A former coworker friend sent me a Tektronix 3-slot mainframe and several plug-in modules (Fig. 1). The TM500-series mainframes are 1970s vintage, but like a lot of old test equipment, can still work ...

The Tektronix AFG3000 series of arbitrary/function generators (AFG) consists of six models based on a “Generator on a Chip” (GoC) ASIC. This CMOS 0.18-micron IC provides direct digital synthesis (DDS) ...

BEAVERTON, OR--(Marketwire - Nov 27, 2012) - Tektronix, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes, today announced a new, easier-to-use family of arbitrary/function generators, the ...

Tektronix has added two 150-MHz models to its line of AFG3000 function/arbitrary waveform generators. The single-channel AFG3151C ($4690) and the two-channel AFG3152C ($6690) increase the series to 11 ...

Tektronix has introduced a range of mixed domain oscilloscopes which incorporate a spectrum analyser. The same instrument can also be configured with options for a logic analyser, protocol analyser, ...

Download this article in PDF format. Arbitrary function generators (AFGs) are used to generate many different types of electrical waveforms, such as sine waves, square waves, triangular waves, and ...