable for As well as measuring temperature, a wide range of voltage, current the TC-08 can be fitted with an and temperature measurement optional terminal board that turns and recording applications in a it into a 20-bit high resolution classroom or laboratory. voltage data logger. The terminal The TC-08 is an 8-channel board allows measurement of thermocouple data logger parameters for numerous STEM that works with all types of applications. thermocouple sensors to measure temperatures from −270°C to All Pico data loggers work with +1820°C. PicoLog 6 application software on Windows, macOS, Linux and Raspberry Pi platforms and up to 20 loggers can be connected simultaneously. Programming Pico instruments A key skill for today’s engineering GitHub pages and there’s a lively automation applications and students is the ability to program Forum where users exchange verify hardware designs through instruments using industry- ideas and knowledge about statistical analysis of measured standard languages. Pico programming their devices. data: “Hardware in the loop”. products come with a free-of- The SDK can also be used to charge Software Development interface Pico instruments Kit (SDK). The SDK includes with popular analytical and test drivers for Windows and, for automation packages such as most products, macOS, Linux and MathWorks MATLAB, NI LabVIEW Raspberry Pi (ARM7) that give and Microsoft Excel. full exposure of the instrument hardware via the Application PicoScope and other Pico Programming Interface (API). instruments can be connected It allows students to write to MATLAB with Instrument their own software to control Control Toolbox™ running on the the instruments with popular same PC. MATLAB can be used languages such as C, C#, C++ for analysis and visualization and Python. Code examples are of the acquired data. 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