Test Equipment
Keithley 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
CCID Consulting: China's test and measurement instrument market expanded significantly in 2011
July 9, 2012 11:19 am | News | CommentsChina's test and measurement instrument market saw a significant expansion in 2011, with its market size up 13.5 percent year-on-year to reach RMB 7.41 billion, thanks to the stable macro economy, the growth of the terminal product (such as smart phones) market, the continuous introduction and the commercial use of the new-generation telecommunications standards.
Advantest breaks ground for Cheonan, S. Korea factory
July 5, 2012 10:42 am | News | CommentsAdvantest Corporation announced that its South Korean subsidiary, Advantest Korea Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) broke ground on June 28 for its new factory in Cheonan City, Chungnam Province, South Korea. The ground breaking ceremony was
Data acquisition vendors let users phone-in for increased productivity
June 27, 2012 10:18 am | Articles | CommentsData acquisition continues to migrate from the desktop to smaller, portable solutions. This portability, combined with advances in USB and wireless connectivity plus applications for smart phones and tablets, has made the process of gathering and analyzing data from remote locations simple and ubiquitous.
The Norton Report: Purchasing the Right Work Bench for Optimum Product Development
March 1, 2012 9:28 am | by Jim Norton, President, Custom Products & Services, Inc., www.custom-products.com | Blogs | CommentsAs a busy design engineer, your principle focus is creating innovative electronic products that exceed your customers’ growing expectations. A big part of successful electronic product development is offering your production team a functional workspace that maximizes their ability to design and build quality products. Your laboratory’s work benches have a huge impact on
Agilent Technologies Demonstrates Wireless Field Testing
February 27, 2012 7:11 am | Videos | CommentsThis video is an overview of Agilent's FieldFox RF Analyzer for wireless field testing. The video shows connectivity options such as USB and LAN, battery life and RF measurement modes. The discussed modes are cable & antenna analyzer with built-in QuickCal...
LVDT-Based Gaging Probes Offer Highly Precise Dimensional Measurement
February 17, 2012 5:23 am | Product Releases | CommentsMacro Sensors introduces a new line of LVDT-based dimensional gaging probes that provide highly accurate and precise measurement of dimensions in a wide variety of quality control, inspection equipment and industrial metrology applications
Real-time Scope Uses Single ADC to Reduce Noise and Boost Dynamic Range
January 27, 2012 11:04 am | by Mike Schnecker, Rohde & Schwarz, www.rohde-schwarz.us | Articles | CommentsScope manufacturers closely guard their ADC “secret sauce”. However, they all have one thing in common: ADCs that are built up from multiple interleaved ADCs that together comprise the overall device. At least that was true until the recent development of an oscilloscope that defies convention by only using one ADC to significantly reduce distortion.
Remote wireless test with LXI
January 27, 2012 9:42 am | by Neil Forcier, Agilent Technologies, www.agilent.com | Articles | CommentsImagine if all of your instruments had the ability to connect to a WiFi network or act as a WiFi router instead of a wired IO interface. Considering this, here are some ways it could make your testing life easier.
Synopsys and LeCroy Showcase PCI Express 3.0 Interoperability
January 27, 2012 4:45 am | Videos | CommentsThis video features LeCroy's Summit T3-16 Protocol Analyzer, Summit Z3-16 Protocol Exerciser and the Summit Z3-16 Test Platform to test a PCI Express 3.0-based design for compliance to the PCI Express 3.0 specification.
Website Showcases Dynamometer Testing Solutions
January 23, 2012 6:05 am | News | CommentsSAKOR Technologies, a leader in engine and powertrain testing, announced the launch of its totally redesigned and updated website, with products and examples of successful projects completed in the company’s key areas of expertise.
Power Modules Help Integrators Optimize Electronics
January 23, 2012 5:30 am | Agilent Technologies | Product Releases | CommentsAgilent Technologies introduced seven high-power modules for its popular N6700 modular power system. The new modules expand the ability of test-system integrators and R&D engineers to deliver multiple channels of high power (up to 500 watts) to devices under test.
INCHRON Real-Time Analysis Tools Used Worldwide by Continental
January 11, 2012 8:11 am | News | CommentsThe tools of INCHRON, a leading manufacturer and supplier of design and test solutions for real-time critical software, are now being used worldwide by Continental to analyze the real-time behavior of its control units and networks.
Agilent Electronic Test Products to be Used by NXP in WiGig RFIC Demo at CES
January 11, 2012 5:04 am | by Posted by Chris Warner | News | CommentsAgilent Technologies Inc. announced that its electronic test equipment will be used by NXP Semiconductors N.V. in a demonstration of its beam-forming technology for the next generation of communication and radar products at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Jan. 10-13. NXP will demonstrate a multi-Gbps wireless link based on
LeCroy Expands Leadership in Automotive Test Solutions to Address Emerging Technologies
January 10, 2012 10:59 am | News | CommentsLeCroy Corporation, a worldwide leader in test and measurement instruments, today released three new test packages to address the growing automotive segment.
QuadTech Acquired by Chroma Systems Solutions
January 6, 2012 6:15 am | by Posted by Chris Warner | News | CommentsChroma Systems Solutions, Inc. (CSS) announced the acquisition of primary assets of Massachusetts-based QuadTech, Inc., an industry-leading provider of electrical safety equipment and systems. CSS, located in Southern California, is a complete solutions provider of power electronics testing instrumentation and systems. Under Chroma's ownership, QuadTech
Independent Data Performance Benchmark Test of Commercial LTE Chipsets
January 4, 2012 4:33 am | News | CommentsUsing a lab-based testing approach on the Spirent 8100 solution, Signals Research Group collected and analyzed the data performance of five commercial devices from LG, Sierra Wireless, Novatel Wireless, Samsung and Fujitsu, which use chipsets from four different vendors.
USB Mixed-Signal Oscilloscope Includes 16-Channel Logic Analyzer
December 22, 2011 8:19 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe PicoScope 2205 MSO from Pico Technology is a 2-channel oscilloscope combined with a 16-channel logic analyser in one compact, portable USB instrument.
Use the Bird’s Eye View to Debug PCIe Flow Control
December 19, 2011 7:49 am | by Leo Frishberg, Tektronix, www.tek.com | Articles | CommentsOne of the most difficult debugging challenges in PCIe involves flow control. In stark contrast to PCI, in which flow control was handled through sideband signals, PCIe flow control is an in-band, point-to-point mechanism using both DLLPs (Update FC packets) and TLPs to update flow control state between the ends of a single link
Designing Better ThinkPads
December 14, 2011 3:35 am | by Nick O’Donohoe, a science and technology writer in Providence, RI | Blogs | CommentsThe Lenovo ThinkPad line of laptops is known for its striking aesthetics. The shape of the original IBM design was inspired by Japanese bento lunch boxes (a form still used in ThinkPads today).
Test Management System Reduces Defect Risk in Untested Code
December 6, 2011 11:16 am | Product Releases | CommentsWind introduced the latest version of Wind River Test Management, a test automation system for monitoring, executing and managing embedded device software testing that identifies high-risk segments in production code.
Atollic Bundles SEGGER J-Link JTAG Probe with TrueSTUDIO Embedded Development IDE
November 23, 2011 3:56 am | Product Releases | CommentsAtollic announced the launch of a complete embedded development package comprising its award-winning Atollic TrueSTUDIO C/C++ development tool, and the J-Link JTAG debug probe from SEGGER Microcontroller.
When Do Test and Measurement Apps Need More than USB?
November 12, 2011 8:09 am | by Chuck Cimino, Keithley Instruments, Inc., www.keithley.com | Articles | CommentsUSB is a convenient and low cost data communications interface for many test and measurement applications, but you need to be aware of limitations and choose carefully between USB and other alternatives.
Relay Eliminates External PCB Traces in Loop-Back Test Applications
November 11, 2011 10:13 am | Product Releases | CommentsPresented as the first device of its type, the Teledyne Relays hermetically sealed LoopBack relay combines the technology of two Teledyne RF300 Series relays and eliminates the need for external PCB traces in loop-back test applications.
Three-Phase Power Quality Analyzers Directly Measure Energy Wasted in Electrical Systems
November 10, 2011 5:08 am | Product Releases | CommentsFluke Corporation introduced the Fluke 430 Series II three-phase power quality analyzers, the first tools to use a patented algorithm to measure energy waste and quantify its cost.
