Quick Start Guide
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1.1
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a PicoScope 4225/4425 Automotive PC Oscilloscope. This
guide gives you relevant safety information, explains how to install the software and
shows how to connect the scope. Please keep this guide to hand for easy reference.
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Safety information
To prevent possible electrical shock, fire, personal injury, or product damage,
carefully read this safety information before using the product. In addition, follow
all generally accepted safety practices and procedures for working with and near
electricity.
The product has been designed and tested in accordance with the European standard
publication EN 61010-1:2010, and left the factory in a safe condition. The following
safety descriptions are found throughout this guide:
A WARNING identifies conditions or practices that could result in injury or death.
A CAUTION identifies conditions or practices that could result in damage to the
product or equipment to which it is connected.
Symbols
These safety and electrical symbols may appear on the product or in this guide.
Symbol
Description
Ground terminal.
Chassis ground terminal.
Possibility of electric shock.
Caution.
Do not dispose of this product
as unsorted municipal waste.
DO239-4
Can be used to make a measurement
ground connection. The terminal is
NOT a safety or protective earth.
Appearance on the product indicates
a need to read the safety guidance
contained within this document.
WARNING
To prevent injury or death use the product only as instructed and use only
accessories supplied or recommended. Protection provided by the product
may be impaired if used in a manner not specified by the manufacturer.
Maximum input ranges
Observe all terminal ratings and warnings marked on the product.
The table below indicates the full scale measurement range and overvoltage
protection range for each oscilloscope model. The full scale measurement ranges
are the maximum voltages that can be accurately measured by each instrument.
The overvoltage protection ranges are the maximum voltages that can be applied
without damaging the oscilloscope.
WARNING
To prevent electric shock, do not attempt to measure voltages outside the
specified full scale measurement range below:
Full scale
Model
measurement
PicoScope 4225/4425
BNC input (to BNC shell)
± 200 V pk
BNC shell (to chassis)
± 30 V pk
WARNING
Signals exceeding the voltage limits in the table below are defined as "hazardous
live" by EN 61010. To prevent electric shock, take all necessary safety precautions
when working on equipment where hazardous live voltages may be present.
Signal voltage limits of EN61010
± 70 V DC
33 V AC RMS
PicoScope 4225 and 4425 Automotive Scopes
Input channels overvoltage
(without damage or hazard)
range
± 250 V pk
± 70 V pk
± 46.7 V pk max.
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