I know that quite a few of you are, like me, owners of the Rigol DSA815-TG. It’s been a reliable workhorse in my lab since I’ve acquired it, but the one thing I believe that I’ve wanted to most from it is a an RBW minimum of 10 Hz instead of the specified 100 Hz.… Read More Nice DSA815 Upgrade
Arduino in the Cloud I saw a recent post on the Make blog about the new cloud ecosystem for Arduino which has been dubbed Arduino Create. Since this will most likely be the future of Arduino, it seemed wise to get an early look at the platform. It includes quite a few features, but the… Read More Wideband Transmission #9
Needing to upgrade my spectrum analysis capability, I recently sold my trusty boatanchor HP 8558B to help finance a portion of a new Rigol DSA815-TG spectrum analyzer. Last week I was able to order the 815, and today it finally showed up on my doorstep. I first came across the 815 last year, at the… Read More Quick Impressions of the Rigol DSA815-TG
Yes, a belated Happy New Year greetings! It’s hard to believe that 2013 is already well under way. I figured it was about time to give you a quick update on what’s going on in the shack right now. First up is the discrete component grabber receiver for 14.141 MHz that I prototyped to be… Read More HNY