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Reliability Definition Is Changing

What could be considered a reliable design nowadays? It is seems to be that thing are somwwhat different in today’s interconnected world compared to earlier times. Reliability Definition Is Changing article at Semiconductor Engineering magazine is a good introduction on what is changing in embedded systems design. The complexity and vulnerabilities in systems are raising →

Why Digital Oscilloscopes Appear Noisy

Why do digital oscilloscopes appear noisier than traditional analog oscilloscopes? In EEVblog #601 – Why Digital Oscilloscopes Appear Noisy posting Dave busts the myth that digital scopes are noiser than analog scopes, and demonstrates what inherent advantages digital scopes can have over analog scopes in terms of true waveform capture. And how long exposure camera shots →

It’s Not Just Your TV Listening In To Your Conversation | IFLScience

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/it-s-not-just-your-tv-listening-your-conversation Stop talkig too loudly – Internet can hear what you say. You might not be too paranoid if you are worried that your new TV and smartphone can listen every word you say so that they can send information on it to Internet – because they can do that in many cases. Posted from →

Two oscilloscope teardowns

What is inside a modern oscilloscope?I have show what is inside Tektronix 220 scope. But what about some more modern digital oscilloscopes? Here are some interesting tear-downs I found from Internet. You might find interesting to see them also: First I have found Rigol DS4014  100 MHz Digital Oscilloscope teardown video Rigol DS4014 Teardown. (for →