Test & Measurement

The latest version of Waveform Manager Plus, the arbitrary waveform creation and editing program from TTi, supports importing of waveforms created by other instruments such as oscilloscopes. The import function supports any waveform that can be described by a set of Y-axis data points, regardless of their format - which can be fixed point, floating point or exponent format, positive or negative, with any amplitude and resolution.

Kikusui has added a Leakage Current Tester - the TOS3200 - to its range of Electrical Safety Testers. The TOS3200 measures touch and protective conductor current on general electrical equipment in conformance to IEC 60990 and other international standards.

Tektronix Inc. has announced that Video Electronics Standards Association(VESA) has approved Tektronix Method of Implementation for testing interconnect cable as per the DisplayPort 1.1a specification. The DisplayPort MOI portrays utility and cost-effective advantages of Tektronix tools and methodology.

TTi has updated the LD300 low-cost electronic load to improve its performance at high currents. A low-voltage dropout facility is provided to protect sources such as batteries from damaging levels of discharge when the source voltage falls below the user-selectable voltage dropout threshold.

Aeroflex has announced the 3020C PXI Modular Digital RF Signal Generator, a new 3GHz variant to the growing PXI signal generator line. Aeroflex’s comprehensive modular RF test platform, the PXI 3000 Series, has the bandwidth and versatility to seamlessly cover the entire RF test process – from R&D through to manufacturing – in any wireless market from cellular to military/aerospace to RFIC.

Polar Instruments has announced that it has broken the £20,000 price barrier for the GRS500 Flying Probe test system, bringing it within reach of specialist test houses and manufacturers of low-volume, high-value printed circuit boards (PCBs). The system is designed for comprehensive testing of prototypes, low-volume production runs or field failures where full ATE is not a viable option.

Keithley Instruments, Inc. today announced a set of signal creation and analysis tools that extend its RF test capabilities to include WiMAX signal testing. Keithley’s new solution is built on a next-generation hardware platform that makes it simple and inexpensive to add support for new signal standards, such as 802.16e mobile WiMAX Wave 2 testing with up to 4x4 MIMO channels, without requiring expensive hardware upgrades or different instrume...

National Instruments has announced the NI GPS Toolkit for LabVIEW, an extension of the graphical system design environment that expands the NI RF PXI platform to include multi-satellite GPS signal simulation. Using NI LabVIEW software to create waveforms that simulate up to 12 satellites (C/A codes in the L1 band), engineers can test receiver characteristics such as sensitivity, time to first fix (TTFF) and position accuracy with the NI PXIe-5672...

Telonic Instruments has announced the introduction of Kikusui’s latest TOS9200 Series of Withstanding Voltage / Insulation Testers the most sophisticated in their range of electrical safety test equipment intended for production test applications.

Keithley Instruments has announced a joint effort with Azimuth Systems, a leading provider of wireless broadband test equipment and channel emulators for WiMAX, 4G, and Wi-Fi (Acton, MA). Keithley is working with Azimuth Systems to deliver critical end-to-end MIMO RF test solutions to mobile handset manufacturers, infrastructure vendors, and service providers for next-generation LTE and WiMAX testing. Keithley and Azimuth will jointly discuss the...