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Basics: Power Amps

Basics: Power Amps

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This post covers some of the more important points to consider when measuring power amps. From the setup to the measurements, if you are looking to...
Characterizing LDO Noise: Part 3

Characterizing LDO Noise: Part 3

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This is Part 3 of 3 parts.Part 1 of this article is located here.Part 2 of this article is located here. In Part 2 of the examination of LDO noise...
QA401H, REST and Python

QA401H, REST and Python

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Release 0.94 of QA401H is up at Github. Release 0.94 moves a step closer to shipping the headless version of the QA401 control software, and measur...
Characterizing LDO Noise: Part 2

Characterizing LDO Noise: Part 2

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This is Part 2 of 3 parts.Part 1 of this article is located here.Part 3 of this article is located here. Previously we used the QA350 microvolt DV...
Automated Amplifier Testing with Tractor

Automated Amplifier Testing with Tractor

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We previously went through a quick characterization of a tube guitar amplifier in the blog post located here, with a promise that we’d come back an...
Release 1.726 Graph Types

Release 1.726 Graph Types

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The graphing plug-ins have been re-named and re-organized for 1.726. This post will highlight the types of graphs than can be created. Until the do...
TI TPA3255 EVM

TI TPA3255 EVM

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Later this week 1.726 will release, with a lot of changes to plug-ins and graphing of stepped tests. The aim over the last month has been to dramat...
Fast Tube Amp Characterization

Fast Tube Amp Characterization

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A look at how to quickly characterize a low-cost, 5W guitar amplifier.  And in case you missed it previously, a video looking at automation and me...
Rapid USB DAC Evaluation

Rapid USB DAC Evaluation

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DACs--the standalone kind and not the integrated-circuit kind--have been part of home systems for more than a decade now. They can pose a bit of a ...
Quantifying Fuzz

Quantifying Fuzz

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In release 1.709 for the QA401, the ability to graph distortion versus level for a given frequency was added. This is achieved using the new Test P...
OPA2156: HiFi in CMOS

OPA2156: HiFi in CMOS

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The OPA2156 is a new, high-performance op-amp from TI. Normally, that's not newsworthy because higher performing parts are coming out all the time....
ASIO Arrives

ASIO Arrives

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ASIO401 is an open-source ASIO driver for the QA401 created by Etienne Dechamps. Aside from some input I had on how the QA401 wire protocols operat...