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Pico Technology is a UK-based manufacturer of high-precision PC-based oscilloscopes and automotive diagnostics equipment, founded in 1991.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=5Gsample/s PC scope offers 500MHz bandwidth on four channels )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Scopes for a grand )〕〔(Pico Oscilloscopes ), Pico Technology〕〔(About Pico ), Pico Technology〕〔(Pico Auto ), Pico Technology〕 Their product range includes the ''PicoScope'' line of PC-based oscilloscopes, data loggers, automotive equipment, and most recently, handheld USB-based oscilloscopes.〔〔〔〔〔〔(History ), Pico Technology〕 Since their inception in 1991, Pico Tech has been researching and developing PC-based oscilloscopes, when the market standard was analog storage oscilloscopes.〔 Pico Technology is one of two European scope manufacturers, and competes in the low to middle end of the instrumentation market.〔(Would you be better off using a modular oscilloscope? Some companies think so ), 13 March 2012, NewElectronics〕 Pico Technology won The Queen's Award for Enterprise in 2014 (International Trade), and was named a "Key player" in the ''Global Electronic Test & Measurement Instruments Market'' by ''Global Industry Analysts''.〔(Pico wins Queen's Award for Enterprise! ), Test and Measurement News, May 2014, Pico Tech〕〔(Anglia signs Queen’s Award winner, Pico Technology ), Disti World, Electronics Weekly, 28th April 2014〕〔(Technology Developments To Drive The Global General Purpose Electronic Test & Measurement Instruments Market, According To New Report By Global Industry Analysts, Inc. ), Test and Measurement, June 9, 2014〕 Their equipment is considered "a modern alternative to traditional and costly bench-top test and measurement equipment", and that they "cost a fraction of traditional automotive oscilloscopes and engine analyzers".〔(18/04/15 Cambridge Companies Take The Lead at UK Hi Tech Developers’ Conference ), Energi Technical Marketing, CambridgeWireless〕〔 The ''PicoScope 5000'' variable resolution USB-based oscilloscope was voted as the ''Test & Measurement Product of the Year'' at Elektra Awards 2013, presented by Electronics Weekly at Lancaster, London.〔(Congratulations to the 2013 Winners! ), Elektra Awards〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elektra Awards 2013 – The Winners )〕〔(UBM Tech's DesignCon announces 2014 DesignVision Award Winners ), PRNewswire, Jan. 29, 2014〕 The series also won the DesignVision 2014 award for ''Test and Measurement Equipment'', presented by UBM Tech Electronics at the DesignCon 2014 trade show.〔(Flexible Resolution Oscilloscopes win DesignVision award! ), Pico Technology Newsletter, January 2014〕 The ''Pico Automotive Diagnostic Kit'' was chosen as the ''Top 20 Tools of 2003'' by Motor magazine,〔(Top Shelf Tools 2003 ), MOTOR Magazine〕 the ''Top Product of 2005'' by Commercial Vehicles Workshop magazine, the ''Top Product of 2002'' and ''Top Product of 2003'' by Professional Motor Mechanic magazine, and their ''FirstLook Sensor'' won an ''Innovation Award'' by Professional Tool & Equipment News in 2004.〔(Awards and Reviews, Automotive Diagnostics Kit ), Pico Automotive〕〔(FirstLook Engine Diagnostic Sensor ), Pico Automotive〕〔(Automotive Diagnostics Kit ), Interworld Electronics〕 ==Products== All PicoScope models include an integrated function generator or arbitrary waveform generator, triggering, automatic measurements with statistics, an FFT spectrum analysis mode, waveform maths, mask limit testing, and serial decoding for I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, LIN and FlexRay.〔 USB 2.0 oscilloscopes from Pico Tech are available with bandwidths up to 1 GHz, up to 4 input channels, hardware vertical resolutions up to 16 bits, sampling rates up to 5 GS/s, buffer sizes up to 2 GS, and built-in signal generators.〔 USB 3.0 SuperSpeed oscilloscopes from Pico Tech offers up to 500 MHz bandwidth (1.25Gsample/s) on four channels, and 2 GS of buffer memory shared between the channels.〔〔(Cypress’s EZ-USB® FX3™ Controller Powers Industry’s First USB 3.0 Oscilloscopes from Pico Technology ), BusinessWire, April 17, 2013〕 Pico Tech has been variously credited for developing the world's first USB 3.0 PC-based oscilloscope.〔 The ''PicoScope 6000'' series is considered a "Deep-memory oscilloscope", and uses hardware acceleration to provide fast display update rates on the PC.〔(PicoScope 6000 Series ), Deep-memory high-performance USB scopes, Pico Tech Website〕〔(The Preferred Method for Electronic Test ), R&D Magazine, 08/06/2014, Lindsay Hock, Managing Editor〕 The 6000 Series hardware acceleration engine can process upto 5 billion samples per second, approximately two-orders-of-magnitude faster than what could be processed on a typical PC CPU.〔 The ''PicoScope 9000'' series of "sampling scopes" are noted to reach a 12 GHz and even 20 Ghz sampling rate, and are often used for analyzing electrical communications standards and mainstream signal integrity (SI).〔〔(PicoScope 9000 Series sampling oscilloscopes ), Pico Tech Website〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pico improves 12GHz PC sampling scope )〕 Such oscilloscopes work in conjunction with the PicoScope PC software that supports 70+ serial standards including RapidIO, PCI Express and Serial ATA.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=USB sampling scope hits 12GHz )〕 The ''PicoScope Advanced Automotive Diagnostics Kit'' enables testing of ignition, injectors and fuel pumps, starter and charging circuits, batteries, alternators, starter motors, and timer relays.〔(Automotive Oscilloscope Kit turns PC into diagnostic tool ), ThomasNet, September 18, 2014〕 The Kit is compatible with any vehicle make or model, and can measure and test virtually all electrical and electronic components and circuits.〔 Power comes from USB port of PC so no batteries or power leads are required.〔 The ''PicoLog'' range of data loggers includes various devices to periodically measure and record voltage, temperature, and power consumption data.〔(Pico has beta drivers for Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone Black ), NewElectronics, 19 November 2014, ''"The data logger range includes multichannel voltage loggers, 8channel thermocouple loggers and the educational DrDAQ multifunction logger"''〕〔(PicoLog Data Loggers ), Pico Tech〕 The range includes the ''DrDAQ'' educational multi-function data logger, that has been described as "a greatly simplified version of the PicoScopes", and "can certainly be recommended to those involved in teaching computer interfacing, or wishing to use computer based equipment when demonstrating appropriate scientific experiments".〔(DrDAQ Data Logger Reviewed ), Everyday Practical Electronics, July 2000〕〔(DrDAQ: It turns your PC into a science lab ), Silicon Chip (UK), Review by Peter Smith, 2000〕 Pico Technology offers passive and active oscilloscope probes upto 1.5 GHz, high-voltage and high-bandwidth differential voltage probes, current probes, thermocouples, accelerometers and pressure transducers.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pico Technology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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