Every machine has its own way of communicating with its operator. Some send status emails, some illuminate, but most of them vibrate and make noise. If it hums happily, that’s usually a good sign, but ...

While [Vinod] says he’s not an expert in this sort of thing, we really like his audio spectrum analyzer build from a simple microcontroller and LCD display. It is a well-studied fact that every audio ...

A set of functions are presented for Octave/MATLAB that allow easy, consistent, and properly scaled DFT/FFT analysis of signals and noise. The techniques and functions presented are easily translated ...

With the ever-expanding adoption of wireless in embedded systems of all types, there’s no question that having spectrum analyzer capability in an oscilloscope is a time-savings convenience for ...

This application note discusses on using a passive probe which is commonly used in an oscilloscope, only in this case, it will be used for a spectrum analyzer. A portion of the preferences and ...

No instrument, whether in the time or frequency domains, is suitable for all use cases. Signal/spectrum analyzers shine for ensuring standards conformity. Oscilloscopes tend to be more versatile, ...

The Compact Spectrum Analyzer (CSA) from MPB srl of Italy is a real-time FFT handheld spectrum analyzer. It features a 7-inch color touchscreen and coverage of spectrum from 10 Hz to 4 GHz. It ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Rigol DSA815 spectrum analyzer The idea of “seeing” RF has always intrigued me, but short of ...