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Step 3: Connect your oscilloscope

Make sure you have already installed the PicoScope software before you connect the oscilloscope. The oscilloscope
will not work without the software.
1. Connect the power cord to the power adaptor and plug it into a mains power socket. Then connect the DC power
cable to the back of the oscilloscope and switch on the mains power.
2. Connect the oscilloscope to your PC using the USB cable supplied. See the connection diagram below for more
information.
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3. Wait for your computer to install the oscilloscope. While doing so, it will display a message or icon in the taskbar
telling you it has found the device.
4. Run the PicoScope software.
5. If you wish to use a probe, connect one to Channel A. Touching the metal tip of the probe should cause a small
50 or 60 Hz signal to appear in the PicoScope window.
External noise may interfere with your measurements if the PicoScope is used with a computer which does not have
a ground connection. If this is the case, connect the oscilloscope ground terminal (see 3.1 Inputs and outputs) to an
external ground point (for example on the system you are testing) to provide a ground reference for the oscilloscope.
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a. PC
b. PC USB port
c. PicoScope PC oscilloscope
d. Pico USB cable
e. Oscilloscope USB port
f. Power adaptor
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PicoScope 6000E Series oscilloscopes
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