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Picotest and ignal Edge Solutions address TAPI concerns.
You may not have heard of TAPI, but you will. By necessity, testing extreme dynamic transient conditions is becoming more and more common for…
The Challenge of Measuring a 40 µohm, 2000 Amp PDN With a 2-Port Probe: How Much CMRR is Needed?
Benjamin Dannan, Signal Edge Solutions and Steve Sandler, Picotest Published in Signal Integrity Journal A two-part series of posts, firstly determining how much CMRR is needed…
Picotest Releases Line of High-Speed Transient Load Steppers for VRM and PDN Validation
In a major technological leap, Picotest, maker of custom test equipment for power integrity and power systems testing, has released a series of very…
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Automate VRM Testing with Python & SCPI: A Guide for Lab Measurements
Automating VRM Testing Just Got Smarter Manually measuring voltage regulator modules (VRMs) in the lab? That’s yesterday’s workflow. Signal Edge Solutions breaks down how…
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Calibration, Embedding & De-Embedding – Achieving Highly Accurate Impedance Results
OMICRON Lab hosted their 14th Power Analysis & Design Symposium – April 9th, 2025 Watch Steve Sandler discussing how to achieve Highly Accurate Impedance…
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Planet Analog Spotlight on Steve Sandler, CEO – Picotest
Mr. Steve Sandler is the CEO of Picotest.com, a company that designs and distributes test equipment including the new Signal Injector product line designed for…
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ACE Awards honor innovators in engineering and technology
The 2015 Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards, presented by EDN and EE Times, were held last night as part of the ESC Silicon Valley event. The…
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Steve Sandler: Give back more than you take in engineering
At this year’s ACE Awards ceremony presented by EDN and EE Times, Bob Dobkin, Linear Technology’s co-founder and Chief Technical Officer, awarded Steve Sandler,…
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Steve Sandler to receive the 2015 Jim Williams Contributor of the Year ACE Award
TUBM has announced that Steven M. Sandler, Managing Director at Picotest, Chief Engineer at AEi Systems and frequent DesignCon presenter, will receive the 2015…
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Power electronics rise at DesignCon
Contact Information:Picotest.comSteve Sandler – Steve@picotest.com(877) 914-7426 February 2, 2015 – Santa Clara, CA: “I found a place where I feel like I belong, where…
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Impedance measurements stabilize op-amp buffers
The unity-gain op amp (operational amplifier) buffer circuit is routinely used to transform high-impedance inputs into low-impedance outputs. ADC (analog-to-digital converter) voltage references are…
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Impedance measurements make a difference at DesignCon
What do clock jitter, EMI, control loop stability, SPICE modeling, rogue waves and the ripeness of fruit have in common? Do you need to…
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PICOTEST NEWSLETTER 1/2015
Picotest Announces Transmission Line Probes Solve Loading/Cable & Load Step Issues Picotest’s 1 and 2 Port 50 ohm transmission line probes are now available. These…
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Essential 1-Port PDN PROBE: Applications Abound
Don’t confuse the 1-port PDN probe with a 10 to 1 ratio, passive oscilloscope probe. They have little in common with a 1-port PDN…
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PICOTEST NEWSLETTER 11/2014
Picotest Announces Low Cost Full Featured POWER SUPPLY 15% Educational Discount Outperforms the Keysight E3632A at half the price! The P961xA Series of programmable, single output,…
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Paultre on Power – Steve Sandler of Picotest on power test and noise (Podcast)
October 31, 2014 In this podcast Steve Sandler of Picotest talks to Alix Paultre of Power Systems Design on the issues of power test,…
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Keysight E5061B VNA Gains Non-Invasive Stability Measurements
NISM software is now available. Bringing the unique non-invasive stability test to the Keysight E5061B vector network analyzer. The software add-on, available now for…