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Re: Pico Setups
Reply #150 - Aug 10^th, 2013 at 7:57am

royd wrote on Aug 10^th, 2013 at 5:09am:

First of all there are no poor quality USB ports.

There certainly are. A while back, Pico suddenly started having all kinds of connectivity issues with the USB cables. Come to find out...some PC manufacturers were using poor quality ports with reduced contact area. Wiggling the USB cable at the PC end would cause all sorts of problems.

Pico's solution was to have some special cables made that have extra contact area to compensate for the poor port contact area. That solved the problem. These cables are blue in color.

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royd Freshman Member Picogroup Offline I'm an Autonerd Posts: 38 Trumbull Connecticut USA Gender:	Re: Pico Setups Reply #151 - Aug 14^th, 2013 at 6:34am Sorry Tom - I didn't realize you were talking about the physical jack itself. I stand corrected. That's good to know and I thank you.
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Re: Pico Setups
Reply #152 - Dec 28^th, 2013 at 10:28pm

Here is my setup. I bought two different cases designed for a Surface Pro tablet pc. One case I cut a rectangular hole in the end with the hinge, in order for the picoscope to stick through. Then, I got a right angle USB cable so that the install would be more streamlined.

Zip the case up and let the cable come out where the two zippers come together. I glued the second case to the top of the first case, in order to make one unit. I used shoe glue because the materials are similar to what shoes are made of. It's a very secure bond. I trust it completely with my $900 tablet. I've tested it out to be sure.

The Surface Pro fits neatly into the second case. When picoscope software is downloaded, there will be tiles on the start screen in Windows 8, and you can also access it through the usual desktop location as well.

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Mike in St. Louis Guru Member Picogroup Offline Posts: 272 St Louis Missouri USA	Re: Pico Setups Reply #153 - Dec 29^th, 2013 at 6:30am Now that is neat.
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Re: Pico Setups
Reply #154 - Dec 29^th, 2013 at 8:04am

Wow that is pretty cool McGreezy, I will have to look into that. I just have a regular laptop, but I bet I could figure out something on how to adapt this setup to a laptop. Maybe put a handle on it so you can carry it with you to each job. Very nice. I'm trying to think of a good cart setup for my pico too where when I'm done each day I can lock everything up and I won't have to worry about it. If anyone has some cool setups I would like to see them.

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Jose aka superskyliner Guru Member Picogroup Offline I'm an Autonerd Posts: 475 95653 California USA Gender:	Re: Pico Setups Reply #155 - Jan 1^st, 2014 at 12:52pm Hey guys I have a datec boom with the neon switches, but can't figure out what position the neon is active (protected) and in which position they're bypassed
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Re: Pico Setups
Reply #156 - Jan 1^st, 2014 at 3:01pm

Jose aka superskyliner wrote on Jan 1^st, 2014 at 12:52pm:

what position the neon is active (protected) and in which position they're bypassed

I suggest you hook up to a coil primary always placing the attenuator on the scope. Then observe the primary while switching the neon in and out. You will see which is on and which is off.

Or, since the neons serve no real practical purpose, you can simply snip them out of the circuit.

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Reply #157 - Apr 13^th, 2014 at 2:53pm

So I'm dragging this thread back to the light of day -
I finally got my electrical diagnostic cart built. the biggest delay was building a side cabinet with a pull out drawer so the leads could be draped in without having to unroll them to use and roll 'em up again after.
I started with a 41" roller cabinet, put a 7" stand on top so the printer can go underneath, my lead cabinet on the side.

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Mike in St. Louis Guru Member Picogroup Offline Posts: 272 St Louis Missouri USA	Re: Pico Setups Reply #158 - Apr 13^th, 2014 at 5:27pm I gotta admit Ward, that looks great...
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Eddie Senior Member Offline Posts: 220 Auckland New Zealand Gender:	Re: Pico Setups Reply #159 - Apr 13^th, 2014 at 5:32pm That sure is some creative thinking !
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Superglide78 Junior Member Offline Posts: 77 St. Charles Illinois USA Gender:	Re: Pico Setups Reply #160 - Apr 13^th, 2014 at 7:52pm Very cool Ward!
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Ward Zintel Super Nerd Picogroup Offline Posts: 632 Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada Gender:	Re: Pico Setups Reply #161 - Apr 13^th, 2014 at 8:10pm Now the re-organizing can begin. The one drawer that had electrical stuff can now hold air chisels and bits (gotta love a good burp gun). It'll be nice to have all the testing and diagnostic stuff in one toolbox. I left expansion room for a WPS and a first look hootenanny. -Ward-
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top4 Senior Member Picogroup Offline Posts: 222 Ellwood city pa Tennessee USA Gender:	Re: Pico Setups Reply #162 - Apr 14^th, 2014 at 5:31pm Ward that set up is bad to the bone! Good job my friend. Good job indeed!
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Re: Pico Setups
Reply #163 - Apr 21^st, 2014 at 6:47pm

Here's my setup, I just put it together today so I imagine there will be a few revisions in the weeks to come. The Laptop I've had on my larger Torin tool chest for a while, the Pico I just picked up a few weeks ago and the Autel Maxisys came in last week. This morning I picked up the tool cart and this week I'm expecting the Cardaq-M to arrive.

The Pico leads exit through the screwdriver holes, no drilling required. Power cords exit on the opposite side, no drilling required there either, and go to a power strip (not shown). This will then be plugged in to an extension cord and if I forget to unplug and roll the cart away, it will put the strain on a replaceable power strip instead of the proprietary cords.

In the smaller upper drawers I keep my personal waveform library (binder) and the manuals for all the diag equipment as well as the circuit breakers, injector actuator and COP tester. The drawer on the right contains my USB extension cord, the Maxisys Bluetooth DLC Dongle and my Vag-Com cables (added after this picture). In the lower drawer I've got my multimeter, spark testers, connector probes and homemade jumper wires. The last drawer has the rest of my Pico stuff though I imagine all this space will be put to better use later on. I'm thinking some stuff needs to be suspended from the lid.

Thanks for the space and any suggestions are welcome.
Doug

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Gavin Freshman Member Offline I'm an Autonerd Posts: 27	Re: Pico Setups Reply #164 - Apr 23^rd, 2014 at 6:22pm Got my Autonerdz case and blue usb cord today. As always got to SD really fast. Also the case was even nicer than I expected. Here it is attached to my lappy.
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