Four instruments combine on bench-top test platform

“It delivers a 50MHz, two-channel oscilloscope, a 90W, triple output power supply, a function generator with built-in modulation and 17 waveforms and a five and a half digit digital multimeter, all equipped with a seven-inch display,” says Christopher Cain, vice president of Electronic Industrial Products at Keysight Technologies.

“Users can focus on their innovation, not their instrument,” he explains. “They can configure, control, and monitor multiple instruments from a single screen, test, analyse, and share lab instruments and data remotely with their peers, automate common tasks from test set-up to report generation and centrally manage an entire lab of instruments and configuration.”

Target user are general test labs, as well as university teaching labs that need test instruments that are connected to each other, connected to the lab and connected to the cloud. These differentiated connections enable customers to accelerate insights, whether in learning, teaching or troubleshooting.

Genral electronics research and development and bench-top manufacturing test are other applications.

Keysight’s PathWave BenchVue application software complements the SBE series enabling users to configure instruments quickly, while operating on the same PC screen to test device under test.

It stores data on a PC and exports it in standard readable formats for post-analysis work and report generation.

Also on offer the optional PathWave Remote Access Lab software and the PathWave Lab Manager software to enhance the lab experience and productivity.

PathWave Remote Access Lab software enables university teaching labs to transition to online learning seamlessly.

It allows students to remotely access the lab setup and perform lab work through the web browser.

Keysight’s PathWave Lab Manager software works seamlessly with the Smart Bench Essential series instruments to manage lab assets effectively and productively.

“All four instruments have a consistent look and feel, the same graphical user interface and connectivity,” said Christopher Cain, vice president of Electronic Industrial Products at Keysight Technologies. “The setup of four test instruments connected through the powerful PathWave application software allows engineers to focus on their insights and innovation, not managing their test instruments.”

Keysight summarises the key benefits:

• Elegantly integrated, enabling users to focus on insights and core innovation, not managing instruments.
• Configure, control and monitor multiple instruments from a single screen.
• Test, analyse and share lab instruments and data remotely from anywhere, providing learning during the pandemic and global access to remote instrumentation.
• Automate common tasks from test set up, data collection, to report generation.
• Centrally manage an entire lab of instruments and configuration to maximise productivity.

The SBE lab bench products are delivered with Keysight Care technical support. Customers receive a two-business-day technical response, access to the online knowledge center, 24x7, containing decades of R&D expertise in thousands of technical articles and programming examples and tracking of support cases for faster response at the self-service web portal.