Abstract: This article presents a reference design for a PC-based oscilloscope. The MAX1393 ADC and MAX1396 EV (evaluation) kit are featured. Schematics, software, and explanation of software ...

What's an electromechanical oscillograph? What model ushered in the era of the real-time digital oscilloscope? Examples of the latest powerful equipment. Able to graphically display a range of ...

Ok, you want to get an oscilloscope. Where do you start? If you have been using scopes already you may have a good idea of what you need and features to consider but there may be some in new scopes ...

Building on the work of cathode ray oscilloscope inventor Karl Ferdinand Braun a half-century earlier, Tektronix founders Howard C. Vollum and Jack Murdock invented the triggered oscilloscope in 1946, ...

14-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) oscilloscope delivers four times the signal resolution and half the noise floor of other general-purpose oscilloscopes Instrument built from the ground up with ...

You stare at the log output. It seems okay, and yet the bug is still hiding. Was Task A missing its deadline? You don’t know. Was a priority inversion quietly breaking the scheduler? Again, you don’t ...

• Some scopes now include a Web server that is hosted from the instrument. Instrument store/recall state capabilities can be used to speed setup of front-panel settings. • Some instruments allow their ...

Tektronix recently unveiled two new products, one the MP5000 Series automated system and the other the 7 Series DPO oscilloscope. The new scope is purpose-built for engineering teams and researchers ...

To ease the problem, Fluke Corp., Everett, Wash., gives their 196C and 199C ScopeMeters larger screens, faster display rates, and full-color capabilities, including color warnings. The devices combine ...

We’re sorry to say that back in May we missed the passing of Walter LeCroy, the man whose name appeared on some of the most desirable and higher-spec oscilloscopes ...

Texas instruments has revealed a buffer amplifier developed especially for oscilloscope inputs from dc to GHz. Texas instruments has revealed a buffer amplifier developed especially for oscilloscope ...