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Magnetic Field Strength Meter and Calibrator

Magnetic Field Strength Meter and Calibrator

This project will explain how to develop a system to measure magnetic field emissions at frequencies up to 150 kHz from high-current power cables without cutting or disturbing the cable.


Projects Oct 28, 2022 by John Woodgate
P-Duke MAF300 Series | Digital Datasheet

P-Duke MAF300 Series | Digital Datasheet

AAC’s Digital Datasheet video series introduces the specs and applications of components—both new and familiar—straight from their datasheets.


Analog Devices Inc. LTM4660 Hybrid Step-Down μModule® Bus Converter | Asia New Product Brief

Analog Devices Inc. LTM4660 Hybrid Step-Down μModule® Bus Converter | Asia New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Tektronix Margin Tester Shrinks PCIe Test Time to Minutes

Tektronix Margin Tester Shrinks PCIe Test Time to Minutes

By creating a new class of test instrument, Tektronix touts its PCI Express (PCIe) margin tester as a tool that reduces PCIe link testing times from hours down to just minutes.


News Oct 25, 2022 by Jeff Child
Fourier Series Circuit Analysis—An Intro to Fourier Series Representation

Fourier Series Circuit Analysis—An Intro to Fourier Series Representation

Learn about the importance of the Fourier series in circuit analysis and the Fourier series equations, while gaining insight into how this analysis tool works.


Ratiometric Resistance Measurement Basics Using an Analog to Digital Converter

Ratiometric Resistance Measurement Basics Using an Analog to Digital Converter

Learn the basics of ratiometric resistance measurements in analog to digital (A/D) converters, how it's measured, and example uses in a digital multimeter (DMM), microprocessor, and various resistive sensors.


Rohde & Schwarz Achieves 4.5 M Acquisition/sec Update Rate with 12-bit Oscilloscope

Rohde & Schwarz Achieves 4.5 M Acquisition/sec Update Rate with 12-bit Oscilloscope

Eliminating cost/performance trade offs, Rohde & Schwarz has unveiled an oscilloscope that does 12-bit resolution across all sample speeds and a 4.5 million waveform/sec update rate.


News Sep 28, 2022 by Jeff Child
Homemade DIY Project May Blast Perovskite Solar Cells Into Production

Homemade DIY Project May Blast Perovskite Solar Cells Into Production

Perovskites could be the future of solar cells—if it weren't for their hard-to-detect defects. Now, a researcher's homemade machine may provide answers.


Tektronix TBS1000C Digital Storage Oscilloscopes | New Product Brief

Tektronix TBS1000C Digital Storage Oscilloscopes | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Rohde & Schwarz Vector Signal Generator | Tech Explainer

Rohde & Schwarz Vector Signal Generator | Tech Explainer

This Tech Explainer is part of a video series that details specific products and technologies and their applications.


The Push for mmWave Winds Up With an Influx of Hardware and T&M

The Push for mmWave Winds Up With an Influx of Hardware and T&M

In an era of 5G and 6G, companies are rolling out new mmWave technologies to reap the benefits of speed, latency, and bandwidth.


News Jul 04, 2022 by Ikimi .O
Digi-Key Spins Up Digital Walkthrough of the “Modern Engineer’s Workshop”

Digi-Key Spins Up Digital Walkthrough of the “Modern Engineer’s Workshop”

A new immersive experience may provide insights into the tools at a modern engineer’s disposal.


News Jun 23, 2022 by Jake Hertz
New Real-time Oscilloscope Tackles the Debugging Challenges of I3C

New Real-time Oscilloscope Tackles the Debugging Challenges of I3C

A new oscilloscope may ease the pain points of designing and debugging devices using the I3C communication protocol.


News Jun 14, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Tektronix Goes Small with 1.5-inch Thick Bench Quality Oscilloscope

Tektronix Goes Small with 1.5-inch Thick Bench Quality Oscilloscope

Bidding engineers to consider employing the same test tool on their bench top as they use in the field, Tektronix has released a 1.5-inch thick oscilloscope small enough to fit in a laptop bag.


News Jun 07, 2022 by Jeff Child
5G-AI Marriage—Theme at 2022 Qualcomm 5G Summit

5G-AI Marriage—Theme at 2022 Qualcomm 5G Summit

At its annual 5G Summit this week, Qualcomm unveils new solutions and milestones that show 5G and AI joining forces.


News May 10, 2022 by Jeff Child
What is it About Audio Distortion? Understanding Nonlinearity

What is it About Audio Distortion? Understanding Nonlinearity

Learn about how system nonlinearity creates distortion in audio signals that impacts the sounds we hear. We will examine sine waves, harmonics, and intermodulation distortion.


DesignCon 2022: Automated Software Targets IEEE 802.3 Cabling

DesignCon 2022: Automated Software Targets IEEE 802.3 Cabling

To support advanced IEEE 802.3 networking standards and shrinking test times, Rohde & Schwarz debuted two new software suite options for doing automated testing cable assemblies up to IEEE 802.3ck.


News Apr 08, 2022 by Jeff Child
Keysight Rolls Out Two New Test Solutions at DesignCon 2022

Keysight Rolls Out Two New Test Solutions at DesignCon 2022

Addressing the challenges of 1.6 Tb/s pathway test and PCIe 6.0 validation, Keysight is releasing two new test products at this week’s DesignCon 2022.


News Apr 07, 2022 by Jeff Child
Eleven T&M Functions, One Device: Liquid Instruments Introduces the “Instrument-on-Chip”

Eleven T&M Functions, One Device: Liquid Instruments Introduces the “Instrument-on-Chip”

With an FPGA at its heart, the Moku product series allows engineers to tap into a suite of programmable test instruments—all on a single device.


News Mar 28, 2022 by vishvachi
Science Cameras Bring Thermal Imaging to PCB and Hypersonic Research Alike

Science Cameras Bring Thermal Imaging to PCB and Hypersonic Research Alike

A flagship generation of scientific cameras from Teledyne FLIR may open up worlds of new use cases, from crop analysis to lock-in thermography in PCB testing.


News Jan 26, 2022 by Jake Hertz