Featured Oscilloscope Articles

Easy-to-Use Digital Oscilloscopes for Bandwidths up to 500 MHz

New from Rigol Technologies, Inc. comes the DS4000 series digital oscilloscope, a fast and versatile general purpose test instrument perfect for a wide range of applications. Available in 8 different models, the DS4000 series features bandwidths between 100MHz and 500MHz, sample rates up to 4GSa/s and 2 or 4 analog channels. The DS4000 offers a feature... [Read more]

Yokogawa’s DL850 ScopeCorder

The Yokogawa DL850 is the next generation of the company’s family of ScopeCorders: versatile instruments that combine the benefits of a high speed oscilloscope and those of a traditional data acquisition recorder in a single, portable instrument. The DL850 ScopeCorder is an ideal tool for measuring physical and electrical parameters in application... [Read more]

Allion Test Labs chooses Agilent’s test solutions: Infiniium 90000A Series oscilloscopes

Agilent Technologies Inc. (www.agilent.com) recently announced that China-based Allion Test Labs (www.allion.com) has selected Agilent’s test solutions for DisplayPort and USB 3.0 compliance and certification testing. Agilent also said that Allion Test Labs in Taiwan upgraded its Agilent test solution from HDMI 1.3 to HDMI 1.4. It also added... [Read more]

Pico Technology introduces PicoScope 6000 Series oscilloscopes

Pico Technology (www.picotech.com) has unveiled its all-new PicoScope 6000 Series oscilloscopes –the first USB scopes to offer a 5 gigasample per second (GS/s) real-time sampling rate. The oscilloscopes also feature a unique 350 MHz bandwidth on four channels and have a huge 1-gigasample memory buffer, unmatched on any bench-top or USB scope. PicoScope... [Read more]

3D Phase Measurement Eliminates Need To Change Tip

The 3D Phase Measurement is a measurement technique that provides 3 dimensional imaging to increase accuracy and productivity in aerospace and rotating equipment applications. Paired with the XLG3 Video Borescope, this technology provides accurate 3 dimensional surface scans using a single probe tip. In effect, the 3D Phase Measurement provides... [Read more]

Tektronix Raises Bar for Oscilloscope Sampling Rates, Signal Integrity

Tektronix, Inc. announced the DPO/DSA/MSO70000C Series of digital and mixed signal oscilloscopes now deliver 100 GS/s sampling rate performance; enabling lower noise along with increased data points on 5x oversampled 20 GHz acquisitions. This world’s best over-sampling performance in a high bandwidth oscilloscope delivers significant real-world benefits... [Read more]

Oscilloscope supports MIPI and SATA Standards

Agilent Technologies Inc. expands its mixed-signal and digital-storage oscilloscope portfolio with two lower-cost 600-MHz Infiniium 9000 Series models, three new application packages and GPIB compatibility. The 9000 Series is the industry’s first oscilloscope family to offer bandwidths from 600 MHz to 4 GHz, and... [Read more]

Source Measure Unit from Agilent Technologies, Inc.

SANTA CLARA, CA – Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced a three-channel source measure unit (SMU) that can simultaneously provide power and perform measurements in applications such as parametric testing of diodes, LEDs, CMOS integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices. The U2723A USB modular SMU`s compact size saves benchtop space, and... [Read more]

Testing Provides Roadmap to Intelligent Assembly

“Intelligent assembly” is an approach to quality that shifts the focus from ever-tighter dimensional tolerances to consistent function in the final assembly. It’s based on the use of servo devices and sensors to monitor the assembly operation in real-time, and computer software to determine when the product meets acceptable functional parameters. Proponents... [Read more]

Test and Measurement Basics of Microphones

Microphones are familiar sensors that transform sound pressure waves into electrical signals over a broad range of frequencies and amplitudes. They are an integral part of a variety of devices including tape recorders, hearing aids, telephones, and computers. They are also used in radio and television broadcasting and audio engineering. But another... [Read more]

Automated Gearbox Testing builds in Consistency

Ann Arbor, MI – The U.S. military has demanding requirements for the hardware it needs. Take, for instance, a set of gearboxes built by Excel Gear Inc., Roscoe, Ill, (excelgear.com) for missile launchers on the U.S. Navy’s new DDG1000 series of ships. The gearboxes are drive elements for the servo systems that rotate and elevate the missile... [Read more]

Peerless Precision in Remote Measurements

By combining the best of two different distance measurement approaches with a super-accurate technology called an optical frequency comb, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a laser ranging system that can pinpoint multiple objects with nanometer precision over distances up to 100 kilometers. The novel... [Read more]

Capacitive Motor Feedback System

DAYTON, OH – SICK STEGMANN, INC. introduces SEK/SEL37 Capacitive Motor Feedback Systems. Just 36mm in diameter, these compact motor feedback systems with HIPERFACE® interface are available in singleturn and multiturn versions with a radial or axial plug outlet. The capacitive principle of operation is not only very accurate but also extremely robust,... [Read more]

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