Embroidery has always held a special place in the apparel industry, transforming simple garments into stylish, branded, or even luxurious pieces. In today’s U.S. fashion and apparel business, however, ...

Tektronix has been particularly busy of late bringing new test-and-measurement equipment to the market. One recent unveiling is the 6 Series low-profile digitizer (model number LPD64) (see figure).

Digitizers convert the samples of an analog signal into digital values using analog to digital converters (ADCs). The more bits, the smaller the change in signal and ADC can detect. While 8 bits is ...