When tubes were king, you could go to a drugstore with a box full of them from your TV. There would be a tester that would tell you what tubes were bad and, of course, you could buy the replacements ...

The CTR-101 Curve Tracer from Saelig Company, Inc. plots device characteristics for diodes, transistors, MOSFETs, JFETs, and other LF and RF semiconductors, or demonstrate the linearity of resistive ...

It’s generally acknowledged that curve tracers, originally introduced in the late 1950s for characterizing vacuum tubes, then later for transistors, are no longer up to the task of characterizing ...

The August print issue of EE-Evaluation Engineering includes a special report on power electronics test. In preparation for that article, we asked test equipment vendors to provide information on ...

Fortive Corporation’s FTV subsidiary, Fluke Corp, has unveiled the PVA-1500 Series I-V curve tracer. The tracer will enhance the speed and accuracy of utility-scale solar technicians as well as ...

Fluke, a specialist in test and measurement instruments for solar installers, aims to bring streamlined testing services to utility-scale solar technicians with the announcement of the PVA-1500 Series ...

Some instruments merely make measurements, while others offer insights. My top three candidates for the latter role are the oscilloscope, the spectrum analyzer, and the curve tracer. While measuring ...