Those of us who have been around electronic instrumentation for a while can remember the days when Hewlett-Packard instruments were considered the cream of the crop. Where I worked, we always tried to get to the lab early on the days we had tests to run so we could get our hands on the highly […]
Analog Oscilloscope
Video: Tektronix MSO2024 Oscilloscope Product Review
For the sake of this demonstration, I will be looking at the frequency anomalies, using a DPO circuit board and MSO2024 Oscilloscope courtesy of Tektronix. Previously, I wrote a blog on Frequent engineers/designers mistakes specifying power products on the powersupplytips.com site. In this blog, there are questions to what designers should pay attention to. Designers […]
Agilent Technologies and SiSoft Introduce Pre-Standard IBIS-AMI Modeling Guide
Agilent Technologies Inc. and Signal Integrity Software, Inc. announced guidelines that enable system designers to use advanced jitter and broadband analog capabilities when modeling high-speed serial devices. The modeling guidelines are based on proposed enhancements to the IBIS Algorithmic Modeling Interface (116-118 and 123.5), which are expected to be included in the specification’s next version. Both SiSoft […]
Tektronix Introduces the 30 GHz Probing System
Tektronix, Inc. announced the 30 GHz probing system with coaxial connectors. The new P7600 Series Probing System features probe-specific DSP filters that enhance performance and minimize noise levels. When paired with the Tektronix DPO/DSA73304D oscilloscope, the P7600 Series Probing System provides connectivity and signal fidelity for high-speed differential signal measurements on serial bus designs like PCI Express. […]
Digitizing Oscilloscopes
One of the important signal integrity measurement solutions is the digitizing oscilloscope. Digitizing oscilloscopes have different forms — the sampling oscilloscope, the digital phosphor oscilloscope (DPO) and the digital storage oscilloscope (DSO). Ideally suited for low-repetition signals with narrow pulse widths or fast edges, the DSO can easily capture transients and one-time events, and is […]
Different types of oscilloscopes
Analog oscilloscopes, which employ cathoderay tubes to display a waveform, were the first oscilloscopes that were used by engineers. The screen’s photoluminescent phosphor illuminates every time an electron hits it. A representation of signal is displayed as successive bits of phosphor light up, while a trigger makes the displayed waveform appear stable. Upon completing an […]
Agilent introduces world’s fastest real-time oscilloscope
Agilent Technologies (www.agilent.com) is proud to launch its DSOX93204A high-performance oscilloscope – industry’s best 32GHz true analog bandwidth with 80GSa/s sample rate for two channels and 40GSa/s sample rate for four channels. The oscilloscope has the highest real-time scope measurement accuracy – the highest true analog bandwidth in the market (twice the analog bandwidth than […]
