nowing75
Senior Member
i recently got a scope as i have noticed most automotive guys use them. Lots you can use it for like relative compression and using a pulse sensor to see if you have head gasket leaks.
Pico scope seams to be the Cadillac for the hardcore automotive troubleshooting guys
Well, I guess I know what my next tool purchase is going to be.I bought the $130 Pico 2204A (instead of the $900 auto version) and it has been working out well. Just make sure to use attenuators because it has voltage limitations. I have added better leads and amp clamps to it, so my overall cost has still been an affordable $400 total.
Lots of utube videos out there with guys using this scope.
does it really justify?
Thanks for listing all that, was going to ask what you added on and were using. I'm getting handed all the CANbus, Tier 4 and engine sensor problems the old timers don't want to try and figure out, and need something a little deeper than my meter. The graph you put up of the cam & crank sensor readings sold me instantly.I have added (2) Hantek HT30A long automotive leads, (2) Hantek 20:1 attentuators, Dual Banana Female Jack splitters for my set of 3 Electronic Specialties Amp Clamps (#'s 695, 697 and 698).
Keep us appraised of what you get and where you get it from
Can you read and filter in hex code with the pico? That's what's nice about saleae and the ccs. CCS is much better being able to use wire shark and the other open source software.