Test product designed to support high current demand POL regulator
September 28, 2012 4:06 pm | Product Releases | CommentsPicotest.com has released a new test product designed to support high current demand Point of Load (“POL”) regulators and PDN measurements. The J2112A is a higher current version of the most popular injector product, the J2111A Current Injector. The J2112A offers a greater current range (1A vs. 100mA for the J2111A) while improving rise/fall times down to 10ns and achieving a 40MHz bandwidth.
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SMU Instrument line adds models for benchtop and R&D applications
September 27, 2012 11:50 am | Keithley Instruments | Product Releases | CommentsFor researchers, educators, R&D engineers, and others who must deal with ever-tighter instrumentation budgets, Keithley has added three high value, dual-channel SMUs to the Series 2600B line. The new Models 2604B, 2614B, and 2634B are optimized for
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High-speed differential probe enables high-voltage oscilloscope measurements
September 25, 2012 4:09 pm | Product Releases | CommentsThe Yokogawa Model 701927 is a new high-speed differential probe for high-voltage floating signal measurements, using the company's DLM2000 series of mixed-signal oscilloscopes and other instruments equipped with the Yokogawa probe interface.The 701927 has a 3 dB bandwidth of DC to 150 MHz...
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Triggering and decoding audio signals with the R&S RTO
September 19, 2012 9:33 am | Product Releases | CommentsI2S, LJ, RJ and TDM are serial buses that implement unidirectional point-to-point connections. They carry digital audio data between ICs and are often used to connect analog-to-digital converters and digital-to-analog converters to digital signal processors (DSP) for audio processing.
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Agilent Technologies’ waveform generators with new Trueform technology are in stock at Newark element14
September 18, 2012 3:09 pm | Agilent Technologies | Product Releases | CommentsNewark element14, the leading distributor of electronic components and engineering solutions in the Americas and a business of Premier Farnell (LSE:pfl), today announced the availability of Agilent Technologies 33500B Series waveform generators for same-day shipping.
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Do you have what it takes to be a Roundtable expert?
September 14, 2012 9:58 am | by Kasey Panetta, Associate Editor | Blogs | CommentsWe asked you for your words of wisdom for a brand-new design engineer and boy, did you guys have advice in spades. The responses we received were so good in fact, we’ve decided to open up our November Roundtables to our faithful readers in hopes that you can offer more words of wisdom. Check out the October Roundtable, here.
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Grandmaster clock series provides precise time synchronization of measurement devices
September 11, 2012 12:38 pm | Product Releases | CommentsOMICRON Lab's newly developed antenna-integrated PTP Grandmaster clock OTMC 100 provides precise and simple time synchronization of measurement devices via the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) according to IEEE 1588-2008. The unique design of the OTMC 100 series combines the GPS-Antenna, the GPS receiver and the Grandmaster clock...
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Compact 150 & 240 watt power supplies feature up to 200% peak power
September 4, 2012 3:38 pm | TDK-Lambda Americas, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsTDK Corporation announces the new TDK-Lambda ZWS-BP series of compact, open-frame, 150W and 240W power supplies. These single-output supplies have a low profile of 1.46” to 1.65” and compact footprints of 2.95” x 6.3” or 3.31” x 7.09”. Moreover, these units can provide a peak output power of up to 200% (for motors, pumps, etc.)...
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Clamp-on process meter measures 0-120 mA DC process control signals without breaking the loop
August 27, 2012 11:09 am | Product Releases | CommentsYokogawa Corporation of America announced the release of their CL420 Clamp-on Process Meter. The CL420 will safely measure 0-120 mA DC process control signals without breaking the loop. Typical application examples include distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers, pressure and temperature transmitters, and loop powered isolators and indicators.
LISTED UNDER: Test & MeasurementBoundary-scan controller supports PXIe/Compact PCI-express slot format
August 21, 2012 12:12 pm | Product Releases | CommentsJTAG Technologies announces a further extension to its line of high-performance boundary-scan IEEE Std. 1149.1 controllers. Known as the DataBlaster JT 37x7/PXIe the new unit offers support for the increasingly popular PXIe/Compact PCI-express slot format that now features in some of the latest Automatic Test Equipment based on the PXI(e) standards.
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Relays ideal for test and measurement, medical applications
August 20, 2012 2:28 pm | Product Releases | CommentsStandex-Meder Electronics announces its CRF series of instrumentation grade reed relays. CRF Series relays are the smallest in the industry, at only 3.4 mm high, and come equipped with an internal
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Test interface adapters improve power supply, noise, EMI, and PDN testing accuracy
August 20, 2012 12:34 pm | Tektronix | Product Releases | CommentsPicotest.com has released three new Signal Injectors, adding to its already industry leading lineup of test adapters. The three new Signal Injectors include the J2180A 0.1Hz -100MHz Ultra Low Noise Preamplifier (now with CE Approval), the J2102A Common Mode Transformer (PDN, ground loop), the J2112A High Current Output (1A) Current Injector and the J2190A 0.1Hz-10Hz Active Filter.
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Test instruments offer cost-effective, non-intrusive way to increase test coverage
August 9, 2012 10:42 am | Product Releases | CommentsASSET InterTech has added two new memory test instruments to its ScanWorks embedded instrumentation library for its FPGA-controlled test (FCT) circuit board test tool, giving electronics manufacturers a cost-effective non-intrusive means of increasing test coverag
LISTED UNDER: Test & MeasurementKeithley donation to Oregon State University Solar Vehicle Team boosts power by 50 percent
August 8, 2012 10:28 am | News | CommentsKeithley Instruments, Inc. is helping the electrical engineers of tomorrow characterize photovoltaic devices accurately and efficiently. Oregon State University’s Solar Vehicle Team (OSUSVT) has been putting the company’s donated Model 2440 5A SourceMeter instrument to work in analyzing and troubleshooting mono-crystalline silicon solar modules. These modules are powering
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Automated test software will help reduce time to market
August 6, 2012 9:03 am | Tektronix | Product Releases | CommentsTektronix, Inc. announced automated test software for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) physical-layer transmitter conformance testing that now includes measurement support for SAS-3 12 Gbps interfaces. Using DPO/DSA/MSO70000 Series oscilloscopes with real time sampling rates up to 100 GS/s on two channels at 33 GHz bandwidth along with DPOJET-based automated conformance test software engineers can gain deep insights into critical SAS-3 design challenges.
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