Pico Technology PicoScope 2204A Oscilloscope 2 Channel 10 MHz, 100 MS/s, 8 kS, Handheld USB PC-Based Digital Pocket Lab Kit w/Probes, PS7 Software and Waveform Generator

These great little units are night and day compared to an old fashioned oscilloscope. Initial setup is 5 minutes and the software interface is intuitive. There are pre built data blocks for decoding serial devices such as can bus, rs485 etc. It's usb powered and can be used everywhere. I have used this on stepper motors, encoders, canbus systems, modbus rtu decoding and re-pagaging using custom software. I initially bought for work then ended up buying a few for personal use at home to decide some one-line comms from diesel heaters! The function list is great, and the scaling is always set pretty good with little adjustment needed. Good tool for anything from casual DIY to industrial communication reverse engineering.

Although this is the entry level 2004A Picoscope it is small fairly powerful piece of testing equipment at a reasonable price. Have yet to come to terms in using the instrument to find its full capacity of monitoring signals of control circuits in the cars electrics. .Have obtained the downloaded information from Picoscope website which gives good explanations and different test to learn the operation and practical test experience in using the scope, this is very useful to use and learn and full credit to the company for their foresight in supplying this relevant information via Picoscope seven program that can be used on a PC. At the moment very pleased with the product, just purchase test leads to suit for testing the cars signals etc.

As expected, excellent product at reasonable price. More than adequate features for most hobbyist needs and if you need more there are a large variety of different PicoScopes to choose from. Software works well and before you decide to buy PicoScope, you can download the software from PicoScope and run it in demo mode and get familiar with it. Remember to map the features you want to model you purchase. Software is one of the best PC scope apps. [...]

An excellent piece of kit for me as I'm just a keen amateur. That said, this Picoscope delivers far more than I will ever need. The accuracy is amazing and so easy to use. However, if you want a hard copy manual it's 270 pages - you have been warned!

My previous oscilloscope was a CRT Scopex from the last Millenium. This neat little USB-powered device is a wonderful advance from that. The included switchable x1/x10 probes are very professional, with alternative tips and removable ground clips. The software is clear and elegant, with some exotic mathematical combination of signals possible. For testing power supplies and looking for sources of glitches it is great, particularly with the clever time defying trigger modes. But for audio work the 8-bit resolution is limiting. For example the Signal-to-Noise and THD floors are well above what any non-defective HiFi device will deliver (-50dB). The built-in signal generator has the same problem. Zooming in on a signal it is easy to see the castellations caused by the low resolution. I think it is time that a 12-bit device was made available at this price. After all, budget stereo USB audio interfaces now are easily obtainable up to 24-bit. And there are software fft packages such as Voxengo SPAN and SpectraPLUS that give excellent analysis results with one of these.

Brilliant. If you want a simple scope for occasional use this is the way to go. Its obviously not as robust, fast or protected as a proper stand alone scope but its been an enormous help for analising AC and PWM circuits. Simple to use and very clear instructions.

A good scope for beginning with and excellent software and customer support

I have another pico scope that is much more powerful but also much more expensive. Both work great and this little one does well for the price