I have a question that I think the collective "you" can help me find an answer to.

What was the pain point that owning a Picoscope provided a solution for?

What was the pain point that buying from Autonerdz was the solution for?

If you don't feel comfortable answering below please email or message me directly. ( [email protected] )

TrevorSchlientz wrote on Jul 28^th, 2021 at 7:56am:

What was the pain point that owning a Picoscope provided a solution for?

To verify faults without major dismantling



TrevorSchlientz wrote on Jul 28^th, 2021 at 7:56am:

What was the pain point that buying from Autonerdz was the solution for?

The lifetime membership

Andy

DzlTec wrote on Jul 28^th, 2021 at 6:41pm:

TrevorSchlientz wrote on Jul 28th, 2021 at 7:56am: What was the pain point that owning a Picoscope provided a solution for? To verify faults without major dismantling TrevorSchlientz wrote on Jul 28th, 2021 at 7:56am: What was the pain point that buying from Autonerdz was the solution for? The lifetime membership Andy

Thank you Andy.

I probably should have explained why I am asking. Maybe if I do I'll get a few more responses.

I am working on a direct mail postcard campaign here in Grand Rapids. The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness of the existence Autonerdz and the fact that is now headquartered in GR.

The answers to the above questions will help me craft the message of what we can do to help the uninitiated.

Question one

To be able to get a fairly "quick" snapshot of what is going on without dismantling a timing cover or valve cover or 15 other parts to get at what you are trying to test.

Question 2

Lifetime membership and personal support. Plus the forums.

I started using scopes about 30y ago, 80's cars with no self diagnostics drive me nuts.

Started with the green trace machine, blinked and you missed it.
So I turned to Pico, very few DSO (digital storage ossillyscope and back then it was 3.5 floppy drive.

BUT no internet help like today, that was the biggest turning point for me

I am a visual, hands on learner and I struggled with understanding electricity because I could not see it and touch it.  Picoscope allowed me to finally 'see' what was happening in a circuit or with a sensor and that is when the true learning began for me. 

TrevorSchlientz wrote on Jul 28^th, 2021 at 7:56am:

What was the pain point that owning a Picoscope provided a solution for?

Once upon a time..

There was an Opti-Spark.  Car was coding.  You could almost set your watch by it.  It's going to happen....now....  and it would.

Customer wanted definitive proof of the problem before any work was done.

I had become very good with capturing things with my Fluke 97.  Think I could get this one?  Nope.  In spite of the predictability, it was futile.

I had been playing with a Pico 212/3 at home so I brought it to work the next day.  I had the problem nailed, captured and saved in 20 minutes.  Most of that time was waiting for the issue to happen.  First attempt.  Opti failure proof.  Happy customer and profitable job.

The rest is history....

Arrr, 'istory. I bought mine because I saw that an oscilloscope was capturing waveforms whose patterns defined whether or not a sensor or actuator was  amiss and PICO provided millions of samples to zoom in on and no other scope had such zoom-in capabilty, for one reason and secondly because the business model of Autonerdz is preferable to buying from folk whom dont specialize solely in automotive diagnostics even if they sold  comparable scope...I suppose the Autel is comparable, I haven't looked close but they and others dont have a forum like this and the excellent support provided by Autonerdz.

I bought a Pico because I wanted a way to visually display what was going on electronically in a vehicle and I did some research on scopes and found that Pico was the best.

I went with Autonerdz solely on a recommendation from a training class I was attending.