Specifically, the —a deceptively simple piece of freeware that has saved more engineering deadlines than most paid EDA tools combined.
It turned $500 used generators into $5,000 simulation engines. For startups and university labs in the late 90s and early 2000s, this tool was the difference between a published paper and a failed prototype. intuilink waveform editor
This piece is written from the perspective of a technical journalist or application engineer, focusing on the value and utility of the tool rather than just a list of specifications. Specifically, the —a deceptively simple piece of freeware
This closed-loop workflow—Capture, Edit, Generate—is standard today. But IntuiLink did it with a 1.44MB floppy disk interface and a UI that looked like Windows 95. This piece is written from the perspective of
The most beloved feature of the IntuiLink Waveform Editor is the conversion.
Many labs only have a basic function generator. IntuiLink allows you to take a complex custom waveform (say, an ECG simulation or a multi-tone audio signal), quantize it to the 8-bit, 16k-point memory of an old 33120A, and download it via GPIB or RS-232.