Designed for production line and laboratory use, the HP 4145A was the electronics industry's first stand-alone instrument capable of complete DC characterization of semiconductor devices and materials. It stimulates voltage and current-sensitive devices, measures the resulting current and voltage responses, and displays the results in a user-selectable format (graph, list, matrix, or schmoo) on a built-in CRT display.

The photos show an analyzer that has been upgraded with a modern LCD display and a “Gotek” floppy emulator to replace its original, proprietary 5.25“ Floppy Drive.