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Downloading and Executing Packaged Programs and Tcl/Tk Source Code (10 pages, updated 4/07) This paper describes how to download and run both compiled executables and source code for the Open Instrumentation Project and Syscomp USB Instruments. Instructions for compiling or "wrapping' the source code are also included. |
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Hello Button: An Introduction to Tcl/Tk (8 pages, updated 4/07) This paper provides a very brief introduction to the Tcl/Tk programming language, with a focus on using Tcl/Tk. |
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A GPS Data Display |
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Measuring Camera Shutter Speed (10 pages, updated 5/10) The digital camera is a useful instrument for the measurement of light pollution. It can be used to simultaneously create a photographic record of a scene and perform the function of a light meter. If the camera is properly calibrated, the numerical value of a pixel in the image can be related to luminance (brightness) in the image. Then a digital camera becomes a low-costmeasuring instrument, replacing specialized instruments of much higher cost. |
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A Laplace Transform Cookbook (41 pages, updated 3/08) The Laplace transform is a very useful tool in electronic circuit analysis. With an emphasis on practical applications, the Laplace Cookbook shows how to use the Laplace transform to determine the sine-wave frequency response and transient pulse response of an electrical network. The paper includes measurement results that confirm the mathematics, using the Syscomp WGM-101 waveform generator, DSO-101 oscilloscope and Bode Plot software. |
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Project-Based Learning: Outcomes, Descriptors and Design (8 pages, updated 7/06) This paper contains three sections on project-based learning. First, we provide a rationale and a high-level view of projects and their organization. Second, we present some examples from Ryerson University and show how these project descriptors apply. Finally, we describe the Open Instrumentation Project, a new system of electronic instrumentation that support independent and project-based learning. |
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Pulse Oximeter Project Exercise (5 pages, updated 1/08) This paper outlines a senior level Electrical Engineering project where the student can measure blood oxygen level and heart rate using some simple circuitry and Syscomp USB lab instruments. In this paper, we identify key design decisions and intermediate steps towards a final design. |
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Introduction to Digital Spectrum Analysis (15 pages, updated 12/05) Syscomp oscilloscope software can be programmed to perform spectrum analysis on a signal. This tutorial paper on digital methods of spectrum analysis explains the theory behind that analysis. |
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Oscilloscope Probes: Theory and Practice (7 pages, updated 7/07) This article covers oscilloscope probe construction, loading effects, and compensation. It also discusses proper measurement techniques for high voltages and grounding techniques. |
| Connecting to the Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator: BNC Adaptors and Cables (4 pages, updated 9/06) This paper examines the different types of BNC connectors and adapters available for testing electronics with Syscomp USB instruments. |
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Audio Measurements with a Network Analyzer (6 pages, updated 9/06) A look at the practical applications of the Syscomp Network Analyzer software in the realm of audio electronics. |
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Low-Cost Curve Tracer Uses PC-Based Scope (8 pages, 6/07) Curve tracers are available from various manufacturers as an integrated instrument which includes power supplies, switches, and an XY display. This paper describes how to create a curve tracer using the XY plotting facility of Syscomp USB instruments and some simple external circuitry. |
| [Link] | High Speed Time Domain Measurements - Practical Tips for Improvement John Ardizzoni Analog Dialog, Vol. 41, March 2007, pp. 1-6 This paper is a very thorough explanation of oscilloscope probe theory and operation, including calibration techniques. It also demonstrates how to use scope probes in high speed measurements. |
| [Link] | High Speed Amplifier Techniques Jim Williams Linear Technology Application Note 47, August 1991, pp. 1-132 This paper is a must-read for anyone interested in high-speed analog circuit design. It is divided into two sections. The first section gives an overview of the practical aspects of high-speed circuit design. The second section is a tutorial on measurement technique - using oscilloscope probes - in high-speed circuitry. |
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Mac OSX Install Guide for Syscomp USB Instruments |
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USB COM Port Debug Techniques for Windows XP (11 pages, updated 1/09) This paper presents some advanced level techniques for debugging USB COM port problems. |
| Installing the DSO-101 Oscilloscope on Ubuntu Linux (4 pages, updated 10/08) The application note describes how to install the DSO-101 oscilloscope software on a Ubuntu Linux system. This procedure was tested on an Edubuntu system, Hardy Heron, April 2008. Similar instructions apply to installation of other Syscomp USB instruments. |
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Oscilloscope Development, 1943-1957 |
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How to Buy an Oscilloscope (12 pages, updated 7/08) For anyone doing electronics - as a job, studies, or a hobby - the oscilloscope in an indispensable tool. You'll spend a lot of time with your scope, so it's important to get something that does what you need. In this paper, we discuss oscilloscope features and specifications, things that are useful to know before buying and oscilloscope. |
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Testing Our Voltmeters: The Syscomp REF-101 Voltage Reference (5 pages, updated 11/09) This paper describes testing a number of voltmeters for accuracy using the REF-101 voltage reference. |
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Putting the Mac In-Touch with the Physical World Making the Mac into a Digital Oscilloscope Miles Pierce (3 pages, updated 4/10) In an article published in AUSOM, Miles dicusses his experience with the DSO-101 running on a Mac. Copyright AUSOM Inc. Article originally published in AUSOM News, April 2010. Reproduced with permission. For further details about AUSOM Inc. visit www.ausom.net.au |
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Current and Power Waveform Measurement Technique Ron Pugh (8 pages, updated 3/09) Oscilloscope inputs generally accept voltage signals with respect to a common ground. In many power control applications, it's useful to measure circuit current and/or differential voltage across some component. This application note shows the circuits and construction of a current sensor and a differential voltage amplifier for such applications. |
| [Link] | 5 MHz, 40dB Amplifier Mitch Gallant, Department of Engineering, St. Francis Xavier University A gain of 100, 5 MHz bandwidth op amp circuit which can be used as an instrumentation gain block. |
| [Link] | Basic Pulsed Circuits for Infrared LEDs and Visible Semiconductor Diode Lasers Mitch Gallant, Department of Engineering, St. Francis Xavier University |
| [Link] | 1 MHz Wien-Bridge Oscillator Mitch Gallant, Department of Engineering, St. Francis Xavier University A very simple relatively high frequency Wien bridge oscillator circuit, together with a nice analysis of the frequency error. |
| [Link] | Speed of Light with Nanosecond Pulsed 650 nm Diode Laser Mitch Gallant, Department of Engineering, St. Francis Xavier University A physics exercise which includes information on a transistor avalanche pulse circuit. Avalanche circuits are capable of pulse-widths and rise times in the order of a few nanoseconds. |
| [Link] | Wavemon Sound Card Input Analyzer Mitch Gallant, Department of Engineering, St. Francis Xavier University WaveMon is a simple easy to use Windows application that monitors the PC sound card Line-In signal and acquires statistics on the input signal. It can be easily adapted to low-frequency pulse counting tasks and experiments. |
| [Link] | DC Reference Circuit Mitch Gallant, Department of Engineering, St. Francis Xavier University A simple voltage reference that can be used to calibrate and check the accuracy of voltmeters and oscilloscopes. |
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DSO101: Using the High Resolution Mode of the DSO-101 Oscilloscope to Display Video Waveforms (4 pages, updated 10/06) This application note describes how to use the high resolution capture feature of the DSO-101 to capture and display NTSC video waveforms. |
| DSO101: Single-Shot Capture Using the DSO-101 Oscilloscope: Measurements on a Relay (6 pages, updated 9/06) This paper highlights the usefulness of the single-shot trigger functions of the DSO-101 oscilloscope. Step-by-step instructions are included explaining how to set up the scope to capture the unique characteristics of relays switching. |
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Meta-Instruments and the Open Instrumentation Project ICUE Conference, Waterloo, Ontario, July 2006 (3 pages, updated 6/06) This paper includes a description of the USB interface used in the WGM-101 and the DSO-101 instruments with and overview of the 'meta-instrument' concept. The network analyzer program illustrates the concept of meta-instrumentation. |
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A Software-Based Network Analyzer (5 pages, updated 5/06) The purpose of a network analyzer is to demonstrate the amplitude and phase response or transfer function of an electrical network. For example, a network analyzer is useful in measuring the amplitude response of an audio tone control. It is possible to make this type of measurement by hand, using the WGM-101 waveform generator and the DSO-101 oscilloscope. The software described in this paper does the job automatically, and plots the amplitude and phase response against frequency. This paper describes the theory behind the network analyzer. A similar version of the paper appears in the September 2006 issue of Circuit Cellar Magazine. |
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WGM101: Creating a Waveform for the WGM-101 Waveform Generator (6 pages, updated 9/07) This application note describes how to use various software tools to create arbitrary waveforms such as an ElectroCardiogram (ECG). |
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