Waveform Library

PicoScope Automotive now includes a fantastic feature that allows the Pico Community to benefit from each other’s experience. The Waveform Library Browser enables you to search a global data base of waveforms uploaded by PicoScope users from around the world.

Phase Rulers

Phase rulers (called rotation rulers in PicoScope Automotive) help to measure the timing of a cyclic waveform on a scope view. Instead of measuring relative to the trigger point, as time rulers do, phase rulers measure relative to the start and end of a time interval that you specify. Measurements may be shown in degrees, percent or a custom unit as selected by the Ruler settings box.

A new level of performance

PicoScope Automotive diagnostic software offers a new level of performance: along with faster data processing and improved support for the latest USB Diagnostic Oscilloscopes, faster capture rates make it easier for you to see fast-moving signals.

Never miss that elusive problem waveform

No more having to stop the scope as soon as you notice a fault: the waveform buffer in PicoScope Automotive can hold multiple waveforms in memory, allowing you to stop the scope and then review up to 10,000 previously captured waveforms.

Control capture rates

PicoScope Automotive allows you to reduce the number of data frames per second that your scope captures. This can help to conserve valuable power when your laptop is running on batteries.

Professional printouts

With both colour and black and white printing modes, printed waveforms look professional — making them easy to work with and ideal for showing to your customers.

Custom Probes

With PicoScope Automotive software there is no need to create a custom range every time you want to add a new probe or sensor. The Custom Probes feature lets you quickly add a new probe or sensor with an easy–to–use wizard.

Powerful features

Version 6 of PicoScope Automotive includes smarter and more powerful features than previous versions. As well as the ones described above, other features include:

• Multiple views of the same data, with individual zoom, pan and filter settings for each view
• Organise the data views however you want with the power of drag–and–drop
• Zoom–in to a point of interest quickly with the intuitive point–and–click zoom controls
• Specify a delay between the trigger and start of the capture directly in units of time

Good looks. Good design.

We all know that no matter how good software looks and how many features it has, it’s useless if it isn’t easy to use. We listened to what you — the users — told us and designed PicoScope Automotive to both look good and be as easy to use as possible:

• Draggable rulers make it easier to move traces apart.
• Clear graphics and text together with the ability to enlarge font sizes on measurements means that the screen is easier to read — even from a distance.
• Tooltips appear when you hover your mouse over a control, making it easy to understand what everything does.
• Point–and–click tools make panning and zooming quick and easy.
• User–configurable toolbars let you position the controls where you want them.

The fast and easy way to diagnose faults

Using PicoScope Automotive is both fast and easy. Simply select the sensor or circuit to be tested and the software will automatically load the required settings and give you full details of how to connect the scope, along with advice on what the waveform should look like and general technical information on the component/system being tested.

PicoScope Automotive diagnostic software includes over 127 different reference topics on vehicle components and systems, and there’s nothing to stop you from adding topics for your own specific vehicle tests.

Language support

The table below shows the languages currently supported in PicoScope Automotive.

PicoScope Automotive Language Support
Full support	English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Español
Menus and dialogs only (user manuals and help files will be installed in English)	中文 (简体), 中文 (繁體), ÄŒeština, Dansk, suomi, Ελληνικά, Magyar, 한국어, 日本語, Norsk, Polski, Português, română, Русский, Svenska, Türkçe

 

Quick and Easy to Use, With Many Applications

PicoDiagnostics is so quick and easy to use that it can be used for many applications. Just some of the applications for PicoDiagnostics include:

• Fault diagnosis in the workshop and for breakdown recovery services. If a vehicle has an obvious engine fault, this software can help to quickly narrow down the cause. It makes an ideal companion to PicoScope Automotive software which can then be used to test the individual components to complete the diagnosis.
• Engine health check. As PicoDiagnostics is so quick and easy to use, it’s worth running on every vehicle that comes through the workshop even if they have no obvious faults, or have just come in for a service or new tyres. The software prints out a report on the condition of the engine which can be given to the customer either confirming the good running of the engine or showing that further investigation/work is required.
• Preventative maintainance for fleets of vehicles. Whether you run a fleet of commercial vehicles or rent out vehicles, performing a quick health check on the engine on a regular basis can help spot the early signs of developing problems. This can help avoid costly breakdowns in the field.
• Pre-purchase inspection. If you regularly purchase vehicles or perform checks on vehicles for customers prior to purchase then PicoDiagnostics is ideal. Within a few minutes you can perform an engine health check and print off a report for the customer.