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The year of the mixed signal
April 5, 2007
It's only April, but I'm already declaring 2007 "The year of the mixed signal" given the unusual amount of instruments designed for mixed-signal testing: three oscilloscopes and one arbitrary waveform generator.
The oscilloscopes include the
Yokogawa DL9710L,
Tektronix MSO4000, and
LeCroy MS-500 and MS-250 options for the WaveRunner Xi and WaveSurfer Xs models. The waveform generator is the
Tektronix AWG5000.
The three oscilloscopes are geared at designers of embedded systems that use embedded controllers, DSPs, FPGAs, ADCs, and DACs. It seems like everything has a microprocessor in it these days, and thus engineers must look at both analog and digital signals. The AWG is aimed at creating simulated digital RF signals, where the product under test has functions defined in software and the digital signal is pushing closer to the RF transmitter and receiver.
I'll revisit my declaration in December.
Posted by Martin Rowe on April 5, 2007 | Comments (3)
