Tips on measuring with oscilloscopes, multimeters, LCR meters

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Tektronix teams with Farnell/Newark/Element14 on Shanghai trip, new oscilloscope giveaway
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Low-profile 4-channel digitizer sports 8-GHz bandwidth, 12-bit ADC

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PC-based high-speed, high-res, eight-channel automotive oscilloscope

The Pico Technology PicoScope 4823 is the world's first high-speed, high-resolution, 8-channel automotive oscilloscope. It is fast enough for decoding the latest commonly used serial protocols used in vehicles, such as CAN, CAN FD, and FlexRay. The 4823 scope offers eight common-ground signal input … [Read More...]

New 13, 16-GHz scopes excel at handling high-speed serial interfaces

The DPO70000SX Series Performance Oscilloscopes have expanded to include new 13 GHz and 16 GHz models. The new offerings allow engineers to take advantage of the high sample rate and low noise floor of Tektronix’ highest performance family of oscilloscopes at lower bandwidth levels and more … [Read More...]

Web-based approach automates waveform data acquisition, screenshot captures, analytics, data visualization for scopes

Instruments from RIGOL Technologies are now integrated into GradientOne's test automation cloud platform to simplify the day-to-day tasks of test engineers ranging from hobbyists to enterprise users. GradientOne frees test engineers from the high cost of developing and maintaining test data … [Read More...]

Gallery: Interesting instruments on display at PCIM Europe

PCIM Europe is often proclaimed to be the world's leading exhibition and conference for power electronics, intelligent motion, renewable energy, and energy management. Recently finishing up in Nuremberg, the exhibition floor of PCIM featured over 500 booths. Here are some of the more notable test … [Read More...]

Tektronix teams with Farnell/Newark/Element14 on Shanghai trip, new oscilloscope giveaway

Tektronix has announced, with support of Farnell/Newark/Element14, a chance to win one of two prizes to celebrate the launch of a new next-generation oscilloscope; built for every engineer, for everyday use. Two lucky engineers have the chance to 1. be a VIP guest at the Tektronix Technology … [Read More...]

Free firmware brings mixed-domain analysis to MSOs

Tektronix today released new firmware for the 5 Series and 6 Series MSO mixed signal oscilloscopes that unlocks a new analysis tool called Spectrum View. A free upgrade, Spectrum View allows you to perform mixed domain analysis on the big, high-resolution displays of the 5 and 6 Series MSOs. This … [Read More...]

PC-based scope blends 5 GHz bandwidth and equivalent-time sampling

The PicoScope 9404-05 5GHz oscilloscope is a PC-based high-resolution device which brings an affordable high-speed performance by combining the benefits of real-time and equivalent-time sampling with high analog bandwidth. The PicoScope 9404-05 has four 5 GHz 50-Ω input channels, each with its own … [Read More...]