Blog Entries

Release 1.726 Graph Types
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 documentation is updated, this post will...
Release 1.726 Graph Types
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 documentation is updated, this post will...

TI TPA3255 EVM
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 dramatically improve work...
TI TPA3255 EVM
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 dramatically improve work...

Fast Tube Amp Characterization
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 measurement of class D amps...
Fast Tube Amp Characterization
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 measurement of class D amps...

Rapid USB DAC Evaluation
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 challenge to verify because...
Rapid USB DAC Evaluation
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 challenge to verify because...

Quantifying Fuzz
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 Plug-in “Gain and Distortion versus...
Quantifying Fuzz
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 Plug-in “Gain and Distortion versus...

OPA2156: HiFi in CMOS
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. But this time it's a bit more...
OPA2156: HiFi in CMOS
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. But this time it's a bit more...