KIPiS articles

Author(s):  Babbe, Erik
Issue:  KIPiS 2018 #4
Signal integrity is the primary measure of signal quality. Signal integrity impacts all oscilloscope measurements. Oscilloscopes with superior signal integrity attributes provide a better representation of your signals under test, while those with poor signal integrity attributes show a poorer representation. This difference impacts engineers’ ability to gain insight, understand, debug, and characterize designs.

Author(s):  Ohlsen, Tom
Issue:  KIPiS 2018 #4
Test complexity is the enemy of engineering efficiency and productivity. As shown here, source measure units that combine the functionality of multiple instruments into a single box can simplify testing procedures, saving time and producing more accurate and repeatable results.

Author(s):  Lim, Adeline
Issue:  KIPiS 2018 #3
The healthcare landscape is changing. Advances in technology enable new capabilities in monitoring, diagnostics, and therapeutics. Wearable medical and healthcare devices are gaining popularity and home healthcare is emerging towards a more value-based care system. Energy efficient devices will benefit both device users and device makers greatly. For users, improvement of quality of life and healthcare. For device makers, distinction and market advantage with reliable devices that have longer if not outstanding battery runtime.

Author(s):  Davidson, Scott
Issue:  KIPiS 2018 #3
Fundamentally, jitter is any unwanted deviation in signal edge timing from where it should be. Jitter is a fact of life in the design of embedded systems and communication links. As such, for systems to operate reliably under a broad range of conditions, thorough characterization of jitter is a must.

Issue:  KIPiS 2018 #2
In February this year Rohde & Schwarz held a press-conference dedicated to absolutely new oscilloscope series — R&S RTC1000, RTM3000 and RTA4000. High sensitivity, multifunctionality and a great price — that is what makes the new oscilloscopes so special. From embedded developers to service technicians and educators — the wide range of functions address a broad group of users. Dr. Philipp Weigell, Product Management (Oscilloscopes) arrived to introduce the new series.

Issue:  KIPiS 2018 #2
Rohde & Schwarz has a good experience in working with test and measuring equipment for various applications. High quality and wide functional capabilities of the company devices allow user to solve a wide range of measuring tasks. In the present article they provide several of them that can be easily solved with the oscilloscopes produced by Rohde & Schwarz.

Issue:  KIPiS 2018 #2
Microwave Electronics, LLC is one of the leading Russian manufacturers of precision test and measurement equipment, antenna systems and advanced electronic devices. The present article describes the features and specifications of the top-class models: MWT series vector generators and MWR signal analyzers/ measurement receivers.

Issue:  KIPiS 2018 #2
Advanced oscilloscope users know that making oscilloscope measurements can be tricky. It’s often not enough to know only the basics, and there are other factors that come into play to do efficient, accurate testing. Take your testing to the next level by learning seven concepts that advanced oscilloscope users should know to help save time and improve the quality of their test results.

Issue:  KIPiS 2018 #2
Large family of precision AKTAKOM meters has been replenished with two new devices for accurate measurements of small and ultra-small DC resistance values. Due to the use of modern circuit technology and technological innovations like high-performance processor, SMD technology use in the device manufacturing, 4-wire measurement circuit new AKTAKOM AMM-6015 and AMM-6016 microhmmeters have high measurement accuracy 0.05% with 1 μOhm resolution. Read the present review on new microhmmeters for more details.

Author(s):  Herdin, Marcus
Issue:  KIPiS 2018 #1
Advanced semiconductors now support previously unattainable efficiency and power density. At the same time, however, they place higher demands on T&M equipment used in the development of power electronics. Oscilloscopes with isolated input channels are ideal measuring systems, providing a wide range of analysis capabilities on the level of a laboratory oscilloscope.

Issue:  KIPiS 2018 #1
It’s well known that almost all manufacturers of test and measuring devices try to widen the functionality of them with various options. Thus a multimeter capable of measuring temperature, frequency and pulse ratio besides the standard parameters like current and voltage has already become a quite common device. Now it’s time to modify higher level devices, for example oscilloscopes. AKTAKOM ADS-6xxx series oscilloscopes has a very wide range of functions at affordable price. There are several options available for these oscilloscopes and in most of cases for some certain measurement tasks they can be even irreplaceable. The present article considers some ADS-6xxx options namely built-in generator, multimeter and touch screen.

Issue:  KIPiS 2017 #6
The new PXIe-8301 remote control module is the industry’s first solution for laptop control of PXI systems using Thunderbolt 3 technology. With its contemporary connectivity and low cost, the PXIe- 8301 makes high-performance control of PXI systems more accessible and affordable to engineers performing benchtop characterization and validation or developing portable automated test systems.

Author(s):  Pereles, Dave
Issue:  KIPiS 2017 #6
Most systems use several sets of power rails and verifying proper power supply sequencing requires multiple oscilloscope input channels. This article describes the basics of checking the power-on and power-off sequence of an AC-DC power supply and how an oscilloscope with more than 4 channels can expedite the process.

Issue:  KIPiS 2017 #6, KIPiS 2018 #1
The term, test system, represents millions of different possible configurations of test instruments, software, and device under test (DUT) specific test execution programs. This article discusses how test system configurations benefit from a choice of hardware form factors and software products.

Issue:  KIPiS 2017 #6
It’s a well-known fact that in order to achieve good results it’s necessary to use high quality instruments. Power supply is considered one of the most necessary instruments in modern radio engineering laboratories or at manufacturing site. At the same time the requirements to the output voltage (current) parameters keep on growing annually causing the device price growth accordingly. Nevertheless it’s still possible to find a good measuring device within the low-cost product range. One of such examples is AKTAKOM APS-5333 power supply with 3 channels, output regulated voltage of 0…30 V and output current of 0…3 A.

Author(s):  Guskov Andrey
Issue:  KIPiS 2017 #5
In previous issues of our magazine we published the articles dedicated to various test and measuring devices produced by RIGOL Technologies, Inc. We provided full and detailed information about such equipment like spectrum analyzers, digital oscilloscopes, signal generators, programmable power supplies. This time the present article will cover programmable electronic loads. This is the main innovative product of 2017 for the company and in general electronic loads production is the new trend for RIGOL. New RIGOL electronic loads series introduced in Spring 2017 got DL3000 model index and it contains four DC models: DL3021, DL3021A, DL3031 and DL3031A. Maximum input voltage for all models is 150 V and input current — 40 A (DL3021, DL3021A) or 60 A (DL3031, DL3031A). Find more details in the present article.

Author(s):  Hirato, Takuya
Issue:  KIPiS 2017 #5
When selecting your VNA test solution for multiport devices, you need to consider switch loss, system calibration and other factors affecting test throughput and accuracy. Advances in test and measurement technologies have enabled multiport and multi-site test solutions to better address these challenges by increasing the number of measurements, the number of devices and measurement speed, while maintaining high accuracy and stability.

Author(s):  Yost, Sarah
Issue:  KIPiS 2017 #5
It’s all about 5G. No matter where you go who and you’re talking to, 5G is at the center of conversations about exciting new technology. While recent announcements from Mobile World Congress indicate that 5G is already here, it’s not. But we’re getting very close.

Author(s):  Pereles, Dave
Issue:  KIPiS 2017 #5
At first glance, it’s clear that the recently unveiled Tektronix 5 Series MSO mixed signal oscilloscope looks much different from other oscilloscopes in its class. For one, the screen takes up 85 percent of the front panel compared to about 50 percent on most scopes. Your next clue that this is not just another oscilloscope is the number of analog inputs — up to eight — compared to the more typical four. As you power on the scope and connect it up your device for testing, you’ll see that this is something more than just a warmed-over version of last year’s scope. It’s a complete end-to-end redesign.

Issue:  KIPiS 2017 #5
When laying or repairing cable routes it’s often necessary to detect cables and correctly determine their routes. And very often this is associated with a long time taken therefore, especially if the cable is located in a hard-to-reach place and if there are several cables in the conduit. In addition when repairing a damaged cable it is always necessary to accurately determine the place of breakage or short circuit, select the required conductor in the cable or cable assembly or determine the presence and location of protective devices in the circuit. In some cases the cable determining process has to be taken without removing the voltage from it. Multifunctional AKTAKOM ACT-1112 cable locater is a perfect device for this type of work. Also it can be used for tracing metallic water and heating pipes…