Let's assume that you need to simultaneously look at the inputs and outputs of a 16-bit counter to determine a timing error, but you have only a 2-channel scope – how do you look all of the required ...

There is much confusion when it comes to discussing bandwidth and logic analyzers. Traditionally logic analyzers are thought of as a purely digital measurement tool. However, as datarates increase and ...

The floppy disk is a technology that is known only to the youth of today as the inspiration for the Save icon. There’s a lot of retro computing history tied up in these fragile platters, thus ...

Logic analyzers and oscilloscopes have coexisted for several decades. The emergence of additional digital inputs on scopes more than 15 years ago gave birth to mixed-signal oscilloscopes (MSOs). Once ...

A new series of high-performance logic analyzers employs a Windows interface, single-screen operation and straightforward triggering to improve usability. The 1680 standalone model and 1690 PC-hosted ...

Nutter offers advice and resources for a person who wants to get the most out of his protocol analyzer After making several requests to get a protocol analyzer, we finally got the go-ahead to purchase ...

The basic test instrument suite — a bench power supply, a good multimeter and perhaps an oscilloscope — is extremely flexible, but not exactly “plug and play” when it comes to diagnosing problems with ...