Test & Measurement: Digital Delay Generator Cuts Response Time To 100 ms

June 7, 2004
A firmware upgrade to the Model 555 digital delay generator slashes the device's response time for signals on both GPIB and RS232 interfaces by a factor of 10 to less than 100 ms. Users now can fine-tune their delaying, gating, and triggering tasks...

A firmware upgrade to the Model 555 digital delay generator slashes the device's response time for signals on both GPIB and RS232 interfaces by a factor of 10 to less than 100 ms. Users now can fine-tune their delaying, gating, and triggering tasks on-the-fly in real time for increased accuracy and substantially improved performance. The V1.20 firmware can be downloaded directly from the company's Web site at no charge. The generator costs from $1770 to $4009, based on the platform used and the number of channels involved.

Berkeley Nucleonics Corp.www.berkeleynucleonics.com
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Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.

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