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Review: Analog Devices ADF4351

December 8, 2012 by Sebastian Westerhold 16 Comments
ADF4351 Application Software

Frequency generation is usually a very critical part in every RF design. The higher the target frequency, the higher complexity. Usually. With the ADF4351, Analog Devices offers an effort-saving component level solution for frequencies up to 4.4 GHz. The ADF4351 from Analog Devices (ADI) is a modern wideband PLL synthesizer with integrated low phase noise … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electronics, Radio Frequency (RF), Reviews Tagged: ADI

Review: Teledyne LeCroy WaveStation 2052 – Arbitrary Waveform Generator

November 27, 2012 by Sebastian Westerhold Leave a Comment
Double-sideband (DSB) is one of the inbuilt modulation schemes of the WaveStation 2052

After having a look at a Teledyne LeCroy WaveAce series oscilloscope recently, it’s time to have a look at the entry-level WaveStation family of arbitrary waveform generators. The WaveStation generators and the WaveAce oscilloscopes are designed to be capable of working hand-in-hand. The Teledyne LeCroy WaveStation 2052 is a 50 MHz, 2-channel Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electronics, Reviews Tagged: LeCroy

Review: STM32 F3-series Discovery Kit

November 5, 2012 by Sebastian Westerhold Leave a Comment

STM’s STM32 F3 series of microcontrollers offer 32-bit performance with DSP functionality. To make the evaluation of this microcontroller easier, STMicroelectronics offers an evaluation board called the STM32F3DISCOVERY. If you have ever wanted to experiment with an RISC microcontroller that comes with special Digital Signal Processing (DSP) capability, the STM32F3DISCOVERY board might just be the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electronics, Microcontroller, Reviews Tagged: STMicroelectronics

Review: Abracon ABFT Frequency Translators

November 4, 2012 by Sebastian Westerhold 1 Comment
Simple frequency doubler using a classic PLL based approach

In March, 2012, Abracon announced the production of ultra-low jitter, VCXO based frequency translators / jitter attenuators. This is supposed to resolve some problems that accompany classic PLL-based designs at an affordable price. Now, the ABFT frequency translators / jitter attenuators are available on the market and it’s time to have a closer look. The … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electronics, Radio Frequency (RF), Reviews Tagged: Abracon

Review: Jackson Labs GPSTCXO Eval Board

October 21, 2012 by Sebastian Westerhold Leave a Comment
Jackson Labs TCXO GPSDO Eval board atop of a suitable case

Jackson Labs offers several different precision timing solutions. Among them are various GPS-disciplined oscillators. They sent me an evaluation board for one of their ultra small, low-cost GPSDO. So let’s check it out! The GPS-disciplined Oscillator (GPSDO) reviewed in this article is a state-of-the-art eval board from Jackson labs equipped with a high-performance GPS receiver, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electronics, Radio Frequency (RF), Reviews Tagged: Jackson_Labs

Review: Teledyne LeCroy WaveAce 1002 – Digital Storage Oscilloscope

October 19, 2012 by Sebastian Westerhold 6 Comments
The actual rise time of the measured signal is around 1 ns. One can derive the scope's bandwidth mathematically from the measured rise time.

Low-cost oscilloscope are a booming market. With the low-cost, entry level WaveAce series Teledyne LeCroy wants to get their piece of the big cake. This review is going to have a closer look at the Teledyne LeCroy WaveAce 1002. The WaveAce series oscilloscopes from Teledyne LeCroy are LeCroy’s answer to low-cost entry level oscilloscopes. They … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electronics, Reviews Tagged: LeCroy

Review: Abracon ABPSM-ULN-A – Precision Power Supply Module

September 30, 2012 by Sebastian Westerhold 2 Comments
Noise density of the ABPSM-ULN-A

When bench testing noise sensitive circuits, one needs an ultra clean power source. Low noise lab power supplies are usually bulky and expensive. Abracon challenges both the bulkiness and the expensiveness with their new low noise pocket sized ABPSM-ULN-A ultra low noise power supply module. With the ABPSM-ULN-A, Abracon intends to set a new standard … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electronics, Reviews Tagged: Abracon, Review

Review: Freescale FRDM-KL25Z development platform for Kinetis L-Series MCUs

September 28, 2012 by Sebastian Westerhold 7 Comments
The Driver Software Installation dialog that pops up when the development board is connected to the PC for the first time

Freescale’s new low-cost development platform FRDM-KL25Z featuring Freescale Semiconductor’s ARM® Cortex™-M0+ processor-based high performance, low-power Kinetis L series 32-bit MCUs has launched last Tuesday. Let’s check it out. The FRDM-KL25Z “Freedom” development platform is an extremely inexpensive development board with a Kinetis KL2 Family 32-bit ARM®CortexTM-M0+ MCU [1]. The Kinetis L-Series MCUs promise true 32-bit … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electronics, Microcontroller, Reviews Tagged: FRDM-KL25Z, Freescale
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