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QA401 Release 1.760
Release 1.76 for the QA401 should be out early next week and features the ability to build and apply masks to acquired data and deliver a pass/fail judgement on the...
QA401 Release 1.760
Release 1.76 for the QA401 should be out early next week and features the ability to build and apply masks to acquired data and deliver a pass/fail judgement on the...

Basics: Power Amps
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 make measurements of amplifiers...
Basics: Power Amps
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 make measurements of amplifiers...

Characterizing LDO Noise: Part 3
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, we ran...
Characterizing LDO Noise: Part 3
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, we ran...

QA401H, REST and Python
Release 0.99 of QA401H is up at Github. Release 0.99 moves a step closer to shipping the headless version of the QA401 control software, and measurements made with QA401H should...
QA401H, REST and Python
Release 0.99 of QA401H is up at Github. Release 0.99 moves a step closer to shipping the headless version of the QA401 control software, and measurements made with QA401H should...

Characterizing LDO Noise: Part 2
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 DVM to look at the...
Characterizing LDO Noise: Part 2
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 DVM to look at the...

Automated Amplifier Testing with Tractor
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 and automate the testing. That...
Automated Amplifier Testing with Tractor
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 and automate the testing. That...