Keysight Technologies Enables Designers to Save Time and Cost of Iterative Build and Test of Physical Prototypes

This is a submission from Keysight Technologies on a new add-on to PathWave Advanced Design System (ADS. It enables designers to perform pre-compliance testing on virtual prototypes of switched-mode power supply (SMPS) designs. This new capability saves the time and cost of iterative build and test of physical prototypes.

This is a submission from Keysight. Vanchip Technologies has selected their 5G test solutions to accelerate performance validation of their 5G radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers designed for high-end 5G smartphones.

An RF Power Meter for measurements up to 10 GHz was published in the March & April 2018 edition of Elektor Magazine. The project turned out to be very successful so the author went about improving his device. The version he is currently working on will be compatible with almost all power detector chips available on the market, it will have two channels and a dynamic range of 92 dB. Add to that a touchscreen, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and you end up with a close to professional measurement tool.

Commercial current clamp devices certainly are able to measure current by potential-free means but they are not suitable for capturing rapid alterations in current over time. In addition, many low-cost examples of these do not provide an output for connecting to an oscilloscope. This article describes a DIY alternative.

When performing measurements away from your electronics workbench, a portable instrument is exceedingly convenient, particularly if you have one that combines three measuring tasks. The Joy-IT DMSO2D72 offers the functionality of an oscilloscope, a multimeter and an arbitrary waveform generator in one convenient package. We had a go with it.

Do you want to measure not only electrical signals but also optical signals? Then you need an optical probe that converts light intensity into voltage fluctuations that can be evaluated by an oscilloscope. This article shows how to build such a probe yourself inexpensively.

With the compliments of the Elektor Labs and Editorial teams, here comes another unpublished article that's free to download by all registered Elektor e-zine readers. "Free Fresh Articles" are published at two-weekly intervals in the Elektor e-zine, alternating with "Free Back Articles".

Which way do the wires run? This conundrum regularly faces electricians working in older buildings and do-it-yourself enthusiasts alike – in other words everyone who enjoys (?) doing work in his or her home and garden. Sometimes finding concealed cable runs is far from easy, which is why we are discussing ways and means of locating these hidden copper wires even when they are non-continuous (interrupted).

Do you want to measure not only electrical signals but also optical signals? Then you need an optical probe that converts light intensity into voltage fluctuations that can be evaluated by an oscilloscope. This article shows how to build such a probe yourself inexpensively.

With the compliments of the Elektor Labs and Editorial teams, here comes another fresh-out-of-the-lab article that's free to download by all registered Elektor e-zine readers. "Free Fresh Articles" are published at two-weekly intervals in the Elektor e-zine, alternating with "Free Back Articles". This time we have a DIY capacitance meter that’s remarkable for its accuracy, low cost and beautiful PCB design. It has a two-digit Dekatron-style display made from discrete LEDs, and zero (0) microcontrollers inside, yet achieves 5% accuracy across its range of 200 pF to 9.9 uF.