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Rohde & Schwarz Releases New Oscilloscope Tool Designed to Decompose Jitter

Rohde & Schwarz Releases New Oscilloscope Tool Designed to Decompose Jitter

Why is jitter becoming an increasingly difficult problem to solve? Rohde & Schwarz helps designers respond to these challenges with a jitter analysis tool.


News Jan 24, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
The Rise of Low-Cost Test and Measurement Equipment

The Rise of Low-Cost Test and Measurement Equipment

More T&M companies are trending toward lower-priced equipment. Here are a few recent tools that offer competitive features for reasonable prices.


News Dec 14, 2019 by Lisa Boneta.
RIGOL Newest MSO8000 Oscilloscope Offers 2 GHz Bandwidth

RIGOL Newest MSO8000 Oscilloscope Offers 2 GHz Bandwidth

The latest member of the RIGOL Ultravision II portfolio includes a jitter and real-time eye analysis package.


News Aug 09, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
New Low-Power e-Paper Displays from Pervasive Displays Feature Yellow e-Ink

New Low-Power e-Paper Displays from Pervasive Displays Feature Yellow e-Ink

The new large-format, tri-color devices display images and text in yellow, as well as in black and white.


News Jul 12, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Tektronix Expands DPO7000SX Series of Oscilloscopes to Include 13GHz and 16GHz Options

Tektronix Expands DPO7000SX Series of Oscilloscopes to Include 13GHz and 16GHz Options

Tektronix just added two new models—a 13 GHz and a 16 GHz—to their DPO70000SX series of oscilloscopes.


News Jul 03, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Industrial IoT Roundup: Magnifying the Power of Data through Communications and Analysis

Industrial IoT Roundup: Magnifying the Power of Data through Communications and Analysis

The industrial IoT was the talk of Sensors Expo this year. Here's a roundup of some of the elements of the IIoT.


News Jul 02, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Using LTSpice for Amplifier Noise Measurement

Using LTSpice for Amplifier Noise Measurement

Learn how to measure noise using LTspice for op-amp circuits with handy examples.


History of the Oscilloscope: Visualizing with Light, the CRT, to the Modern Oscilloscope

History of the Oscilloscope: Visualizing with Light, the CRT, to the Modern Oscilloscope

In this third part to our series, we cover the most recent history of the oscilloscope up to modern times.


News May 25, 2019 by Chantelle Dubois
Noise Analysis Using LTspice Tutorial

Noise Analysis Using LTspice Tutorial

Learn how to simulate noise using LTspice and use this great tool to learn more about low-noise design.


History of the Oscilloscope: Oersted’s Laws and Hand Drawn Waveforms

History of the Oscilloscope: Oersted’s Laws and Hand Drawn Waveforms

Learn about the electromechanical galvanometer and the first recorded waveforms.


News May 18, 2019 by Chantelle Dubois
X-FAB Announces Substrate Coupling Analysis Tool To Combat Troublesome Parasitic Effects

X-FAB Announces Substrate Coupling Analysis Tool To Combat Troublesome Parasitic Effects

A new tool from foundry group X-FAB aims to mitigate the negative effects of substrate coupling in IC design.


News May 13, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
The Early History of the Oscilloscope: Amber and Frog Legs

The Early History of the Oscilloscope: Amber and Frog Legs

Here is the first part in a series of the history of the oscilloscope, building up from the discovery electricity to the first rudimentary measuring tools using frog legs.


News May 11, 2019 by Chantelle Dubois
When Can Electrical Engineers Use Python? Applications for the Python Programming Language

When Can Electrical Engineers Use Python? Applications for the Python Programming Language

Where can EEs use Python in their day to day? Here's a look at the applications where Python excels.


InnoMux Chipset from Power Integrations Reaches 91% Efficiency

InnoMux Chipset from Power Integrations Reaches 91% Efficiency

Single-stage architecture provides independently-regulated constant voltage and constant current outputs.


News Apr 08, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
New Osilloscopes from Keysight Aim For Maker and Education Markets

New Osilloscopes from Keysight Aim For Maker and Education Markets

At APEC 2019, Keysight displayed their InfiniiVision 1000 X-Series with powerful features for most engineers.


News Mar 21, 2019 by Mark Hughes
Resolving the Signal Part 12: Reducing the Effects of Power-Supply Noise using Delta-Sigma ADCs

Resolving the Signal Part 12: Reducing the Effects of Power-Supply Noise using Delta-Sigma ADCs

In part 12 of Resolving the Signal, we look at a power-supply noise design example to discuss which supplies are most critical when trying to increase a system's PSR. From that example, we offer best practices to maintain low power-supply noise and debugging tips for a system's overall noise performance.


DesignCon 2019 Begins, Highlights Signal Integrity and Test and Measurement Needed for 5G

DesignCon 2019 Begins, Highlights Signal Integrity and Test and Measurement Needed for 5G

DesignCon 2019 begins today in Santa Clara, California. Here's a brief overview of the show's goals and events.


News Jan 29, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Resolving the Signal Part 11: Understanding How Power-Supply Noise Affects Delta-Sigma ADCs

Resolving the Signal Part 11: Understanding How Power-Supply Noise Affects Delta-Sigma ADCs

Part 11 of the Resolving the Signal series explores how power supplies contribute to unwanted noise, how to measure and quantify that noise, and how noise ends up impacting system performance.


How to Use Your Computer as an Arbitrary Waveform Generator

How to Use Your Computer as an Arbitrary Waveform Generator

In this article, we’ll use Scilab to generate numerical signals that can be converted into analog waveforms by a computer’s audio hardware.


AR/VR Display Technology Roundup: OLEDs, GaN-on-Silicon, and Foveated Rendering

AR/VR Display Technology Roundup: OLEDs, GaN-on-Silicon, and Foveated Rendering

Here’s a snapshot of where our display technology is at right now—and a little bit of what is just around the corner.


News Sep 13, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois