Test & Measurement
Power Semiconductor Stress-Screening Reliability Tester
Intepro Systems has announced the availability of its new power semiconductor test system, SEMTest. SEMTest is a user configurable stress-screening system able to perform accelerated lifetime testing of power semiconductors and modules incorporating IGBT, MOSFET, SCR, diode and bipolar parts. The system is ideal for both manufacturers and users of power semiconductors who want to qualify commercial off the shelf devices for use in high reliabilit...
Flexible Rotor Telemetry for Torque Measurements
The telemetry system J1 from CAESAR DataSystems is a rugged system for collecting dynamic measurements from rotating shafts and machinery in research, testing, marine and vehicle development applications.
Vector Signal Generator accommodates more and larger waveforms
Keithley Instruments, Inc. has announced a series of enhancements to its Model 2910 RF Vector Signal Generator. The new capabilities included in the Model 2910 V2.0 include additional wireless signal generation waveforms, a new power calibration feature, and increased ARB memory to accommodate more and larger waveforms.
Torque measurement
High performance torque measurement is helping to improve the energy efficiency of domestic washing machines, enabling consumers to make greener purchase decisions. The Eco Rating stickers that provide potential buyers with a clear assessment of white goods' environmental performance now play a major role in retail sales. Manufactures want to achieve the best classification possible, so are redesigning their machines to reduce power consumption.
Field portable spectrum analyser suits RFID site surveys
TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) has further developed its PSA1301T handheld spectrum analyser to improve specification points such as phase noise, making it an ideal tool for companies making site surveys for UHF RFID applications. The PSA1301T provides installation and maintenance engineers with the tool that they need to ensure that all transmitters are operating correctly within the required limits. Unwanted RF noise and transmissions withi...
Driver for UltraFast Digitizer and Waveform Generator PCI boards
Strategic Test Corp has announced the availability of a LabVIEW driver for their UltraFast range of Digitizer, Arbitrary Waveform Generator and high-speed Digital I/O PCI cards. The driver supports all of the card’s features including the ability to stream signal data at up to 200 MBytes per second enabling long signals to be recorded or generated at high-speed.
NEW TEST TECHNOLOGY BOOSTS ISO COMPATIBIILITY
The latest generation electrical safety testing instruments from Clare Instruments feature innovative new software aimed at automating and speeding the electronic test process as well as meeting ISO compatibility requirements.
ACCURATE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT WITH THE CROPICO 3000 SERIES
The Cropico range of high-accuracy digital temperature indicators sets new standards of measurement flexibility. Designed for precision temperature measurement in a wide range of electronics, scientific and environmental monitoring applications, the three model range offers a choice of inputs for platinum resistance thermometers and all popular thermocouple types.
PCI Express Waveform Digitizers are industry first says Strategic Test
Strategic Test has announced the availability of the world’s first PCI Express based Waveform Digitizer boards. “Strategic Test has always provided our customers with the highest performance and most versatile PC-based instruments available” says Bob Giblett, President of Strategic Test. “We are committed to immediately adopting new standards and giving our customers the widest choice. Today we offer more than 150 PCI, PXI and CompactPCI...
Remote and Local Temperature Sensor for Thermal System Management
Texas Instruments has announced an integrated +/-1C maximum remote junction temperature sensor and local temperature sensor, designed to monitor thermal diodes found in CPUs, microprocessors, graphics processing units and FPGAs. Unlike other devices, the TMP411 features programmable series resistance cancellation and diode non-ideality correction which simplify and remove the time-consuming process of individual processor resistance calibration c...