Introduction - PICO ADC-10 User Manual

pico ADC-10/12/40/42

1 Introduction

The PICO ADC-10, ADC-12, ADC-40 and ADC-42 are very compact single
channel analog to digital converters
The units are supplied with a range of ready-to-use Virtual Instrument and
data logging software: alternatively, you can use the ADC driver software
to develop your own programs to collect and analyse data from the unit.
The software includes:
C
PicoScope for DOS and Windows: virtual instrument programs
which enable you to use the ADC like an Oscilloscope, Spectrum
Analyser or Voltmeter
C
PicoLog (optional): DOS program for data logging and analysis
C
Clipboard: Windows program to collect data and write it to the
clipboard- you can then analyse the data using a spreadsheet
C
adcxx.exe: DOS program to read in large amounts of data and
write it to a text file.
This manual describes the physical and electrical properties of the ADCs,
and explains how to install the software. For information about the software
supplied with the unit, please refer to the following documents:
Product
PicoScope for DOS
PicoScope for Windows
PicoLog
ADC-xx clipboard program
ADCxx drivers
Version 1.0
Document
PicoScope manual
PicoScope for Windows help file
PicoLog manual
Section 8 of this manual
Clipboard help file
Driver help file
or ADCxx.ASC (text file)
user manual
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