If you are a Picoscope user, this is for you and it could impact your future.

This thread was created for the express purpose of giving all Autonerdz forums members the opportunity to contribute their thoughts and ideas.

Pico Technology is developing the Picoscope 7 software for both the Automotive and Test & Measurement divisions. As of the date of this posting the current automotive release is 7.0.64 and it is in open Beta. Pico is actively looking at user feedback in order to help prioritize what bug or feature is the focus of its developers. The more a particular bug is reported, or feature requested the higher it can move up the priority list. Some changes will be delayed until the T&M version of the software catches up to the Automotive.

I am told by people from within Pico that the first “stable” release will be coming soon.

I invite you to share your thoughts and comments here. Remember to keep your comments professional and constructive. If you have a specific complaint explain it clearly and offer up a minimum of one idea of how to make it better. Criticism without offing ideas of how to make it better is just whining.

I see what you're talking about the PS7 colors have less contrast than the traces in PS6.

I was told in a meeting last week that the ability to change or adjust colors is in a future release.

I submitted a suggestion report a while back when the realization hit me that if I'm having trouble discerning things on the screen then someone with any sort of color blindness would find it infuriating.

Solved my problem by changing the colour to black

Just playing, need more room on the X axis 

I did find a bug today, locking the ruler and I can drag them in pairs across the screen, but when I zoom in and drag them to the next page the time changes

autosparky wrote on Feb 18^th, 2021 at 12:22am:


I never actually had one until I took over, I will look into this further. So far I have not found an attenuation scale for this accessory.

Something in PS6 so far missing in PS7.

PS7 doesn't have the option to save all buffers as an animated gif file.  Sent feedback through the official form.

Edit: PS7 version: 7.0.66.7682

CW wrote on Feb 25^th, 2021 at 6:19pm:



Paint app

It's non-functional

ASUS touchscreen

Pico 6   zoom horizontal = yes      zoom vertical = yes
Pico 7   zoom horizontal = yes      zoom vertical = no

Pico 6 Left Real Estate = conservative
Pico 7 Left Real Estate = typical lefty waste of space

We need bigger stop start buttons in Pico 6 
We need more Pico 6 in Pico 7

rulers were fixed but broken again

If you lock them, then scroll across the screen, the fixed time changes

7.0.68.7827

Anybody had a go at reference waveform delay settings on pico 7?

The graphical widow real estate is superior on  Picoscope 6.

A pop out menu in Picoscope 7 could sure improve 7

Logic wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2021 at 5:14am:



No argument there

autosparky wrote on Mar 25^th, 2021 at 12:18am:


I tried to match your settings exactly.

Based on the settings the display should still be in block mode where it will wait until a whole screens worth of data is captured and then dump it on the screen all at once. Rinse and repeat.

Mine works correctly.

In PS6 we had the option to have the program leave the last waveform on the screen while the next one was drawn. Pico hasn't given us that option yet in PS7. I hope it comes around soon. Personally I find it very distracting to see the wiper bar and the old waveform on the screen while the scope is running.
 

If you can reproduce the issue and do video screen capture it might be helpful for Pico engineers. I submitted a few short videos showing my issues a while back. I used OBS Studio. (https://obsproject.com/) Its a free to use screen capture program. The nice part is that you can record your microphone to describe what you're doing and what is happening with the program.

Logic wrote on Mar 25^th, 2021 at 1:20pm:

I ditched the iPhone because of how poor the updated phone is

autosparky wrote on Mar 14^th, 2021 at 12:57pm:


Pico 6 had some issues like that in the past.  At that time Tom suggested we start saving edited files under a different name just in case the program decides not to open the original file ever again.  It was a pain at first, but now it seems second nature.

autosparky wrote on Mar 24^th, 2021 at 2:11am:




Model: Demo
Serial number: Demo
Driver version: 7.0.69.7912

If I start and stop using the space bar along side a stop watch, this is what I get
stopping at 2minutes and 20seconds

And locking the rulers while zooming around is still broken

autosparky wrote on Apr 4^th, 2021 at 11:57pm:


That is an excellent question. I dont print waveforms much anymore but there was a time when sending a client home with a good vs. bad printout was a regular occurance.