One of the many virtues of a mixed domain oscilloscope (MDO) is the ability to simultaneously trigger acquisition of signals across all of the channels – 4 analog channels, 16 digital channels, and the RF spectrum analyzer channel. This results in time-correlated seamless acquisitions in the analog, digital and RF domains, and gives you the unique ability to observe how the spectral and vector properties of your RF signal vary over time along with your analog and digital signals.

First off, welcome to the Tektronix Blog. For my first post I want to address something that is simple yet widely, and wildly, experienced by test and measurement industry designers and customers alike. Many people ask me various forms of the same question, and prior to working for Tektronix I, too, would often overlook this aspect of my design process. What is probe loading, and is it really that important?

Tektronix recently added solid state hard drive option to several of its higher performance oscilloscopes known as Option SSD. Why would you want a solid state hard drive, and what value would it add to your lab?

You’re working on an exciting new feature for an embedded system. The hardware is looking good. You turn your attention to the firmware, and… chaos! The code has served faithfully for years, but it’s grown in a piecemeal fashion over time and become difficult to maintain. A change that once needed just a few lines of code now requires a dozen updates spread over several files. Where do you start?