Pickering to showcase signal switching at electronica

Every two years the electronics industry converges in Munich at electronica from 12-15 November to showcase technological development across all sectors, from semiconductors and components to assemblies and systems. 70,000 visitors from more than 100 countries will meet with 3,000 exhibitors across 18 halls. Conferences and forums wil provide in-depth insights into the latest research and application trends, including automation, electromobility and smart energy.

“Our modular switching and simulation products are based on familiar open industry standards that ensure long-term availability, shorten development time, and ultimately speed time-to-market,” said Steve Edwards, Switching Product Manager at Pickering. “With expert-level knowledge in architecting switching and simulation systems, we help our customers achieve their test objectives efficiently and deliver products with intuitive tools to enhance development teams’ design efforts and productivity. The result is scalable COTS test systems that can be optimized to meet their needs today and in the future.”

Pickering will launch its next generation Xeon PXIe embedded controller at the show – the most compact and powerful 3U one-slot embedded controller available for the PXI Express platform. Powered by an 11^th generation Intel Xeon processor, combined with 64 GB DDR4 memory, and with up to 28 GB/s system throughput, the controller will easily support high bandwidth test and measurement applications with future-ready PCIe Gen4 and 10GBASE-T interconnectivity.

The company will also showcase the latest version of its Microwave Switch Design Tool (MSDT) – a free online tool for configuring PXI and LXI RF and microwave switching subsystems with just a few clicks – which was recently updated to add schematic design and simulation capabilities. The latest iteration of this web-based tool accelerates the design to production process – from block diagram to mechanical layout – minimising risk by enabling engineers to design custom RF switching subsystems with an immediate visual indication of electrical performance.

Alongside these technologies, Pickering will also showcase the following switching, simulation, and software products:

• A PXI-based BMS (battery management system) test demo, combining multi-cell battery simulators with other switching and simulation modules
• Turnkey LXI microwave switch and signal routing subsystems
• A range of PXI switching and simulation modules, including high density BRIC switching matrices, high voltage multiplexers, RF switching, and digital I/O
• PXI fault insertion modules – for simulation of fault conditions in automotive/avionics applications, including reliability testing of safety critical controllers
• PXI programmable resistor modules – for simulating sensors in control and management systems under test, allowing users to verify system response
• PXI high channel count microwave multiplexer range offering bandwidth up to 40GHz
• Configurable PXI microwave switch platform that allows RF engineers to combine a wide range of high-performance relay types while minimising chassis slot usage
• Switch Path Manager (SPM) signal routing and Cable Design Tool (CDT) software