Some instruments merely make measurements, while others offer insights. My top three candidates for the latter role are the oscilloscope, the spectrum analyzer, and the curve tracer. While measuring ...

This article appeared in Evaluation Engineering and has been published here with permission. Curve tracers are electronic test devices that are similar to oscilloscopes in many ways. Fundamentally, ...

Commercial curve tracers have existed for decades. But designers without access to one can create a simple circuit that uses a function generator and oscilloscope to generate JFET transfer and ...