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24 Apr
Avoiding aliasing: sampling rate and Nyquist basics for hobbyists
Avoiding aliasing: sampling rate and Nyquist basics for hobbyists
Avoiding aliasing: sampling rate and Nyquist basics for hobbyists
Aliasing is one of those terms that sounds intimidating, but it is a surprisingly everyday phenomenon once you understand it. If you’ve ever heard a strange, unintuitive tone wh...
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24 Apr
AC and DC coupling: optimizing waveforms on your oscilloscope
AC and DC coupling: optimizing waveforms on your oscilloscope
When you fire up an oscilloscope, one of the first practical choices you’ll make is how to couple the input to the signal under test: AC coupling or DC coupling. This choice...
24 Apr
Selecting Probes for Oscilloscopes: Passive, Active, and Differential
Selecting Probes for Oscilloscopes: Passive, Active, and Differential
Choosing the right probe is often as important as choosing the right oscilloscope. The probe s...
24 Apr
Battery Management and Electric Vehicles: Oscilloscope Measurements for BMS Testing
Battery Management and Electric Vehicles: Oscilloscope Measurements for BMS Testing
As EVs push farther toward mass adoption, the Battery Management System (BMS) has become the critical watchdog ensuring safety, reliability, and longevity of high?voltage Battery Packs. A modern BM...
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24 Apr
Measuring PWM and switching signals with confidence
Measuring PWM and Switching Signals with Confidence
PWM (pulse-width modulation) and other switching signals are the heartbeat of modern power electronics, motor drives, audio amplifiers, and a growing array of digital systems. Measuring t...
24 Apr
Embedded Systems Debugging with an Oscilloscope: Practical Project Ideas
Embedded Systems Debugging with an Oscilloscope: Practical Project Ideas
When you’re building or maintaining an embedded system, a good oscilloscope is more than a pretty instrument with colorful traces. It’s your party-line...
24 Apr
Mastering Oscilloscope Controls: Timebase, Volts/Div, and Triggering for Beginners
Mastering Oscilloscope Controls: Timebase, Volts/Div, and Triggering for Beginners
Oscilloscopes are the workhorses of electronics troubleshooting and signal analysis. They transl...
24 Apr
Troubleshooting Common Oscilloscope Issues: Tips for Starters
Troubleshooting Common Oscilloscope Issues: Tips for Starters
Troubleshooting Common Oscilloscope Issues: Tips for Starters
Oscilloscopes are powerful yet approachable tools for understanding electrical signals. For beginners, a few common roadblocks can make even simple measurements feel intimidating. The good...
24 Apr
Getting Started with Oscilloscopes: A Beginner's Guide
Getting Started with Oscilloscopes: A Beginner's Guide
Getting Started with Oscilloscopes: A Beginner's Guide
Oscilloscopes are one of the most powerful tools in a practical electronics lab. They let you visualize electrical signals over time...
24 Apr
Differential Probing for Power Electronics: Safe and Accurate Measurements
Differential Probing for Power Electronics: Safe and Accurate Measurements
Power electronics live on the edge between precision and danger. High dv/dt,...
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24 Apr
Triggering tricks to catch elusive glitches
Triggering Tricks to Catch Elusive Glitches
Elusive glitches are the stealthy gremlins of software and hardware. They hide i...
24 Apr
Probing High Frequency Signals: Bandwidth, Loading, and Tip Accessories
Probing High Frequency Signals: Bandwidth, Loading, and Tip Accessories
In the world of signal measurement, high frequency work is where the art and science of probing truly collide. The moment ...
24 Apr
Oscilloscope Probes and Grounding: Essentials for Accurate Measurements
Oscilloscope Probes and Grounding: Essentials for Accurate Measurements
Getting reliable signals from an oscilloscope starts with the probe and the way it is connected to the circuit under test. Probes are ...
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24 Apr
Probe compensation demystified: a quick guide
Probe compensation demystified: a quick guide
If you’ve ever poked at a fast digital signal with an oscilloscope, you’ve probably bumped into the term probe compensation. It sounds t...
24 Apr
Reading Waveforms: Core Concepts for New Oscilloscope Users
Reading Waveforms: Core Concepts for New Oscilloscope Users
If you’re just starting with an oscilloscope, you’re stepping into a powerful tool that translates electrical signals into visible shapes. A waveform ...
24 Apr
Minimizing Probe Artifacts: Best Practices for Oscilloscope Measurements
Minimizing Probe Artifacts: Best Practices for Oscilloscope Measurements
Oscilloscopes are among the most powerful tools in a hardware engineer’s arsenal, capable of revealing timing, shape, and noise characteristics of electronic signals with remarkable clarity. Yet the ver...
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24 Apr
Troubleshooting digital signals with minimal noise
Troubleshooting Digital Signals with Minimal Noise
In the world of digital electronics, clean signal transmission is everything. A tiny amou...