PicoLog 1000 Series data logger

PicoLog 1000 Series

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:

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:

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Using the PicoLog software, readings can be logged continuously at up to 1 kS/s

limited only by your computer’s available storage.

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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.

Small terminal board

PicoLog data logger

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.