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Power supply control loop response measurements with a R&S oscilloscope

rohde&schwarz — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:16:12 GMT

A well compensating voltage controller enables stable output voltages and reduces the influence of load changes and supply voltage variations. Why are control loop response measurements important?The quality of a control circuit determines the ...(read more)

Power Consumption Analysis

rohde&schwarz — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 08:58:42 GMT

The world is getting more and more connected. Myriads of sensors and IoT applications factories and households, enabling optimal industrial operation and contributing to improvement of the social welfare. Maximizing battery lifetimeMany of thes...(read more)

5 techniques for fast, accurate power integrity measurements

rohde&schwarz — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 13:11:39 GMT

What is power integrity?Power integrity is the assurance that power applied to a circuit or device is appropriate for the desired performance of the circuit or device.Such sensitive electronic designs require modern test solutions. When measuring pow...(read more)

Power Integrity Testing

rohde&schwarz — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 09:24:05 GMT

The power delivery network distributes and delivers the DC power to all active components on the board. Disturbances on power rails can cause serious impairments in the performance of the used ICs and the overall system, so power integrity is a param...(read more)

Electronic design: efficient analysis of power and signal integrity

rohde&schwarz — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:15:06 GMT

Modern electronic designs increasingly integrate more functionality into less space. At the same time, processor speeds, clock and data rates are rising while signal levels are decreasing. All these developments result in a growing need for testing a...(read more)

Deep memory: history and segmented memory option

rohde&schwarz — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 15:31:05 GMT

What is your challenge?Embedded designs are an integral part of today’s electronic systems comprising analog signals as well as signals from serial and parallel buses. When debugging such designs, a common challenge is to simultaneously capture enoug...(read more)

The importance of deep memory in oscilloscopes

rohde&schwarz — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:47:46 GMT

Why does deep memory in an oscilloscope matter? In brief, deep memory ensures that long waveforms are captured in high resolution with all needed signal details thanks to a high sustained sample rate.Acquisition memory depth, equals the number of sam...(read more)

Emulate real-world scenarios with R&S power supplies

rohde&schwarz — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 15:13:33 GMT

Modern circuitries require different voltage and/or current levels in different operating states. For example, when simulating a startup sequence of an embedded system specialized voltage and current profiles synchronized across several channels are ...(read more)

Logging & charting tool for R&S power supplies

rohde&schwarz — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 14:06:44 GMT

Let’s learn more about the logging and fast logging functionality of R&S®︎NGM and R&S®︎NGL. The associated application program provides charting functionality for logged voltage, current and power values. Standard loggingStandard logging r...(read more)

Testing battery management systems (BMS) with R&S power supplies

rohde&schwarz — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 06:25:50 GMT

The importance of battery lifetimeRechargeable batteries used in battery-powered devices and vehicles need to be stimulated, measured and tested. Overcharging and deep discharging reduce the lifetime of rechargeable batteries. Defects could lead to o...(read more)

Power Converter Efficiency: Measuring Efficiency with highest Accuracy

rohde&schwarz — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 10:57:43 GMT

Efficiency is often the key factor in power converters, where efficiencies above 90% are required. This is true for battery operated IoT devices to get the most out of the battery, and it is also true for small DCDC converters supplied by a DC rail. ...(read more)

Simplify railway field maintenance with R&S®︎Scope Rider RTH user apps

rohde&schwarz — Mon, 25 May 2020 08:06:56 GMT

Oscilloscopes are everyday instruments for engineers and electricians. Maintenance tasks, however, sometimes require very specific measurements that are not available as standard functionality or are difficult to set up manually. For instance, the R&...(read more)

Different trigger types for faster debugging

rohde&schwarz — Mon, 18 May 2020 14:21:09 GMT

The correction of a bad circuit can be difficult with conventional edge triggers because the error state cannot be selected precisely. That is the reason why modern oscilloscopes offer various digital triggers that are specialized to address specific...(read more)

How to make basic voltage vs. time measurements using an oscilloscope?

rohde&schwarz — Mon, 18 May 2020 14:02:06 GMT

Oscilloscopes are widely used for electrical designing as well as for testing and debugging almost anything that runs electricity. They are primarily used to measure and display voltage versus time for periodic or repeating waveforms. Modern oscillos...(read more)

Boost your efficiency with quadcore power!

rohde&schwarz — Mon, 18 May 2020 13:36:21 GMT

The new era of performance power supplies from Rohde & Schwarz has now begun with the launch of the R&S®︎NGP800 series. These power supplies are designed for versatile applications. They are ideal when speed and advanced programming features a...(read more)