https://petermetz.de/ 2026-05-09T16:11:59+00:00 https://petermetz.de/ https://petermetz.de/lib/tpl/bootstrap3/images/favicon.ico text/html 2021-11-22T22:12:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://petermetz.de/rtd:eng:lab:ate:ar488-gpib?rev=1637619158&do=diff AR488 USB GPIB Controller Specifications Field 1 Value 1 Resources and References text/html 2021-11-22T21:15:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://petermetz.de/rtd:eng:lab:ate:enginuity-cm-mini?rev=1637615740&do=diff Enginuity Cable Mapper Mini Specifications Ports 2 Pins per Port 9 Interfaces SCPI-like command interface over USB serial port text/html 2021-11-22T18:46:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://petermetz.de/rtd:eng:lab:ate:enginuity-dcl-100?rev=1637606775&do=diff Enginuity DCL-100 Programmable DC Load Specifications Field 1 Value 1 Gallery Resources and References text/html 2021-11-22T18:42:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://petermetz.de/rtd:eng:lab:ate:enginuity-dinbus?rev=1637606552&do=diff DIN Rail-based Control and Instrumentation Bus Overview In contrast to the Automated Test Equipment Mainframe (which, as its name suggests, was designed to allow multiple modules to be brought together to create a larger, interactive and programmable piece of test equipment), this bus more about building control systems out of standalone controllers and I/O modules in a master-slave configuration. The resulting control systems would typically be run autonomously, and be divided along (DIN) rai… text/html 2021-11-22T18:46:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://petermetz.de/rtd:eng:lab:ate:enginuity-iom-84?rev=1637606806&do=diff Enginuity IOM-8-4 Basic I/O Module The IOM-8-4 is a (very) simple prototype multi-channel I/O module with support for 8 digital and 4 analogue I/O lines. It was designed to be used within a minimal Automatic Test Equipment mainframe, and uses one of my text/html 2021-11-22T18:37:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://petermetz.de/rtd:eng:lab:ate:enginuity-mainframe?rev=1637606223&do=diff Automated Test Equipment Mainframe This Automated Test Equipment (ATE) Mainframe is a prototype I built out of a repurposed Eurocard chassis. It was designed to accommodate up to eight ATE Modules, and uses a shared TTL-UART bus and an integrated USB-to-TTL serial interface to query, program and synchronise the various modules. text/html 2023-08-16T19:53:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://petermetz.de/rtd:eng:lab:ate:enginuity-sgm-125?rev=1692215631&do=diff Enginuity SGM-125-2 Tracking Generator Module The SGM-125-2 is a prototype dual-channel Signal Generator built around an Arduino Nano board and the relatively common AD9833-MCP41010 0 -- 12.5MHz signal generator module, and it implements its rather limited 'tracking generator' functionality via a broadband RF detector and an ADS1015 multi-channel ADC module. text/html 2021-11-05T06:32:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://petermetz.de/rtd:eng:lab:ate:sigrok?rev=1636093931&do=diff sigrok Signal Analysis Software Suite text/html 2021-11-22T18:55:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://petermetz.de/rtd:eng:lab:ate:ttl-uart-multimaster-bus?rev=1637607345&do=diff TTL UART Multi-Master Bus for Automatic Test Equipment Modules Design Considerations * Support a shared inter-module control bus * Do so in a way which neither ties up all of the available intra-module SPI or I2C buses, nor makes the system vulnerable to inter-module conflicts or I2C device address contention