In the other category are instruments such as the Tektronix DPO and MSO Oscilloscopes (Figure 2). In fact, many oscilloscope vendors offer software options that support a range of serial buses. The ...

In the old days, if you wanted to snoop on a piece of serial gear, you probably had a serial monitor or, perhaps, an attachment for your scope or logic analyzer. Today, you can get cheap logic ...

The “Special Report—Test Applications” in our January issue focuses on the software tools as well as logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, BERTs, phase-noise testers, spectrum analyzers, vector network ...

Yesterday we reported that many MacBook Pros which have revised logic boards (indicated by Apple in repair notes included with updated systems) lack a serial number identifier in the "Hardware ...