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Test Solution for 10 Mb/s In-Vehicle Designs
07 November 2022 – Teledyne LeCroy announced the addition of a CAN XL Trigger, Decode, Measure/Graph and Eye Diagram (TDME) oscilloscope software option, enabling users to test, validate and debug automotive electronic control units (ECUs) and 10 Mb/s in-vehicle network (IVN) designs. This new CAN-XL oscilloscope option positions Teledyne LeCroy as the only vendor to offer complete capabilities for testing any 10 Mb/s in-vehicle network.
USB4 Version 2.0 Physical Layer Testing
04 November 2022 – Teledyne LeCroy announced support for USB4 Version 2.0 physical layer compliance and validation with updates to its QualiPHY compliance test software and SDAIII-CompleteLinQ Serial Data Analysis software to support testing of new USB 80 Gbps data transfer speeds over the USB Type-C cable and connector.
Acute launched new 6-in-1 Instruments
02 November 2022 - Acute announced a new 6-in-1 Instruments including DAQ, DSO, DVM, Frequency Counter, Logic Analyzer, Protocol Analyzer functions. The MSO3000 series is available starting November 2022. The instruments offer more than 20 types of waveform measurements with customized threshold settings features, provides real-time update for vertical, time and channel to channel timing measurements with statistic features.
Test Solutions for new USB4 Version 2.0 Specification
24 October 2022 - Keysight Technologies announced new simulation and test and measurement solutions that accelerate the development, implementation, and deployment of new USB 80Gbps compatible devices. USB4 Version 2.0 specification enables a plug-and-play interface for inter-digital communication, offering significant advantages in bandwidth and data delivery. Keysight's industry collaborations, coupled with extensive research and development efforts, have enabled the company to deliver solutions specifically for design characterization and validation for USB 80Gbps.
PMK will announce new Probes on electronica 2022
19 October 2022 - PMK announce a number of new probing solutions at the electronica tradeshow (Munich, Germany, 15 to 18 November 2022). The new products will address many of today's measurement challenges in the power electronics, automotive, industrial, and automated test equipment (ATE) space.
GW Instek launched new Digital Storage Oscilloscope Series
17 October 2022 - GW Instek announced the launch of a new flagship product of digital oscilloscopes, the GDS-3000A series, which has the maximum frequency bandwidth of 650MHz, a real-time sampling rate of up to 5GSa/s and a memory length of 200M points per channel, and a 10.2-inch display. The GDS-3000A series features a power analysis kit which provides 13 measurement functions dedicated to power measurement.
Fully automated PCIe 6.0 Test and Validation Solution
03 October 2022 - Tektronix, in collaboration with Anritsu, introduced an intuitive new PCIe 6.0 Receiver Test Solution that equips engineers to test PCIe 6.0 (Base) receivers and addresses ever-growing performance demands of the next generation of high performance systems. With this release, Tektronix provides a cohesive PCIe 6.0 transmitter and receiver test solution that delivers faster test times, higher-quality measurements, and an intuitive user interface.
Oscilloscope Basics |
Oscilloscope Probes – Vital Link in the Measurement Chain
Signal measurement results can only be as accurate as the test and measurement tools in use. As clock rates and edge speeds of today’s electronic circuits increase, probing becomes a critical piece of the measurement system – the component that comes in direct contact with your circuit. This article looks at voltage probing considerations for embedded system and digital design debugging applications.
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A simple method to verify the bandwidth of your probe
In oscilloscopes or oscilloscope probes, bandwidth is a measure of the width of a range of frequencies measured in Hertz. Specifically, bandwidth is specified as the frequency at which a sinusoidal input signal is attenuated to 70.7 percent of its original amplitude, also known as the -3 dB point. Most oscilloscope companies design the scope/probe response to be as flat as possible throughout its specified frequency range, and most customers simply rely on the specified bandwidth of the oscilloscope or oscilloscope probes, wondering if they are indeed getting the bandwidth performance at the probe tip. Now you can use these step-by-step instructions to simply measure and verify the bandwidth of your probe with an oscilloscope you may already have.
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