{"id":4903,"date":"2023-11-27T15:31:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picockpit.com\/raspberry-pi\/?p=4903"},"modified":"2023-11-27T16:45:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T16:45:03","slug":"master-electricity-with-a-raspberry-pi-pico-oscilloscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picockpit.com\/raspberry-pi\/master-electricity-with-a-raspberry-pi-pico-oscilloscope\/","title":{"rendered":"Master Electricity with a Raspberry Pi Pico Oscilloscope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Oscilloscopes are powerful electronic test instruments primarily used to visualize and analyze electrical signals in electronic circuits. They are extremely useful. But they’re also extremely expensive. In this tutorial, I will show you how to make a cheap and easy oscilloscope with a Raspberry Pi Pico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This oscilloscope – what I’m calling a “Picoscilloscope” – revolves around a Pico and the Scoppy app on an Android device. You can use it to detect and analyze low voltage signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here, I will show you how to put together a super cheap oscilloscope using a Raspberry Pi Pico W and Scoppy in 5 easy steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll be doing this with a smartphone, but you can also do this with a tablet. As long as you have Android 6.0 or newer, then you should be set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WARNING<\/strong>: Electricity is dangerous. Please be careful and ensure that you do not use the oscilloscope in any way that could harm you or others. This Pico Oscilloscope only works with low voltage and low frequency signals and should only be used in such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This oscilloscope setup is designed to detect voltages below 3.3V. If you want to go higher, you can find out more here<\/a>. But here, we won’t be playing with anything that reaches that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What you’ll need<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’m using a few components here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n