By David Herres Wind, the motion of air with respect to the earth’s surface, is a potent source of energy that may be harvested. Our ancient ancestors built…
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By David Herres |
By David Herres Wind, the motion of air with respect to the earth’s surface, is a potent source of energy that may be harvested. Our ancient ancestors built…
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By Frank Tobe |
The new updated Keysight Amplifier Selection Guide is now available for use in building high-performance automated test systems with Keysight amplifiers. Keysight test system amplifiers offer ultra-broadband performance…
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By David Herres |
By David Herres A previous article discussed resonant circuits. Now we’ll go on to look at that fundamental workhorse of the modern electronic world, the oscillator. Without it,…
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By Megan Hollis |
What: The free Keysight Evolving Wireless Standards poster is designed to provide greater insight into the evolving wireless market, with focus and measurement details on the latest Cellular,…
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By David Herres |
By David Herres Hand-held oscilloscopes are available in a wide range of prices. For a robust instrument such as the Tektronix THS3024, expect to pay about one-third the…
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By David Herres |
By David Herres A resonant circuit is formed when a capacitor and inductor (coil) are in parallel or in series. The two circuit elements will block or pass a…
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By Megan Hollis |
HBM, Inc., a leading manufacturer of data acquisition systems, analysis and calibration software, strain gauges, transducers and sensors, has introduced three new amplifier modules for its SomatXR Data…
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By David Herres |
By David Herres Solar cells, the building blocks of solar arrays, are simple two-wire diodes packaged and configured to produce electrical current when exposed to electromagnetic radiation of…
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By Megan Hollis |
The New Horizons® in Environmental Monitoring is comprised of over 150 full color pages that feature the latest environmental related products from Omega Engineering. The book is divided…
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By Lee Teschler |
By Megan Hollis |
Tektronix, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes, today announced the first physical layer transmitter characterization and debug solution for the MIPI M-PHY® v3.1 specification recently approved by…
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By Megan Hollis |
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the development of the SMARTDAC+® GX20W wireless paperless recorder. This new product supports the ISA100 Wireless™ industrial automation wireless communication standard and is expected…
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By Lee Teschler |
Here are some of the most viewed posts on test and measurement topics from our EDAboard.com sister site this week: Measuring capacitance: “I am going to make a…
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By Megan Hollis |
Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, has introduced a new class of affordable spectrum analyzers based on a USB architecture with a…
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By Megan Hollis |
Omega’s new 24-bit multifunction USB data acquisition models for temperature and voltage measurement feature up to 16 single ended (SE)/8 differential (DIFF) analog inputs. Each device includes 8…
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By Frank Tobe |
Teledyne LeCroy announced its new Kibra 480 Compliance Analyzer. New DDR4 enabled systems are now available in the market. As these DDR4 enabled systems begin to proliferate, compliance…
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By Megan Hollis |
Keysight Technologies, Inc. introduced 200-, 300- and 500-MHz, high-voltage probing solutions with a wider input range, higher common-mode rejection ratio and optimized accessories. The probes are ideal for…
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By Lee Teschler |
A new DC-source benchtop instrument aims to integrate the capabilities of I‑V systems, curve tracers, and semiconductor analyzers as used for characterizing wide bandgap power semiconductors such as…
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By Megan Hollis |
Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, has introduced a new class of affordable spectrum analyzers based on a USB architecture with a…
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By Megan Hollis |
OMEGA’s new DPG409S Sanitary/Clean-In-Place (CIP) digital pressure gauges incorporate a rugged 316 SS enclosure designed for washdown and marine applications with a precision 0.08% accuracy pressure transducer with 316L SS wetted parts and body. This pressure gauge is tested to industrial CE standards with a durable design that makes it perfect for harsh industrial environments.…
By David Herres |
By David Herres Moore’s law, actually more an observation than an edict, states that the number of transistors that can sit on a single semiconductor chip may be expected to…
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By David Herres |
By David Herres Unlike residential wiring, the electrical harness in an industrial or large commercial setting usually carries three-phase power. To many homeowners and beginning technologists, three-phase circuits are…
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By Megan Hollis |
The SMARTDAC+ GM data acquisition system improves operational efficiency due to its modular design, which facilitates the mounting and removal of modules. In addition, the SMARTDAC+ GM system…
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By David Herres |
By David Herres Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) is a highly successful strategy for combining complementary and symmetrical pairs of p-type and n-type MOSFETs to create logic functions. A…
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By David Herres |
By David Herres The FET, discussed in a previous article, was widely used for a few short years, from its introduction in 1947 until it was abruptly eclipsed…
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