Pico Technology

Pico Technology
IndustryElectronic Test Equipment
Founded1991 (1991) in Cambridgeshire, UK[2]
Headquarters
Cambridgeshire, UK
Area served
Worldwide
Websitepicotech.com

Pico Technology is a British manufacturer of high-precision PC-based oscilloscopes and automotive diagnostics equipment, founded in 1991.[3][4][5][6][7] Their product range includes the PicoScope line of PC-based oscilloscopes, data loggers, automotive equipment, and most recently, handheld USB-based oscilloscopes.[3][4][8][9][10][11] Since their inception in 1991, Pico Tech has been researching and developing PC-based oscilloscopes, when the market standard was analogue storage oscilloscopes.[11] Pico Technology is one of two European scope manufacturers, and competes in the low to middle end of the instrumentation market.[12]

Pico Technology won The Queen's Award for Enterprise in 2014 (International Trade), and was named a "Key player" in the Global Electronic Test & Measurement Instruments Market by Global Industry Analysts.[13][14][15] Their equipment is considered "a modern alternative to traditional and costly bench-top test and measurement equipment", and that they "cost a fraction of traditional automotive oscilloscopes and engine analyzers".[16][17]

The PicoScope 5000 variable resolution USB-based oscilloscope was voted as the Test & Measurement Product of the Year at Elektra Awards 2013, presented by Electronics Weekly at Lancaster, London.[18][19][20] The series also won the DesignVision 2014 award for Test and Measurement Equipment, presented by UBM Tech Electronics at the DesignCon 2014 trade show.[21]

The Pico Automotive Diagnostic Kit was chosen as the Top 20 Tools of 2003 by Motor magazine,[17] the Top Product of 2005 by Commercial Vehicles Workshop magazine, the Top Product of 2002 and Top Product of 2003 by Professional Motor Mechanic magazine, and their FirstLook Sensor won an Innovation Award by Professional Tool & Equipment News in 2004.[22][23][24]

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  2. ^ Pico Technology, Companies House service, UK Government
  3. ^ a b "5Gsample/s PC scope offers 500MHz bandwidth on four channels". Electronics Weekly. 9 September 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Scopes for a grand". Electronics Weekly. 22 June 2012.
  5. ^ Pico Oscilloscopes, Pico Technology
  6. ^ About Pico, Pico Technology
  7. ^ Pico Auto, Pico Technology
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  11. ^ a b History, Pico Technology
  12. ^ Would you be better off using a modular oscilloscope? Some companies think so, 13 March 2012, NewElectronics
  13. ^ Pico wins Queen's Award for Enterprise!, Test and Measurement News, May 2014, Pico Tech
  14. ^ Anglia signs Queen’s Award winner, Pico Technology, Disti World, Electronics Weekly, 28 April 2014
  15. ^ Technology Developments To Drive The Global General Purpose Electronic Test & Measurement Instruments Market, According To New Report By Global Industry Analysts, Inc., Test and Measurement, 9 June 2014
  16. ^ 18/04/15 Cambridge Companies Take The Lead at UK Hi Tech Developers’ Conference, Energi Technical Marketing, CambridgeWireless
  17. ^ a b Top Shelf Tools 2003, MOTOR Magazine
  18. ^ Congratulations to the 2013 Winners!, Elektra Awards
  19. ^ "Elektra Awards 2013 – The Winners". Electronics Weekly. 29 November 2013.
  20. ^ UBM Tech's DesignCon announces 2014 DesignVision Award Winners, PRNewswire, 29 January 2014
  21. ^ Flexible Resolution Oscilloscopes win DesignVision award!, Pico Technology Newsletter, January 2014
  22. ^ Awards and Reviews, Automotive Diagnostics Kit, Pico Automotive
  23. ^ FirstLook Engine Diagnostic Sensor, Pico Automotive
  24. ^ Automotive Diagnostics Kit, Interworld Electronics