Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Latest SERVO Newsletter

 Latest SERVO Newsletter is out! For years, robot combat in the United States was a niche sport reserved for relatively small groups of builders. In the course of less than two years, however, the BattleBots™ competition grew from another middle sized competition to a nationally broadcast show on Comedy Central. Television audiences had never seen anything like it; BattleBots was a complete novelty — and Americans could not get enough! 


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Monday, July 13, 2026

Photonics Spectra - thank you!

 www.photonics.com/Products/Arbitrary-Waveform-Generators/p5/pr72052



Wednesday, July 8, 2026

6GHz VSG

The SGA-60 USB Vector Signal Generator from 9 kHz to 6 GHz from HAROGIC Technologies is an economical USB Vector Signal Generator designed to deliver laboratory-grade RF performance in a compact, cost-effective form factor for footprint-sensitive, budget-conscious test environments. This signal generator is based on a 16-bit DAC for high-quality baseband waveform synthesis and integrates an FPGA-based interpolator for fine-grained sampling-rate adjustment.   $3167!!

https://www.saelig.com/pr/sga-60.htm 




Monday, July 6, 2026

On the flag ...

 


5GHz RF SIgGen

Wideband RF signals, deep arbitrary signals, and high-speed wave functions all in one instrument. The SDG8000A Series Arbitrary Waveform Generator combines 3 versatile generator modes and 4 output settings for dynamic, high frequency signals including:

  • Function Generator – Generate high-speed signals by function type
    • Sine waves to 2 GHz
    • square and pulse to 500 MHz
    • PRBS to 1.25 Gbps
    • Ramps to 50 MHz
    • Noise, arb, harmonic, sweep, burst and modulations included
  • Arbitrary Waveform Generator – Generate deep, high-speed arbitrary waves
    • Up to 5 GSa/sec (10 GSa/sec interpolated)
    • Up to 4 billion points in a waveform with the 4G option
    • Up to 16 bits vertical resolution or 14 bits with dual markers
  • IQ Generator – Create RF signals in quadrature on carrier or as baseband signals (requires option SDG8000-IQ)
    • Up to 2 GHz modulation bandwidth
    • Up to 5 GHz carriers and up to 12 GSa/sec sampling
    • Up to 4 billion points in a waveform with the 4G option
    • Includes ASK, PSK, QAM, FSK, MSK, OFDM, and more
    • Supported by SigIQPro signal protocol software for complex signal types

The SDG8000A also includes 4 operating modes: DC high bandwidth for excellent signal quality, AC direct which includes a balun in the output stage with improved RF performance, and two modes that add an amplifier to the DC and AC modes. These increase output amplitude with software options SDG8000-DCAMP and SDG8000-ACAMP. saelig.com/category/sdg8000a.htm