As cheap microcontrollers have given us an impressive range of test equipment trinkets to play with, it’s easy to forget some of the old standabys. A curve tracer for example, the relatively simple ...

In response to an online discussion on the Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange, [Joseph Eoff] decided to prove his point by slapping together a bare-bones IV curve tracer using an Arduino Nano and a ...

When Keithley linked up its test and measurement equipment with that of Tektronix, many of its customers — considering the companies' joint experience with precison test applications — asked if the ...

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, ...

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The CTR-101 Curve Tracer from Saelig Company, Inc. plots device characteristics for diodes, transistors, MOSFETs, JFETs, and other LF and RF semiconductors, or demonstrate the linearity of resistive ...

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 ...