Test & Measurement Designline Blogs

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LeCroy on the rise?

Janine Love

5/30/2012 9:43 PM EDT

How will LeCroy's acquisition news affect the high-end scope market in terms of the “big three:” Tektronix, Agilent, and LeCroy?

  post comment   3 comments    last comment  WaveMan
Looking at the top scope players in the market, one would have thought it natural for Rohde & ...

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Scope roundup

Janine Love

4/17/2012 7:37 AM EDT

There's been a lot of news and events surrounding oscilloscopes lately, so I thought I would do a round up for you.

  post comment   4 comments    last comment  janine.love
I agree with you Steve. We are lucky to do what we do.

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Go 'back to the basics' to solve switching and measurement problems

Dale Cigoy

6/15/2011 12:46 PM EDT

For many engineers, solving a measurement problem is a matter of going back to the basics of switching. Here are some common switching-related error sources to consider when troubleshooting measurement problems.

  post comment   1 comment    last comment  WireMan
A new 32-page booklet, "Reed RelayMate" from Pickering Electronics provides a lot of good technical ...

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Impressions of IMS2011

Janine Love

6/10/2011 9:03 PM EDT

Basestations, Backhaul, and Radar

  post comment   1 comment    last comment  t.alex
Janine, any photos of the demos there?

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Of slaves and scopes

Jack Ganssle

5/27/2011 2:40 PM EDT

If robots do all our work, what will happen to us? And a tiny oscilloscope sparks the imagination.

  post comment   50 comments    last comment  DaveWyland
What we are experiencing is not new. We have been using machines to do things for a long time. We ...

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DESIGN TIP: The Tortoise and the Hare

Paul Franklin, Keithley Instruments

5/25/2011 7:41 AM EDT

Your primo product has a problem—a bad problem. You know you have an all-hands-on-deck situation, but how do you reach a solution as quickly as possible?

  post comment   2 comments    last comment  Sheetal.Pandey
Absolutely correct and also spend some time to know where to hit :-)

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DESIGN TIP: The glass should be not quite full

Paul Franklin, Keithley Instruments

5/12/2011 10:23 AM EDT

Let’s say you’re developing a new product and getting it to market quickly is your highest priority. What’s the best approach to help your team reach its product introduction goal as fast as possible?

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Apple iOS-based oscilloscope under the spotlight

Colin Holland

4/27/2011 5:28 PM EDT

A few weeks ago I did a short news story on the use of the Cypress PSoC 3 programmable system-on-chip in the the Oscium iMSO-104 mixed signal oscilloscope is for use on iPod touch, iPhone and iPad.

  post comment   3 comments    last comment  LAZER
TOY... If I want an oscilloscope I would buy one - the real one. This is only aproximatization of ...

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The six basic audio tests in video tutorials

Rich Pell

4/27/2011 11:27 AM EDT

A series of video tutorials on "the six basic audio measurements" - produced by audio test company Audio Precision - covers the topics of frequency response, THD+N, phase, SNR, crosstalk and level & gain.

  post comment   3 comments    last comment  ReneCardenas
Great resource, thanks

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Spread-spectrum clocking to reduce EMI: clever or cheat?

Bill Schweber

4/13/2011 4:02 PM EDT

This common technique can help you meet a spec or solve a problem, but has worrisome implications as well.

  post comment   23 comments    last comment  RWatkins
One kind of sneaky question: Why, if the receiver noise is in fact a problem for measurements taken ...

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