PicoScope® 6 PC Oscilloscope Software User's Guide psw.en r50 PicoScope 6 User's Guide I Table of Contents 1 Welcome ............................................................................................................................. 1 2 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 4 1 Legal statement ..................................................................................................................................... 4 2 Updates ................................................................................................................................................... 4 3 Trademarks ............................................................................................................................................ 4 4 System requirements ............................................................................................................................. 5 3 Using PicoScope for the first time .................................................................................... 6 4 PicoScope and oscilloscope primer ................................................................................. 7 1 Oscilloscope basics ............................................................................................................................... 7 2 PC Oscilloscope basics ......................................................................................................................... 8 3 PicoScope basics ................................................................................................................................... 9 1 Capture modes ......................................................................................................................... 10 4 PicoScope window ............................................................................................................................... 12 5 Scope view ............................................................................................................................................ 13 6 Overrange indicator .............................................................................................................................. 13 7 MSO view .............................................................................................................................................. 14 1 Digital view ............................................................................................................................... 15 2 Digital context menu ................................................................................................................ 15 8 XY view ................................................................................................................................................. 16 9 Trigger marker ...................................................................................................................................... 17 10 Time-delay arrow ............................................................................................................................... 17 11 Spectrum view .................................................................................................................................... 18 12 Persistence mode .............................................................................................................................. 19 13 Measurements table .......................................................................................................................... 20 14 DeepMeasure™ ................................................................................................................................... 21 15 Pointer tool tip .................................................................................................................................... 22 16 Signal rulers ........................................................................................................................................ 22 17 Time and frequency rulers ................................................................................................................. 23 18 Phase (rotation) rulers ....................................................................................................................... 24 19 Ruler settings ..................................................................................................................................... 26 20 Ruler legend ........................................................................................................................................ 27 21 Frequency legend ............................................................................................................................... 27 22 Properties sheet ................................................................................................................................. 28 23 Custom probes ................................................................................................................................... 29 24 Math channels .................................................................................................................................... 30 25 Reference waveforms ........................................................................................................................ 31 26 Serial decoding ................................................................................................................................... 32 27 Mask limit testing .............................................................................................................................. 33 28 Alarms ................................................................................................................................................ 34 29 Buffer Overview .................................................................................................................................. 34 Copyright © 2007–2020 Pico Technology Ltd. All rights reserved. psw.en r50 II Table of Contents 5 Menus ................................................................................................................................ 36 1 File menu .............................................................................................................................................. 36 1 Connect Device dialog ............................................................................................................. 38 2 Open dialog .............................................................................................................................. 40 3 Save As... dialog ....................................................................................................................... 41 4 Start-up Settings menu ............................................................................................................ 46 5 Waveform Library Browser ...................................................................................................... 47 2 Edit menu .............................................................................................................................................. 48 1 Notes ........................................................................................................................................ 49 2 Details dialog ............................................................................................................................ 50 3 Views menu .......................................................................................................................................... 52 1 Custom grid layout dialog ....................................................................................................... 53 4 Measurements menu ........................................................................................................................... 54 1 Add/Edit Measurement dialog ................................................................................................ 55 2 DeepMeasure™ dialog ............................................................................................................. 58 5 Tools menu ........................................................................................................................................... 61 1 Custom Probes dialog ............................................................................................................. 63 2 Math Channels dialog .............................................................................................................. 78 3 Reference Waveforms dialog .................................................................................................. 90 4 Serial Decoding dialog ............................................................................................................. 92 5 Alarms dialog ........................................................................................................................... 98 6 Masks menu ........................................................................................................................... 100 7 Macro Recorder ..................................................................................................................... 103 8 Preferences dialog ................................................................................................................