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Products => Test Equipment => Topic started by: rickv14623 on April 25, 2016, 07:25:31 pm

Title: New Pico 2000 Series Scopes
Post by: rickv14623 on April 25, 2016, 07:25:31 pm

Launch day today. Opinions?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIcs00eA24Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIcs00eA24Q)

Title: Re: New Pico 2000 Series Scopes
Post by: Gyro on April 25, 2016, 09:09:10 pm

I briefly got excited when I got their Test and Measurement news this morning, but they look a pricey option for the decent spec ones.

Title: Re: New Pico 2000 Series Scopes
Post by: rstofer on April 25, 2016, 09:37:30 pm

It seems to me that the 2205A (2 analog, 16 digital, waveform generator) doesn't overwhelm the Digilent Analog Discovery and it's a couple of hundred dollars more expensive.  Right off the bat, the Analog Discovery has a 14 bit ADC versus 8 bit for the 2205A.  Does it matter?  Well, maybe when you have a display with a whole bunch of pixels.

The 2205A has BNC connectors for the scope channels whereas the AD needs an extra adapter board to gain that funcionality.  The 2205 certainly has better, albeit bigger, packaging.

Title: Re: New Pico 2000 Series Scopes
Post by: pascal_sweden on April 26, 2016, 05:14:26 pm

They do carry a warranty of 5 years though, which is worth noting! :)