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TrevorSchlientz
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What is your pain point?
Jul 28th, 2021 at 7:56am  
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] )
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Re: What is your pain point?
Reply #1 - Jul 28th, 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

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Re: What is your pain point?
Reply #2 - Jul 29th, 2021 at 2:03am  
DzlTec wrote on Jul 28th, 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.
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Re: What is your pain point?
Reply #3 - Jul 29th, 2021 at 10:33am  
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.
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Reply #4 - Jul 30th, 2021 at 11:05pm  
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
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Reply #5 - Aug 1st, 2021 at 9:55pm  
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.
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Reply #6 - Aug 2nd, 2021 at 8:15am  
TrevorSchlientz wrote on Jul 28th, 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....
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Re: What is your pain point?
Reply #7 - Aug 9th, 2021 at 8:33am  
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.
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Re: What is your pain point?
Reply #8 - Aug 10th, 2021 at 3:42pm  
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.
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