PicoScope Education Kit
PC Oscilloscope experiments for secondary schools, colleges and universities
Now every classroom can obtain world-
class equipment at an affordable price
Supplied with equipment for three experiments:
Speed of sound
Faraday’s Law
AC dynamo
and includes guidance for four more experiments:
Value of a capacitor
Serial data waveform
Speed of a pulse along a cable
Acceleration due to gravity
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PicoScope Education Kit
Speed of sound
The speed of sound experiment uses two microphones
(included) to measure the speed of sound.
Faraday’s Law
The Faraday’s Law experiment demonstrates that the EMF
induced in a conductor linked by a changing magnetic ux
is proportional to the rate of change of the ux.
The AC dynamo experiment builds on the results of the
Faraday’s Law experiment. Repeated pulses of EMF are
induced in a coil by a rotating magnet, resulting in an AC
voltage output.
Additional experimentsAC dynamo
• Measuring the value of a capacitor
• Serial data
• Speed of a pulse along a cable
• Acceleration due to gravity
These four experiments are fully documented, with
instructions and automatic setups built in to the software.
You just need to supply the apparatus!
Kit contents
• PicoScope 2205 Sampling PC Oscilloscope
• Speed of sound apparatus
• Faraday’s Law apparatus
• AC dynamo apparatus
• PicoScope Education Kit Software CD
• Installation Guide
• BNC to 4-mm plug cables (2)
• BNC to crocodile clip cable
• USB cable
• Durable carry case
PicoScope for Education
Starting an experiment
is as easy as selecting
an item the drop-down
menu.
Features built in to the
software include:
• X and Y rulers
• automatic
measurements
• digital colour and
analogue intensity
persistence display
modes
• spectrum analyser
Built-in signal generator
The built-in function
generator and arbitrary
waveform generator can
replace several bulky
pieces of equipment
on your workbench.
Generate standard
waveforms such as sine,
square and triangle, or
load your own custom
waveform from a text
le.
Channel B
Channel A
PicoScope 2205 PC Oscilloscope
Signal Generator output
PicoScope 220 5 PC Oscilloscope
Specifications
PicoScope Education Kit
Channels (vertical)
Number of channels 2
Nominal input impedance 1 MΩ || 20 pF
Overload protection ±100 V on single input
Timebase (horizontal)
Timebase accuracy 100 ppm with 3 ps jitter
Trigger
Acquisition
Display
Measurements and analysis
Automatic measurements 26 automatic measurements in time and frequency domains
Signal generator
Built-in signal types Sine, square, triangle, ramp up, ramp down, DC voltage
Arbitrary waveform generator
Input waveform format Normalised CSV file format (comma-separated values, compatible with Microsoft Excel)
General
Operating temperature range +5 °C to +45 °C
Bandwidth 25 MHz
Sensitivity 10 mV/div to 4 V/div
Accuracy 3%
Input coupling AC or DC, software-controlled
Input connectors BNC
Timebases 500 ns/div to 200 s/div
Trigger sources Ch A or Ch B
Modes Rising edge, falling edge, edge with hysteresis, pulse width, dropout, windowed, logic
ADC resolution 8 bits (up to 12 bits with resolution enhance mode)
Sampling rate 200 MS/s (4 GS/s with equivalent-time sampling)
Buffer size 8000 samples in block mode, 2 M samples in streaming mode
Display resolution Up to 4000 points horizontally. Number displayed subject to screen size.
Display styles Real-time, digital colour, analogue intensity
Rulers 2 per channel on Y axis + 2 on X axis
FFT Spectrum view built in
Connector type BNC (shared with arbitrary waveform generator)
Output range ±250 mV to ±2 V
Offset ±1 V within ±2 V output range
Output resistance 600 Ω
Frequency range DC to 100 kHz
Frequency sweep Up, Down, Up-Down, Down-Up
Connector type BNC (shared with signal generator)
Vertical resolution 8 bits
Buffer size 4 K samples
Output range ±250 mV to ±2 V
Offset ±1 V within ±2 V output range
Output resistance 600 Ω
Sample rate DC to 2 MS/s
Frequency sweep Up, Down, Up-Down, Down-Up
Power Powered from USB port
PC connection USB 2.0 (compatible with USB 1.1)
PC requirements Windows XP (SP2) or Vista, 32-bit versions
Dimensions 100 mm x 135 mm x 45 mm
Weight 210 g
Approvals FCC, CE
Ordering information £ $ €
PP471 PicoScope Education Kit 395 790* 585*
* Dollar and euro prices are subject to exchange rate uctuations. Please contact Pico Technology for the latest prices before ordering.
Errors & omissions excepted.
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