It can be challenging to consistently measure the performance of AC-DC and DC-DC converters. These challenges have become even greater as designers work to transition from silicon-based power converters to wide bandgap semiconductors such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN). Designers of 3-phase systems such as motor drives face additional complexity.
Thankfully, help is available …
The field of power electronics is rapidly transitioning from the use of silicon semiconductor materials to wide bandgap semiconductors such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN). One of the most common applications of GaN and SiC semiconductors is to enable smaller, faster and more efficient designs of power converters.
Power converters operate at multiple stages throughout the power …
Tektronix has a long history of giving the industry a high-fidelity window into high-speed signals with oscilloscopes, probes, signal analyzers and signal sources. Tektronix is a favorite among designers in renewable energy, electric vehicles, and data center power, among other power-related industries. Keithley, also part of the Tektronix family, is a recognized leader in measurement instruments …
Recently I had an opportunity to talk to some budding engineers about oscilloscopes. It turns out that working in the electronics industry has caused me to take more than a few things for granted. When they asked “what’s a waveform” I wasn’t prepared with a quick answer. This led to the notion that a blog post on basic waveforms might help those who are just starting to learn about those …
Switching Losses Matter Even in the New SiC and GaN World
As GaN and SiC enable smaller, faster, and more efficient semiconductor designs, regulatory and economic pressures are driving new demands for energy efficiency in power electronics. Minimizing switching losses through design optimization is paramount in maintaining power efficiency throughout the generation, transmission, and consumption …
The Top 6 Serial Bus Decode Packages on Tektronix Oscilloscopes
I recently took a look at which bus decode packages engineers are choosing for their scopes. I thought I would share what I learned in case it helps people predict which bus support they will need. In addition to a few thoughts on each of the most popular buses, you will find links to app notes on many of them. For this post I looked …
As you may have noticed if you’re regular reader of Evaluation Engineering or other electronics engineering news outlets, we recently released a firmware upgrade for the 5 and 6 Series MSOs that unlocks a new analysis tool called Spectrum View. You can read more about how it gives you a frequency domain display for each of your analog channels with independent time- and frequency domain controls here.
By David Pereles
Tektronix today released new firmware for the 5 and 6 Series MSO mixed signal oscilloscopes that unlocks a new analysis tool called Spectrum View. A free download for the 5 and 6 Series MSOs, Spectrum View allows you to perform mixed domain analysis on the big, high-resolution displays. This mixed domain capability can be added to any 5 or 6 Series MSO just by installing the …
Across the vast and diverse electronics industry, there’s one constant that has never changed from the very beginning: innovation is the key to success. For any tech company large or small to survive for long it must continually innovate. Innovation is the currency of this industry. And those who innovate the fastest, the most consistently and the most creatively achieve the greatest success.
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Businesses are on pace to migrate to Microsoft Windows 10* faster than they have for any previous Microsoft operating system release. What’s more, according to research firm Gartner, 85 percent of business will have migrated to Windows 10 by the end of 2017.
Based on the strong adoption rate for Windows 10, Tektronix has made the decision to migrate our Windows-based instruments from Windows 7 to …
