Test Equipment

What’s the difference between High Resolution (Boxcar Averaging) and traditional Average acquisition modes on a modern digital oscilloscope? Dave explains this often misunderstood difference, traps for young players, and gives several demos to highlight the differences. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave reviews the 350MHz National Instruments VirtualBench combined 4 channel oscilloscope, logic analyser, arbitrary waveform generator, 5.5 digit multimeter, digital I/O, and power supply. Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave & Friends destroy a Keysight U1282A Multimeter. Is it really IP67 rated & can withstand a 3m drop? Only one way to find out, take it canyoning, then drop it, throw it from a moving car, run over it, and then drop it some more until it breaks! Kate’s ...

Inside the new Siglent SDS2000X Series 4 channel 300MHz oscilloscope. Hi Res Photos: Datasheets: Micron DDR3 SDRAM Netsol SRAM ADCMP562 Comparator SDS1000X Review SDS1000X Teardown Siglent CEO Eric Qin in the lab Trio Test Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave takes a look at the BK Precision 8601 DC Electronic Load and compares with his older 8500 model. A teardown and some playing around with the software DIY Electronic Load HERE 8500 Teardown HERE Forum HERE Hires teardown photos: Podcast: Download