One of the most basic tools for tinkering with electronics is a multimeter. Today, even a cheap meter has capabilities that would have been either very expensive or unobtainable back in the 1970s.

As with most successful technologies over the past few decades, test equipment has improved rapidly to adapt to ever changing requirements. When you look under the hood of a new car, for instance, you ...

A steady stream of advances has elevated test and measurement instruments to the point where they can reveal minute details of signals with lightning-quick rise and fall times. So, then, what about ...