AWG on Bald Engineerhttps://www.baldengineer.com/tag/awgRecent content in AWG on Bald EngineerHugoen-USSun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Make Waveforms Misbehave on Purpose with ArbDrawhttps://www.baldengineer.com/arbdraw-intro.htmlSun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/arbdraw-intro.htmlSometimes the test signal needs a flaw. A clean waveform is easy to generate, but a narrow glitch in the middle of it can replicate a behavior or gives an oscilloscope something (in-band) specific to trigger on.

Make Waveforms Misbehave on Purpose with ArbDraw

Hands-on with PicoScope 7https://www.baldengineer.com/hands-on-with-picoscope-7.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2024 15:16:47 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/?p=9037I dive into Pico Technology’s latest PicoScope oscilloscope software, PicoScope 7. Using a PicoScope 2000A (from the element14 Community), James walks through key measurements and demonstrations using the built-in arbitrary waveform generator. He explores new functionalities in PicoScope 7, such as the improved UI, a unique feature called DeepMeasure, and decoding I3C traffic. I have been using the Pico Technology PicoScope 2000A for years. (Here is my older review!) It is an entry-level oscilloscope with 10 MHz bandwidth, 100 megasamples per second sample rate, and 8 kilosample of acquisition memory. Since it is USB-based, it has companion software running on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Hands-on with PicoScope 7

160 MHz Arbitrary Waveform Generator Review | Workbench Wednesdays #44:https://www.baldengineer.com/160-mhz-arbitrary-waveform-generator-review-workbench-wednesdays-44.htmlMon, 20 Sep 2021 22:59:00 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/?p=8349Arbitrary waveform generators can generate almost any waveshape. In this video, see how the MP750290 from Multicomp Pro performs. Its key specs are 160 MHz, 14-bit 1.25 Gigasample per second digital-to-analog converter, 1 million point memory, and over 150 built-in waveforms. The episode was Sponsored by Multicomp Pro.

160 MHz Arbitrary Waveform Generator Review | Workbench Wednesdays #44:

EDN: What size and type of output wires should I use?https://www.baldengineer.com/edn-what-size-and-type-of-output-wires-should-i-use.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2013 16:51:19 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/?p=1722In an ideal world, wires would be ideal. They’d have no resistance, and therefore, no voltage drop. As we all know, our world is far from ideal which means so are our wires. While copper is an excellent conductor, it does have some resistance associated with it. This means when designing DC circuits, very common in the hobby world, you may need to take into account the size of the wire you’re using.