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USB Oscilloscope Quick St ar t Guide
Safety grounding
The ground of every product is connect ed dir ect ly t o t he gr ound of your
com put er t hrough t he USB cable supplied. This is done in order t o m inim ise
int erference. Therefore, always use t he supplied cable t o at t ach t he product t o
your com put er .
As wit h m ost oscilloscopes, t ake care t o avoid connect ing t he ground input of
t he product t o anyt hing w hich m ay be at som e volt age ot her t han ground. I f
in doubt , use a volt m et er t o check t hat t her e is no significant AC or DC
volt age bet ween t he oscilloscope ground and t he point t o which you int end t o
connect it . Failure t o check m ay cause dam age t o t he product or com put er
and could cause inj ury t o yourself or ot hers.
You should assum e t hat t he product does not have a prot ect ive safet y eart h.
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Included with your PicoScope

Please check t hat your PicoScope PC Oscilloscope package cont ains t he
follow ing it em s:
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1 PicoScope PC Oscilloscope
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1 USB cable
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1 Pico Soft w are CD
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1 Power adapt or ( 320x/ 520x/ 640x oscilloscopes only)
- 320x: UK, EU or US m odel select ed at t im e of ordering
- 520x/ 620x: univ ersal m odel w it h UK, EU, US and AUS/ NZ plugs
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1 I nst allat ion guide
Som e product packs and scope bundles m ay cont ain addit ional it em s.
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System requirements

Please v erify t hat your com put er m eet s t he following requirem ent s.
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Pent ium or equivalent PC w it h at least 32 MB RAM, 10 MB disk space
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Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Vist a or Window s 7
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USB 1.1 com pliant port m inim um . USB 2.0 com pliant port recom m ended.
Free USB por t on PC or powered USB hub. Will not work on a passive hub.
For PicoScope 5000 and 6000 Series PC Oscilloscopes, w e r ecom m end higher
syst em specificat ions t han t hese for best per form ance. Please see your
PicoScope 5000 or 6000 Series user guide, inst alled wit h y our PicoScope
soft ware, for det ails.
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