KIPiS articles

Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #6
Electronica is the international trade fair for electronic components, systems and applications. It is the most important international event gathering and featuring a supporting program with forums and conferences such as Automotive Conference, the Embedded Platforms Conference, IT2Industry and Wireless Congress. This year electronica was held on November 8-11 and comparing to 2014 the number of visitors was 7% higher. Find more details in the current review on this great show.

Author(s):  Afonskaya, Tatiana , Afonskiy, Alexander
Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #6
Hong Kong is not only one of the most beautiful cities in the world but also the greatest electronics market. This October right several international exhibitions were held in 2 huge exhibition centers — Asia World-Expo and Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. Total number of visitors overstepped 100000 people who came to see the latest electronics developments and products. Read the present review to know more facts and details about these exhibitions.

Author(s):  Levin S.
Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #6
Test procedures of measuring instruments consider the meeting of a set of conditions and terms as well as the parameters selection. Read the present article to know about the particular problems that can be faced while checking the measuring instrument compliance, how to solve this measurement task and also how to ensure the correctness of the test results.

Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #6
On October 12 Keysight Technologies held the second part of the seminar workshop named «Fundamentals of measurements ». This time the seminar topics were dedicated to the measuring technologies for application tasks. To make it as much convenient for attendees as possible there were 5 sections taken in parallel within this seminar. Totally 14 different topics were introduced to the visitors who could select the most interesting ones for them and make their own schedule.

Author(s):  Zhang, Rolland
Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #6
With the widespread increase of wireless technologies now used in commercial, aerospace and defense applications, interference problems are becoming more common and more severe. To mitigate these issues, many aerospace and defense (A/D) systems — and some 5G designs — are moving to the millimeter-wave band. Related enhancements include the use of narrow radar pulses and highly encrypted communication signals.

Author(s):  Harnack, Jake
Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #6
WLR systems, which have been around for decades, vary in both measurement capability and architecture. Specialized WLR systems may involve high-frequency ac or pulsed stimulus. However, most CMOS devices are tested with dc instruments such as source measure units (SMUs), which supply the necessary stress and measurement capability for collecting parametric data.

Author(s):  Shumskiy I.
Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #6
We keep on publishing a series of articles devoted to the main principles of choosing a digital oscilloscope for your measurement tasks. In the current article we would like to draw your attention to the sampling as the main characteristic of digital oscilloscopes, namely how the mode, number of digits and sampling rate affect the measurement results.

Author(s):  Woodward, Joel
Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #5
Zone triggering is an oscilloscope technology that complements traditional scope triggering, helping to isolate events when hardware-based triggers fall short. The present article keeps the answers to 5 questions about this technology.

Author(s):  Poe, Barrett
Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #5
As measurement automation gains traction, some students may be missing out on learning aspects of their lab’s available equipment that can yield rewards including faster, more efficient lab hours and streamlined report writing. Here is a list of the basics that can help you stand out among your classmates.

Author(s):  Shumskiy I.
Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #5
Nowadays it’s quite common to use a digital oscilloscope jointly with other devices for complex measurements and further data processing within a measuring system. However to integrate an oscilloscope into the complex measuring system there are some other additional technical capabilities required besides data transferring to PC or the local network. The current article in a very detail demonstrates the main of such capabilities and gives you examples of oscilloscope operation within the complex systems.

Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #5
National Instruments, the provider of platform-based systems that enable engineers and scientists to solve the world’s greatest engineering challenges, announced the NI PXIe-6570 digital pattern instrument and NI Digital Pattern Editor. This product frees manufacturers of RFICs, power management ICs, MEMS devices and mixed-signal ICs from the closed architectures of conventional semiconductor automated test equipment (ATE).

Author(s):  Guskov Andrey
Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #5
For almost every magazine issue we prepare detailed reviews dedicated to Rigol test and measuring equipment. Recently we already published articles about Rigol digital oscilloscopes, signal generators, spectrum analyzers and power supplies. But besides the above areas there is one more that we would like to analyze within the present article — this is Rigol M300 multichannel measuring system. Read the current article for more details about Rigol system.

Author(s):  Sukhanov E.
Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #5
It’s a well-known fact that oscilloscope measurements result in oscillogram. In respect to logic analyzers the situation is quite different because there is no common name accepted and existing for the digital data set resulting from their measurement. Sometimes they use such terms like «digital signal» or «datagram» but their meanings are either too broad or reflect some other specified technical processes. For our article we have chosen «digigram» term derived from «digital oscillogram». To operate these digigrams you may use software under world famous AKTAKOM trademark. The operation process is described within the present article in a very detail.

Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #4
International scientific congress «Science and engineering education – 2016» was held on June 23-25 in Bauman Moscow State Technical University. The main topics for discussion within the congress were the standards and accreditation system of graduating students of engineering institutions as well as the rating and quality of engineering education in Russia and all over the world. On June 23 Bauman Moscow State Technical University and Keysight Technologies concluded a partnership agreement to launch the cooperative program for engineers training in the sphere of radio electronics.

Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #4
Over the past decade, data communication rates have increased by a factor well over 10x. Data rates that were once 1 Gb/sec and below are now routinely greater than 10 Gb/sec. RF and Optical Communications utilize complex modulation schemes and low amplitude signals to meet channel data capacity and regulatory requirements. This has driven the need for very high bandwidth real-time oscilloscopes for the validation, certification, and debugging of these new system designs. As a result, oscilloscope designers are driven to extend the performance of real-time oscilloscopes to cover requirements up into the 60 GHz-70 GHz range and beyond. This article compares the techniques used to extend the bandwidth performance of real-time scopes, and introduces the latest innovation in this pursuit — Asynchronous Time Interleaving.

Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #4
For users’ convenience we do our best to find out the most suitable solutions for various measurement tasks they may face. This time we would like to provide a suggestion of how to measure stray characteristics and other additional parameters of capacitors, inductance coils and resistors.

Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #4
On July 11, 2016, Tektronix organized a press-conference in «Aerostar» Business Center and the reason for this meeting was the presentation of three innovative products at a time.

Author(s):  Hoffman, Mike
Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #4
MSO is a ubiquitous term in the oscilloscope market today. An MSO, or Mixed Signal Oscilloscope, is a 2 or 4 channel oscilloscope with 8 or 16 (rarely more) logic analysis channels built in for timing analysis. The main benefits of this integration are time correlation between signals on the analog and digital channels of the oscilloscope, and more powerful triggering between the two. In this article, we will discuss why the MSO was created, popular applications of the technology, and some measurement tips and tricks for getting the most out of mixed signal oscilloscopes.

Author(s):  Guskov Andrey
Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #4
In our «KIPiS» magazine we often publish articles dedicated to different combined devices, those uniting several measurement functions in one housing. Thus we have already informed our readers about Tektronix MDO3000 and MDO4000 series oscilloscope, Rigol DS/ MSO1000Z, DS/MSO2000, Aktakom ADS-4000 oscilloscopes. Today we would like to present the current review on absolutely new Aktakom ADS-6000 combined digital oscilloscopes which characteristics as well as the price will amaze you.

Author(s):  Bogdanoff, Daniel
Issue:  KIPiS 2016 #3
The movement from analog to digital oscilloscopes has opened up a new world of measurement opportunities for engineers. Using an ADC paired with a plotter instead of a sweep generator paired with a CRT gives you the ability to change how your signal is acquired. To get the most confidence out of your oscilloscope readings, it’s crucial to understand the strengths and weaknesses of different acquisition modes. Learn how normal, averaging, and high resolution modes work and when you should use each one.