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News Brief: RIGOL Releases New Oscilloscope Line and Spectrum Analyzer

RIGOL, a Beijing-based company, is celebrating their 20th anniversary. To mark the occasion, RIGOL has announced the release of two products: the 7000 range of oscilloscopes and the affordable RSA3000 real-time spectrum analyzer range....

June 14, 2018 by Robin Mitchell

AC Energy Metering: A Single-Phase Energy-Metering IC with Autocalibration from Analog Devices

The ADE9153A from Analog Devices is a single-phase energy-metering IC that includes autocalibration.

March 27, 2018 by Nick Davis

MicroPower, MicroSize, Near-Zero Drift, and Low Offset Voltage: A New Op-Amp from Texas Instruments

A new operational amplifier from Texas Instruments offers impressive specifications in a very small package.

March 01, 2018 by Nick Davis

RF Test and Measurement: RIGOL Releases Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer with Time-Dependent Features

Today RIGOL announced the release of the RSA5000 real-time spectrum analyzer.

January 18, 2018 by John Spreer

NATO Adopts New Protocol Standard for Underwater Communications

Underwater transmission protocols may finally be unified in a protocol that aims to help interconnectivity with devices ranging from buoys to submarines....

July 18, 2017 by Robin Mitchell

Tektronix Releases the 5 Series MSO Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes

In this News Brief, we take a look at the Tektronix 5 Series MSO mixed signal oscilloscopes.

June 06, 2017 by Karissa Manske

GE Unimpossible Missions Series: Fighting Fire with Fire

A multi-part series on GE's Unimpossible Missions, which challenge engineers and scientists with tasks where they demonstrate what can be accomplished when experts collaborate....

May 27, 2017 by Donald Krambeck

ASUS Moves Its Tinker Board into Raspberry Pi’s SBC Domain

ASUS, the Taiwanese hardware and electronics company known for their desktops, laptops, monitors, graphics cards, and more has decided they're going to delve into the micro-PC market....

April 07, 2017 by Donald Krambeck

Keysight Technologies InfiniiVision 1000 X-Series Oscilloscopes

Keysight announces InfiniiVision 1000 X-Series oscilloscopes.

March 01, 2017 by Kate Smith

Teardown Tuesday: Mini Digital Storage Oscilloscope

The DS211 Mini Storage Oscilloscope is a single channel, shirt pocket-sized oscilloscope. This week we open it up to see what is inside.

February 07, 2017 by Mark Hughes

IBM’s 2017 “5 in 5” Predictions: AI, Lab-on-a-Chip Tech, and Smart Sensors

IBM has released their “5 in 5” in which they predict five important innovations that will happen within the next five years.

January 19, 2017 by Robin Mitchell

What Does It Mean for an Electronic Device to Be Waterproof?

A brief overview of the IP Code for waterproofing and dust proofing devices, with some information on NEMA enclosure types.

October 15, 2016 by Dylan Wadler

New Technology Powers Drones Wirelessly

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

October 09, 2016 by Donald Krambeck

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,...

September 29, 2016 by Donald Krambeck

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?

September 20, 2016 by Alex Udanis

3D Printing Filaments: HT vs PLA Final Overview

Results of testing the filament under both heat and shock, as well as a final overview of the tests.

September 11, 2016 by Michael Greer

HT vs PLA Filament for High-Temperature 3D Printing

In this article, we compare the thermal and structural properties of high-temperature filament.

September 10, 2016 by Michael Greer

FarmBot Intends to Revolutionize Home Gardening

FarmBot introduces the first open-source CNC farming machine.

August 13, 2016 by Steve Arar

Tesla vs Google: Do LIDAR Sensors Belong in Autonomous Vehicles?

Elon Musk has made some bold comments about Google's self-driving car that uses LIDAR. However, Google is using LIDAR for different reasons than Tesla would in their Autopilot systems....

July 24, 2016 by Donald Krambeck

Google Experiments with Post-Quantum Cryptographic Algorithms in Chrome

Google is experimenting with new post-quantum cryptography— can they prevent quantum computers from cracking modern encryption techniques?...

July 22, 2016 by Donald Krambeck