Some instruments merely make measurements, while others offer insights. My top three candidates for the latter role are the oscilloscope, the spectrum analyzer, and the curve tracer. While measuring ...

Regardless of the mythical qualities that are all too often attributed to vacuum tubes, they are still components that can be damaged and wear out over time. Much like with transistors and kin, they ...

This article appeared in Evaluation Engineering and has been published here with permission. Curve tracers are electronic test devices that are similar to oscilloscopes in many ways. Fundamentally, ...

The new compact, lightweight unit consists of the Yokogawa GS820 multichannel source measure unit and the 765670 curve tracer software, which runs on a PC connected to the GS820 via a USB link. The ...

October 22, 2012. Keithley Instruments Inc. has introduced seven instrumentation, software, and test-fixture configurations for parametric curve-tracing applications for characterizing high-power ...

Fluke, a specialist in test and measurement instruments for solar installers, aims to bring streamlined testing services to utility-scale solar technicians with the announcement of the PVA-1500 Series ...

Fortive Corporation’s FTV subsidiary, Fluke Corp, has unveiled the PVA-1500 Series I-V curve tracer. The tracer will enhance the speed and accuracy of utility-scale solar technicians as well as ...

Fluke recently acquired Solmetric, a company that combines cutting-edge equipment with industry expertise. pv magazine USA met with Fluke’s Will White at RE+ to explore the company’s new high wattage, ...

A Lissajous curve is formed when two sine waves plotted on their respective X and Y axes. You can see one using an oscilloscope and a couple of signal generators, if you play with one of those ...

EVERY mathematician will welcome this new edition of a classical work if only as an indication that the demand for it has not diminished since it was originally published, forty-six years ago.

I HAVE unwittingly done an injustice to Mr. R. H. Duncan's book on “Practical Curve Tracing” (vol. lxxxiii., p. 461). I judged by the review of it in NATURE of June 9 that it deals only with the ...