Real-Time Signal-Integrity Analysis on the 7 Series Oscilloscope
This demonstration by Misbah Dhuca, Technical Marketing Specialist, Tektronix, at DesignCon 2026, shows how signal-integrity measurements, de-embedding, and simulation using signal conditioning can be done in real-time on Tek’s 7 Series oscilloscope. In this setup, signal-integrity measurements are performed, and results are shown, for 9- and 17-in. PCB traces.
The powerful processing elements and GPU, described in more detail in Electronic Design’s introduction of the 7-series oscilloscope, is self-evident as computations and graphics are performed without perceivable delay in this short video clip.
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Andy Turudic
Technology Editor, Electronic Design
Andy Turudic is a Technology Editor for Electronic Design Magazine, primarily covering Analog and Mixed-Signal circuits and devices and also is Editor of ED's bi-weekly Automotive Electronics newsletter.
He holds a Bachelor's in EE from the University of Windsor (Ontario Canada) and has been involved in electronics, semiconductors, and gearhead stuff, for a bit over a half century. Andy also enjoys teaching his engineerlings at Portland Community College as a part-time professor in their EET program.
"AndyT" brings his multidisciplinary engineering experience from companies that include National Semiconductor (now Texas Instruments), Altera (Intel), Agere, Zarlink, TriQuint,(now Qorvo), SW Bell (managing a research team at Bellcore, Bell Labs and Rockwell Science Center), Bell-Northern Research, and Northern Telecom.
After hours, when he's not working on the latest invention to add to his portfolio of 16 issued US patents, or on his DARPA Challenge drone entry, he's lending advice and experience to the electric vehicle conversion community from his mountain lair in the Pacific Northwet[sic].
AndyT's engineering blog, "Nonlinearities," publishes the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. Andy's OpEd may appear at other times, with fair warning given by the Vu meter pic.