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Nov 14, 20191 min read
Webinar: Extending the Functionality of the Oscilloscope
Presented By: Steve Sandler, Founder and CEO of Picotest Duration: 54 minutes (available on demand) Sponsored by: Rohde & Schwarz...
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Picotest
Sep 8, 20191 min read
Webinar: Best Practices for Interpreting Power Integrity Measurements
Title: Best Practices for Interpreting Power Integrity Measurements Duration: 1 hour, 1 minute (Available On Demand) Presented...
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Picotest
Jun 28, 20191 min read
Siglent App Note: Measuring Power Supply Control Loop Response with Bode Plot II
In this application note, we will show you the basic principles for making this stability measurement and how to use these instruments to...
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Picotest
Jun 27, 20191 min read
Measuring a Scope Probe Requires Two Oscilloscope Channels and a Very Flat Signal Source
Oscilloscope users can also calibrate their passive oscilloscope probes, though the process is much less sophisticated and for lack of a...
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Picotest
Jan 19, 20181 min read
A Signal Integrity Problem? Maybe Not
In many cases, the real culprit may be power integrity or electromagnetic interference (EMI), but engineers are increasingly...
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Picotest
Sep 23, 20171 min read
EDI CON USA 2017 Celebrates High Frequency and High Speed
Read full article here: http://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/29078-edi-con-usa-2017 #powerdistributionnetwork #oscilloscopes #design...
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Picotest
Apr 26, 20171 min read
Characterizing and Modeling Switch Mode Power Supplies (Mar 15)
Original air date: March 15, 2017 Why this Webcast is Important: Whether your power supply designs are based on switch mode or linear...
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Picotest
Apr 7, 20161 min read
Troubleshooting Clock Jitter and Identifying PDN Sensitivities
Power distribution network (‘PDN’) noise is one of the most common issues in low power applications. Whether you are powering ADCs,...
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Picotest
Feb 12, 20161 min read
Optimizing Arduino and the AD9851 DDS signal generator
Arduino has taken the product “maker” world by storm and one of the more popular Arduino modules is the Analog Devices AD9851 DDS...
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Picotest
Aug 15, 20142 min read
Match impedances when making measurements
Recently, I used a shielded coaxial cable to measure power supply ripple and the results were even noisier than using an oscilloscope...
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Picotest
Mar 18, 20142 min read
Understanding Voltage Response Of An LC Circuit
For an undamped LC circuit excited by an AC voltage source through simple phaser equations, we come to see that the circuit becomes short...
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Picotest
Feb 5, 20141 min read
Inside the 21st Century Power Test Lab
In this 5-minute video, Steve Sandler of AEi Systems (www.aeng.com) and Picotest (www.picotest.com) takes you on a tour of an advanced...
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Picotest
Jan 11, 20141 min read
Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: Making Time Domain Measurements (Part 8 – The final
He presents examples of various waveform anomalies and discusses techniques and tips for observing them as well as pitfalls to avoid....
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Picotest
Dec 10, 20131 min read
Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: Measuring Ripple (Part 7 of the ongoing series)
And by taking measurements across all three test domains, designers can trace power supply ripple-related problems back to root causes...
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Picotest
Nov 14, 20131 min read
Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: The Switch (Part 6 of the ongoing series.)
With those measurement requirements as background, Sandler examines how switching frequency and duty cycle affect power supply stability...
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Picotest
Nov 7, 20131 min read
PDN Issues Occur in the Simplest of Circuits
A single tiny logic gate The first case we’ll look at is a Fairchild NC7SZ04 ultra-high-speed inverter gate. This logic gate is a single...
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Picotest
Sep 26, 20131 min read
Oscilloscope Mistakes: #4 (Part 4 of 4)
The engineering community uses oscilloscopes more than any other piece of equipment, yet many of the published results are questionable...
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Picotest
Sep 22, 20131 min read
Oscilloscope Mistakes: #3 (Part 3 of 4)
The engineering community uses oscilloscopes more than any other piece of equipment, yet many of the published results are questionable...
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Picotest
Sep 17, 20131 min read
Oscilloscope Mistakes: #2 (Part 2 of 4)
The engineering community uses oscilloscopes more than any other piece of equipment, yet many of the published results are questionable...
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Picotest
Sep 12, 20131 min read
Oscilloscope Mistakes: #1 (Part 1 of 4)
Avoiding these common pitfalls will get you better data with minimum effort. Steve Sandler takes a look at four common scope mistakes and...
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