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MIPI D-PHY Compliance Test with an Oscilloscope

MIPI D-PHY Compliance Test with an Oscilloscope

This video shows the R&S RTO-K26 MIPI D-PHY compliance test options which provides automated testing to the MIPI D-PHY standard for camera and display interfaces.


New Technology Powers Drones Wirelessly

New Technology Powers Drones Wirelessly

Research from the Imperial College of London powers drones without weighing them down with batteries.


News Oct 09, 2016 by Donald Krambeck
Many Functions, One Tool: The Analog Discovery 2 from Digilent

Many Functions, One Tool: The Analog Discovery 2 from Digilent

An introduction to the Analog Discovery 2 by Digilent.


Evaluating the Performance of RF Assemblies Controlled by a MIPI-RFFE Interface with an Oscilloscope

Evaluating the Performance of RF Assemblies Controlled by a MIPI-RFFE Interface with an Oscilloscope

This video demonstrates how the R&S RTO-K40 option can be used to measure response times of front end components such as power amplifiers (PA) and switches controlled by the MIPI RFFE control interface.


Multi-Domain Debugging of Embedded IoT Devices with an Oscilloscope

Multi-Domain Debugging of Embedded IoT Devices with an Oscilloscope

Internet of Things (IoT) devices combine multiple functional cores in highly integrated Wireless Embedded designs and face often challenging long-term battery live time requirement.


Capturing of Intermittent RF Signals with the Zone Trigger with an Oscilloscope

Capturing of Intermittent RF Signals with the Zone Trigger with an Oscilloscope

Zone Triggering typically allows to define a trigger condition based on an area of voltage and time.


Analysis of Wideband Pulse Signals with an Oscilloscope

Analysis of Wideband Pulse Signals with an Oscilloscope

This video shows how the R&S RTO oscilloscope with its vector signal explorer (VSE) software can be used to analyze wide band pulsed RF signals in terms of frequency, phase, amplitude, and timing.


Measurement of Very Small Currents with an Oscilloscope

Measurement of Very Small Currents with an Oscilloscope

Measuring small currents has become increasingly important for battery powered portable and wearable consumer devices, IoT and medical applications.


Tutorial and Overview of Infineon’s 3D Magnetic 2Go Kit

Tutorial and Overview of Infineon’s 3D Magnetic 2Go Kit

The 3D Magnetic 2GO kit is a development kit for the TLV493D from Infineon that can detect magnetic field strength in x, y, and z directions.


The Affordable LiDAR Movement—Researchers Aim to Drastically Reduce Sensor Costs

The Affordable LiDAR Movement—Researchers Aim to Drastically Reduce Sensor Costs

As of today, we are always looking to innovate our products as well as create new ones to make things more simplistic. Whether it be fully autonomous vehicles, agriculture, or marine surveying, companies are engineering a more efficient and cost-effective LiDAR systems to make these a reality.


News Sep 29, 2016 by Donald Krambeck
Industrial Instrumentation and Control: An Introduction to the Basic Principles

Industrial Instrumentation and Control: An Introduction to the Basic Principles

In part one of this instrumentation and control (I & C) series, we'll go over the fundamental terminology and concepts used when working with industrial plants.


eMMC Interfaces Compliance Test with an Oscilloscope

eMMC Interfaces Compliance Test with an Oscilloscope

Embedded multi-media cards (eMMC) are widely used in the industry as the primary memory for portable devices.


Testing Conducted Emission in the R&D Lab with an Oscilloscope

Testing Conducted Emission in the R&D Lab with an Oscilloscope

Conducted emissions are electromagnetic disturbances caused by a device and conducted out by interconnects such as the power supply lines.


EMI Debugging with an Oscilloscope

EMI Debugging with an Oscilloscope

Meeting EMI and EMC requirements is critical to bringing electronic products to market. Compliance testing requires expensive equipment and test time at a compliance laboratory.


Power Integrity Test with an Oscilloscope

Power Integrity Test with an Oscilloscope

Today’s highly integrated electronic devices use smaller voltage levels and, as a result, require much smaller ripple levels on the power rails for reliable operation.


DIY Tools—Build Your Own Logic Probe

DIY Tools—Build Your Own Logic Probe

Having a logic probe handy is always a must for an electronics workshop. But instead of buying one, why not build your own for a fraction of the cost and have it working in an hour?


Projects Sep 22, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
How to Read the I2C Bus on an Oscilloscope

How to Read the I2C Bus on an Oscilloscope

Part 2 of Mastering the Oscilloscope will introduce decoding for I²C circuits.


Teardown Tuesday: Digital Tape Measure

Teardown Tuesday: Digital Tape Measure

Some people have trouble reading tape measures. In an effort to make life easier, there are digital tape measures. What's inside of one?


News Sep 20, 2016 by Alex Udanis
Build an Arduino BLE-Enabled Indoor Air Quality Monitor

Build an Arduino BLE-Enabled Indoor Air Quality Monitor

Use an Arduino/Genuino 101 with iAQ-Core air quality and HIH-6131 temperature/humidity sensors to make an Indoor Air Quality Monitor with Bluetooth low energy (BLE) connectivity.


SpaceWire Triggering & Decoding with an Oscilloscope

SpaceWire Triggering & Decoding with an Oscilloscope

SpaceWire is a new serial bus standard for aircraft and areospace applications that supports bit rate up to 400 Mbps. The R&S option K65, SpaceWire trigger & decode, for RTE and RTO offers triggering and decoding of SpaceWire protocol communication.