PicoLog1000 Series—Multipurpose data acquisition

Up to 16 unipolar analog input channels

Up to 12-bit resolution with 0.5% accuracy

Up to 4 software-configurable digital output lines

Up to 1 MS/s sampling rate

USB connected and powered

Free to download PicoLog 6 data logging software

Free to download PicoScope 6 oscilloscope software

Designed to meet the needs of a wide range of general-purpose voltage, sensor and transducer logging applications, the PicoLog 1000 Multipurpose DAQ Series features independent software-configurable scaling and control outputs, an external terminal board for custom front-end circuitry and a choice of 10 or 12-bit input resolution.

An expandable multichannel data acquisition system

The budget model PicoLog 1012 has 12 input channels and 10 bit resolution. The powerful PicoLog 1216 has 16 channels and 12 bit resolution. Need more channels?

No problem. Using the new PicoLog software you can connect up to 20 Pico data loggers to one PC – giving you a potential 320-channel PicoLog 1000 Series data

acquisition system, or the ability to use your PicoLog 1000 logger with other devices such as the TC-08 thermocouple data logger.

External terminal board

The external terminal board, which plugs in to the 25-way connector on the logger, has screw terminals to allow sensor wires to be attached to the data logger without soldering. The terminal board also has locations where you can fit resistors to offset and extend the input ranges of the logger.The terminal board user manual contains simple circuit diagrams to increase the input voltage range of the logger or to measure current, for example, 4 to 20 mA sensors.

The image below is an example from the terminal board user manual showing how to measure voltages above +2.5 V by using a voltage divider connection:

This circuit shows the voltage divider for analog channel 1. The connections are similar for other channels. You must cut one track on the terminal board and fit two 0805 surface mount, or axial leaded, resistors for each channel that you wish to use this way.

Fast and accurate

With 10 or 12-bit resolution and multiple sampling modes, a PicoLog 1000 Series logger will meet your data logging needs. The PicoLog 1000 Series has two sampling modes:

• Using the PicoLog software, readings can be logged continuously at up to 1 kS/s limited only by your computer’s available storage.

• Using the PicoScope software, the full sampling rate of 1 MS/s (split between enabled channels) is available using the logger’s internal 8000 sample memory buffer.

Using PicoSDK you can write your own programs using these (and other) sampling modes and rates. See the specifications table and PicoLog 1000 Series Programmer’s Guide for more information.