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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-US"><title type="html">Blog</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.9.35025">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.9.35025)</generator><updated>2024-01-19T14:29:29Z</updated><entry><title>How to Measure a MOSFET I-V Curve</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/how-to-measure-a-mosfet-i-v-curve" /><id>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/how-to-measure-a-mosfet-i-v-curve</id><published>2024-08-09T09:58:04Z</published><updated>2024-08-09T09:58:04Z</updated><content type="html">This blog first appeared on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.tek.com/en/blog/how-to-measure-a-mosfet-i-v-curve" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Tektronix website.&lt;/a&gt;


One of the best ways to ensure a MOSFET is functioning properly and meets specifications is to determine its characteristics by tracing I-V curves. There are a number of output characteristics...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/how-to-measure-a-mosfet-i-v-curve"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=28250&amp;AppID=22&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>r.ngugi</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/r.ngugi</uri></author><category term="mosfet" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/mosfet" /><category term="Source Measure Units" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/Source%2bMeasure%2bUnits" /><category term="I-V curves" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/I_2D00_V%2bcurves" /></entry><entry><title>Characterize Self-Discharge Behavior Faster with the DMM7510</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/characterize-self-discharge-behavior-faster-with-the-dmm7510" /><id>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/characterize-self-discharge-behavior-faster-with-the-dmm7510</id><published>2024-06-07T09:51:41Z</published><updated>2024-06-07T09:51:41Z</updated><content type="html">This blog first appeared on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.tek.com/en/blog/characterize-self-discharge-behavior-faster-with-the-dmm7510" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Tektronix website.&lt;/a&gt;


Rechargeable batteries are appearing in more devices than ever before. We are requiring these batteries to hold more energy, last longer and charge faster. This is even more critical in applic...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/characterize-self-discharge-behavior-faster-with-the-dmm7510"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=28043&amp;AppID=22&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>r.ngugi</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/r.ngugi</uri></author><category term="electric vehicle" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/electric%2bvehicle" /><category term="EV Battery Testing" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/EV%2bBattery%2bTesting" /><category term="dmm" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/dmm" /><category term="automotive" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/automotive" /></entry><entry><title>Measuring Serial Data Signals: Choosing an Appropriate Oscilloscope Bandwidth</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/measuring-serial-data-signals-choosing-an-appropriate-oscilloscope-bandwidth" /><id>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/measuring-serial-data-signals-choosing-an-appropriate-oscilloscope-bandwidth</id><published>2024-05-24T12:14:36Z</published><updated>2024-05-24T12:14:36Z</updated><content type="html">
This blog first appeared on the&lt;a href="https://www.tek.com/en/blog/measuring-serial-data-signals-choosing-an-appropriate-oscilloscope-bandwidth" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t"&gt; Tektronix website.&lt;/a&gt;








1. Taking Measurement Bandwidth into Consideration for High Speed Serial Data
When measuring high speed serial data signals and devices, whether for compliance, for design, or for troublesho...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/measuring-serial-data-signals-choosing-an-appropriate-oscilloscope-bandwidth"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=27999&amp;AppID=22&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>r.ngugi</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/r.ngugi</uri></author><category term="bandwidth" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/bandwidth" /><category term="Serial Data Signals" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/Serial%2bData%2bSignals" /><category term="oscilloscope" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/oscilloscope" /></entry><entry><title>Energy Storage Devices: a Battery Testing overview</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/energy-storage-devices-a-battery-testing-overview" /><id>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/energy-storage-devices-a-battery-testing-overview</id><published>2024-05-17T14:00:05Z</published><updated>2024-05-17T14:00:05Z</updated><content type="html">

This blog first appeared on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.tek.com/en/blog/battery-testing-overview-for-energy-storage-devices" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Tektronix Website.&lt;/a&gt;
Energy storage device testing is not the same as battery testing. There are, in fact, several devices that are able to convert chemical energy into electrical energy and store that energy, mak...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/energy-storage-devices-a-battery-testing-overview"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=27975&amp;AppID=22&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>r.ngugi</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/r.ngugi</uri></author><category term="4200a" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/4200a" /><category term="smu" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/smu" /><category term="daq" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/daq" /></entry><entry><title>Quickly Develop Test Scripts with the New Keithley TSP™︎ Toolkit Beta</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/quickly-develop-test-scripts-with-the-new-keithley-tsp-toolkit-beta" /><id>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/quickly-develop-test-scripts-with-the-new-keithley-tsp-toolkit-beta</id><published>2024-05-10T10:20:59Z</published><updated>2024-05-10T10:20:59Z</updated><content type="html">
This blog first appeared on the &lt;a href="https://www.tek.com/en/blog/quickly-develop-test-scripts-with-the-new-keithley-tsp-toolkit-beta" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Tektronix website.&lt;/a&gt;
Semiconductor manufacturers, validation engineers and reliability engineers can now get faster test script development while automating Keithley test instruments such as SMUs, DAQs or DMMs by downlo...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/quickly-develop-test-scripts-with-the-new-keithley-tsp-toolkit-beta"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=27953&amp;AppID=22&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>r.ngugi</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/r.ngugi</uri></author><category term="Test Script Development" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/Test%2bScript%2bDevelopment" /><category term="dmm" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/dmm" /><category term="smu" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/smu" /><category term="daq" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/daq" /><category term="software" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/software" /></entry><entry><title>Battery Testing Made Easy</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/battery-testing-made-easy" /><id>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/battery-testing-made-easy</id><published>2024-04-12T08:46:04Z</published><updated>2024-04-12T08:46:04Z</updated><content type="html">

This blog first appeared on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.tek.com/en/blog/battery-testing-made-easy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Tektronix website.&lt;/a&gt; 
The best way to test any kind of rechargeable battery is to start with the upgraded&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.tek.com/en/products/keithley/keithley-control-software-bench-instruments/kickstart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;KickStart Battery Simulator App&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;from Tektronix / Keithley, which provides battery testing, batter...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/battery-testing-made-easy"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=27858&amp;AppID=22&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>r.ngugi</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/r.ngugi</uri></author><category term="battery testing" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/battery%2btesting" /><category term="EV Battery Testing" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/EV%2bBattery%2bTesting" /></entry><entry><title>How to Read a Datasheet for Precision Equipment</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/how-to-read-a-datasheet-for-precision-equipment" /><id>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/how-to-read-a-datasheet-for-precision-equipment</id><published>2024-04-05T09:46:07Z</published><updated>2024-04-05T09:46:07Z</updated><content type="html">

This post first appeared on the &lt;a href="https://www.tek.com/en/blog/how-to-read-a-datasheet-for-precision-equipment" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Tektronix website&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;
When searching for the right product, the firsthand guide to doing so is the product&amp;rsquo;s datasheet. Whether you are searching for a Digital Multimeter (DMM), a power supply, an oscillosco...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/how-to-read-a-datasheet-for-precision-equipment"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=27837&amp;AppID=22&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>r.ngugi</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/r.ngugi</uri></author><category term="Precision equipment" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/Precision%2bequipment" /><category term="Perfomance" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/Perfomance" /><category term="Datasheet" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/Datasheet" /></entry><entry><title>Grade A Solutions for Battery Grading</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/grade-a-solutions-for-battery-grading" /><id>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/grade-a-solutions-for-battery-grading</id><published>2024-03-15T14:40:39Z</published><updated>2024-03-15T14:40:39Z</updated><content type="html">

*This blog was first published on the&lt;a href="https://www.tek.com/en/blog/grade-a-solutions-for-battery-grading" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t"&gt; Tektronix website&lt;/a&gt;.
Current technology markets are demanding more out of our batteries than ever before. These batteries are being pushed to charge faster, hold more and last longer. Makers of electric vehicles ...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/grade-a-solutions-for-battery-grading"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=27783&amp;AppID=22&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>r.ngugi</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/r.ngugi</uri></author><category term="Battery cell" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/Battery%2bcell" /><category term="ev" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/ev" /><category term="dmm" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/dmm" /><category term="automotive" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/automotive" /></entry><entry><title>4 Key Testing Phases for Power Conversion Equipment</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/4-key-testing-phases-for-power-conversion-equipment" /><id>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/4-key-testing-phases-for-power-conversion-equipment</id><published>2024-03-08T08:29:32Z</published><updated>2024-03-08T08:29:32Z</updated><content type="html">
This blog first appeared on the &lt;a href="https://www.tek.com/en/blog/4-key-testing-phases-for-power-conversion-equipment" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Tektronix website.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;


While the types of electrical tests required during the design and production of power conversion equipment are similar to those required for previous generations of devices, the adoption of...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/4-key-testing-phases-for-power-conversion-equipment"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=27753&amp;AppID=22&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>r.ngugi</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/r.ngugi</uri></author><category term="4200a" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/4200a" /><category term="probes" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/probes" /><category term="oscilloscope" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/oscilloscope" /><category term="smu" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/smu" /><category term="afg" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/afg" /></entry><entry><title>What is Data Acquisition (DAQ)?</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/what-is-data-acquisition-daq" /><id>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/what-is-data-acquisition-daq</id><published>2024-02-02T09:33:58Z</published><updated>2024-02-02T09:33:58Z</updated><content type="html">*This blog post first appeared on the Tektronix website.

Data Acquisition (DAQ) is the measurement of electrical or physical things like voltage, current, temperature, pressure, sound, or motion. Converting these signals into digital data is necessa...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/what-is-data-acquisition-daq"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=27556&amp;AppID=22&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>r.ngugi</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/r.ngugi</uri></author><category term="data acquisition" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/data%2bacquisition" /><category term="daq" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/daq" /></entry><entry><title>Testing Battery Resistance</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/testing-battery-resistance" /><id>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/testing-battery-resistance</id><published>2024-01-19T13:29:29Z</published><updated>2024-01-19T13:29:29Z</updated><content type="html">





*This blog post first appeared on the Tektronix website on Wednesday, December 13, 2023&amp;nbsp;by:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="blog-author" itemprop="name" href="https://www.tek.com/en/blog/author/100022" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Elizabeth Makley&lt;/a&gt;




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It&amp;rsquo;s easy to think of a battery as a bucket full of energy. When we would like some energy, we connect o...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/posts/testing-battery-resistance"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=27465&amp;AppID=22&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>r.ngugi</name><uri>https://community.element14.com/members/r.ngugi</uri></author><category term="battery testing" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/battery%2btesting" /><category term="smu" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/smu" /><category term="automotive" scheme="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/keithley/b/blog/archive/tags/automotive" /></entry></feed>