Test & Measurement

January 2014

Yokogawa source measure units

Yokogawa extends the scope of their SMU offering with two new models

Two new instruments have been added to the Yokogawa GS610 and GS820 family of source measure units: the GS610 Model 7655 is a battery simulator unit which simulates the internal resistance changes of batteries as an aid to failure analysis, while the GS820 Models 765601/Z and 765602/Z are 50 V output versions for

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Date:

01/28/2014

M300 data acquisition/data logger switch unit

RIGOL to present their latest high-performance, cost-attractive DAQ at Embedded World 2014

Rigol Technologies expands its product offering with a new data acquisition/data logger switch unit. The M300 combines a DMM with a gauge head selector switch. The highly versatile system can be extended with 5 plug-ins and optionally with a 61/2 digit DMM, 10 different switch and control modules of bipolar swit

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Date:

01/21/2014

Optimizing power quality under large load transients

Peyman Safa, Agilent Technologies

Today’s integrated circuits are operating faster than ever, and the increased operating speed can lead to highly dynamic power demand from the power supply, posing a challenge during testing using programmable power supplies. The high-speed current waveforms can lead to voltage drops at the integrated circuit. If

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Date:

01/13/2014

RS-485 Communication Link versus the Electric Fence

James Scanlon and Conal Watterson, Analog Devices

Industrial and instrumentation applications (I&I) require transmission of data between multiple systems often over very long distances. The RS-485 bus standard is one of the most widely used physical layer bus designs in I&I applications. Applications for RS-485 include process control networks, in

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Date:

01/12/2014