Introduction, Overview, Minimum pc requirements – Pico Macom Pico Technology PicoScope 4000 Automotive PC Oscilloscopes User Manual

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Introduction

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Introduction

1.1

Overview

The

PicoScope 4000 Series Automotive

Oscilloscopes are a range of high-speed PC

oscilloscopes for automotive diagnostic use. They are fully

USB 2.0

-capable and

backwards-compatible with

USB 1.1

. There is no need for an external power supply

as power is supplied from the USB port, making these oscilloscopes highly portable.

The PicoScope 4000 Series Automotive Oscilloscopes are supplied with the

PicoScope

software

, which turns your PC into a powerful

PC Oscilloscope

.

Your Automotive Oscilloscope is supplied with these items:

USB cable, for use with USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 ports
Automotive software and reference CD
Quick start guide

1.2

Minimum PC requirements

For your

PicoScope 4000 Series Automotive

Oscilloscope to operate correctly, you

must connect it to a computer with the minimum requirements to run Windows or the
following (whichever is the higher specification):

Item

Absolute

minimum

Recommended

minimum

Recommended

full specification

Operating system

Windows XP SP2 or Vista (32-bit versions only)

Processor

As required

by Windows

300 MHz

1 GHz

Memory

256 MB

512 MB

Free disk space
(Note 1)

1 GB

2 GB

Ports

USB 1.1 compliant port

USB 2.0 compliant port

Note 1: The PicoScope software does not use all the disk space specified in the table.

The free space is required to make Windows run efficiently.

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