[Nicholas Murray]’s Composite Test Pattern Generator is a beautifully-made, palm-sized tool that uses an ESP32-based development board to output different test patterns in PAL/NTSC. If one is checking ...

With a calibration DVD and sound level meter in hand, you can play a test pattern and set levels for your speakers. It also is a good idea to set all treble and bass controls to 0 as well. Set your ...

The Sarnoff Digital Test Pattern When I was approached about evaluating the Sarnoff Digital Test Pattern, my interest was piqued immediately. After all, it's been a long time since most of us have ...

Today's methods for BER (bit-error-rate) testing of high-speed serial links such as PCIe and SATA rely on predetermined patterns that don't represent real-world situations. These patterns use a ...

Modern radio frequency (RF) components introduce many challenges to outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) suppliers whose objective is to ensure products are assembled and tested to meet ...

Testing digital designs usually requires one or more digital signals, some of which can be very difficult to generate. Pattern generators are specifically designed to address this problem. Whatever ...