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In 1998 the T&M company Rigol was founded in Beijing/China. In 1999 Rigol launched its first product, a digital storage oscilloscope. Read more...
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NI announces new Software-Designed Instruments
11 September 2014 – National Instruments announced a range of new software-designed instrument: 8-channel oscilloscope, RF vector signal analyzer, frequency digitizer and a high-speed serial instrument. Two years ago, NI introduced the first software-designed instrument, the vector signal transceiver.
User-Extensible Frequency Domain Analysis for Real-Time Oscilloscopes
04 September 2014 – Keysight Technologies announced the availability of a frequency domain analysis (FDA) option, the industry’s first user-extensible spectrum frequency domain analysis application solution for real-time oscilloscopes. The FDA option extends the capabilities of Keysight Infiniium and InfiniiVision Series oscilloscopes by enabling engineers to acquire live signals from the oscilloscope and visualize them in the frequency domain as well as make key frequency domain measurements.
100 MHz Oscilloscope with 1 GSa/s Sampling Rate and 40 Kpts Waveform Memory
01 September 2014 -- B&K Precision introduces the new 2190D bench digital storage oscilloscope (DSO). This compact dual-channel DSO offers several measurement functions with 100 MHz bandwidth and 1 GSa/s sampling rate. Building on the success of the discontinued analog model 2190B oscilloscope, the 2190D now provides users with digital features including a 7” widescreen color display, waveform memory up to 40,000 points, pass/fail limit testing, digital filtering, waveform recorder, and 32 automatic measurements.
Compact Digital Storage Oscilloscopes
21 August 2014 - GW Instek introduced a new-generation of digital oscilloscopes. The GDS-200/300 series oscilloscopes are equipped with USB storage function and can be positioned in portrait and landscape display. The recharging-battery design makes the series easy to operate for field operations. The GDS-200/300 series are applicable in laboratories, R&D, large electric system tests, power product tests, motor tests, solar power battery inspection and repair, and maintenance personnel who are always on field assignments.
100G Ethernet Compliance Test Applications
07 August 2014 – Agilent / Keysight introduced the industry’s first compliance test applications for 100 Gigabit Ethernet networking systems. The Agilent N8830A 100GBASE-CR4, N8829A 100GBASE-KR4 and N8828A 40GBASE-CR4/100GBASE-CR10 test applications help network-design engineers accelerate turn-on and debugging of 100G Ethernet networking systems. The new applications automate the execution of physical-layer tests on Agilent Infiniium 90000 X-Series and 90000 Q-Series oscilloscopes and the new Z-Series oscilloscopes with up to 63-GHz bandwidth.
Automated APCO P25 Transmitter Compliance Testing
05 August 2014 – Tektronix announced a cost-effective compliance transmitter test solution for the Project 25 (P25) Common Air Interface (CAI) Phase 1 and Phase 2 standard. The new software gives RF test engineers and safety agencies the convenience of push-button measurements with automated pass/fail reporting and runs on Tektronix spectrum analyzers , all Tektronix Windows-based oscilloscopes, and on SignalVu-PC linked with the MDO4000B Mixed Domain Oscilloscope Series.
Yokogawa enhances Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes
01 August 2014 - Yokogawa enhanced its DLM2000 mixed-signal oscilloscope with longer memory capabilities and a number of firmware improvements. In the new version, the length of the acquisition memory has been increased up to 62.5 Mpoints in the standard unit and up to 250 Mpoints with the extended memory option. This means that, with the maximum memory installed (/M3 option), in single-shot mode, a 10 kHz signal lasting for more than one hour can be captured.
Oscilloscope Basics |
Oscilloscope Probes – Vital Link in the Measurement Chain
Signal measurement results can only be as accurate as the test and measurement tools in use. As clock rates and edge speeds of today’s electronic circuits increase, probing becomes a critical piece of the measurement system – the component that comes in direct contact with your circuit. This article looks at voltage probing considerations for embedded system and digital design debugging applications.
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Oscilloscope Background |
Precision Phase Noise Measurement Technique - Part 2
In the first part of this article a simple phase noise measurement technique with a resolution of 10 ps was explained. There are other techniques, which could enhance the performance of the measurement to sub-picoseconds. That is the subject of this article.
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