Every serious maker out there will surely tell you the importance of having a good oscilloscope. An oscilloscope is something you should have if you really consider yourself a maker, and fortunately enough, the cost of quality oscilloscope has been on the decline for some time now, so you don’t necessarily have to get the […]
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Arduino Based Real-Time Oscilloscope The Oscilloscope is an essential instrument for the workbench of every electronics engineer or maker. It is primarily used for monitoring waveforms and analyzing voltage levels, frequency, noise, and other signal characteristics that can change over time at its input. Embedded software developers utilize it for code debugging while technicians depend
For those of us who remember Radio Shack as more than just an overpriced cell phone store, a lot of the nostalgia for the retailer boils down to the brands on offer. Remember the Realistic line of hi-fi and stereo gear? How about Archer brand tools and parts? Patrolman scanners, Micronta test instruments, and don’t
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An oscilloscope can be an expensive piece of equipment, but not every measurement needs four channels and gigahertz sampling rates. For plenty of home labs, old oscilloscopes with CRTs can be found on the used marketplace for a song that are still more than capable of getting the job done, but even these can be
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You’ve seen the videos and live demos at DesignCon, OFC, and ECOC. Now, it’s here. Teledyne LeCroy has announced the LabMaster 10-100Zi, the world’s first 100-GHz real-time oscilloscope. First demonstrated in 2013, the LabMaster 10-100Zi acquisition module for the LabMaster 10 Zi oscilloscope makes a significant jump in bandwidth over the previous record of 65
Micsig’s STO1000E 2/4-channel oscilloscopes include 70Mpts memory, 1GSa/s sampling, 130,000wfm/s refresh rate, and a 7.5Ah Li battery for extended field use. Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced the Micsig STO1000E PLUS series of two- and four-channel battery-powered portable oscilloscopes, which offer bandwidths of up to 150MHz. The three models in the series are: STO1102E PLUS 2-channel 100MHz, STO1152E PLUS 150MHz
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Microrad’s NHT 3DL Electromagnetic Field Analyzer is designed to measure electromagnetic fields in both time and frequency domains and in compliance with all the main international standards and regulations Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced the Microrad NHT 3DL Electromagnetic Field Analyzer, which is designed to measure electromagnetic fields in both time and frequency domains and in compliance
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One of the frustrating things about developing and debugging electronic circuits is that you can’t look inside the circuit to see what is happening. Even with a circuit laid out before you on a workbench and powered up it may seem like you’re in the dark, unable to figure out why an input change or
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A common problem that often comes up when working with micro controllers, is running out of IO for all the input the projects requires. So I came up with this solution that allows a user to have up to 4096 button inputs using only 4 lines of IO. This is done by sending out data
A basic open-source multi-GHz sampling oscilloscope for experimenters on a budget. Still a work-in-progress, with key pieces on separate PCBs, but showing bandwidths in the 7-8 GHz range with >= 100 GSa/s equivalent-time sampling, and around 500 k comparisons/second real time. So far. Note: this writeup is somewhat out of date, as it doesn’t cover
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