Staying ahead of the competition in a highly competitive industry requires a commitment to innovation. But where do the ideas come from?

Continental, one of top five automotive suppliers worldwide, recently adopted a novel approach to spurring innovation with its first Supplier Innovation Day held in Regensburg, Germany.

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Supporting the local business community has always been a priority for Tektronix. Over the past decade, Portland has become a key destination for start-ups, and home to a significant brain trust of technology and business experts who are building innovative and sustainable companies.

On April 4^th, Tektronix will play host to many of these executives at Business Expo West, a conference run by the Oregon Technical Business Center (OTBC).

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1. Zombie Scopes: Deep in Vintage Tek, Mar 25 2013 – Jim Kobylecky, Scope Junction -- Along Hillsdale Highway in Portland, Oregon lives the vintageTek museum, full of – you guessed it – vintage Tek oscilloscopes and testing equipment.

Tektronix has been busy with two BIG announcements at two BIG shows! Read on to find out what we’ve been up to!

At the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), Tektronix announced its entrance into the power analyzer market with a full line of instruments to roll out in the coming months.

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1. Remotely Controlling a Scope, Mar 7 2013 – Michael Dunn, Scope Junction -- Have you ever hooked up a scope to an external computer for control or data collection? How’d you do it?

By David Kelly, Software Engineer -- Tektronix

When debugging a new design, one of the most useful capabilities on a modern digital oscilloscope, such as the MSO70000 series, is the ability to trigger on a symbol or bit pattern in a serial data signal. This is not so different from an edge trigger, except the scope triggers when it sees the user-defined pattern in the serial stream.

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1. An Engineer On Safari – What African Animals Teach About Problem Solving – Part 1, Feb 20 2013 – Tamara Schmitz, EDN Network -- Recently, Tamara Schmitz took a trip to Africa for what she thought was a chance to enjoy the wonderful wildlife. What she didn’t expect was to learn lessons in problems solving by simply observing the animals. In part one of this article for EDN Network, Schmitz explains how elephants showed her how to face problems head on and baboons taught her to take the time to listen.

A set of conductors carrying high-speed digital signals, often between the various functional units in a computer.

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1. Use Test Data to Improve Compliance and Traceability, Feb 14 2013 – Harsh Wanigaratne, Test and Measurement World -- As customers continue to expect shorter traceability response rates for defect products, suppliers are feeling the pressure to quickly provide full details of manufacturing, repair, and field test data.