Test & Measurement

Aeroflex has enhanced the testing support provided by its highly successful 6413A UMTS basestation test system to support testing of basestations using an Inverse Multiplexed ATM (IMA) configuration. IMA is a method of combining multiple E1/T1 connections to increase backhaul bandwidth between the basestation (Node B) and Radio Network Controller (RNC). IMA is an additional protocol stack layer beneath ATM that handles the multiplexing and sche...

National Instruments has announced what it says is the industry’s first high-speed digital I/O instruments for PCI Express to deliver up to 200 MB/s dedicated throughput per direction to and from the host processor. The NI PCIe-6536 25 MHz and NI PCIe-6537 50 MHz low-cost digital I/O boards build on the throughput of the PCI Express interface to acquire and generate large digital patterns that are otherwise impossible to sustain. Using this hig...

Keithley Instruments has introduced a new line of PXI products designed for high speed automated production testing as part of a hybrid test system using precision instruments. Test engineers and designers can combine the high-speed data acquisition and tight trigger synchronization features of the new KPXI products with the precision measurement capabilities in Keithley instruments for a superior hybrid test system architecture. Taking advantage...

Aeroflex has improved the functionality of its 5800 Series multi-configuration, multi-function ATE system with the addition of a Boundary Scan and Q-Test capability along with a PXI software wrapper tool. The Aeroflex 5800 Series is a highly flexible, scalable and modular test environment designed to provide the true re-configurability needed to meet the ever-changing requirements of the rapidly evolving PCB industry.

Aeroflex has announced IQCreator version 8.3 with significant new features to support the rapidly growing WiMAX 802.16 standard for Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks. The new version of IQCreator also adds support for CDMA2000 1xEvDO rev A uplink capabilities. Aeroflex frequently updates its IQCreator software to support the RF signal generation needs of engineers designing and testing the latest consumer wireless devices. It is available free-...

Aeroflex has announced that it has added significant new wireless test capabilities to its PXI 3000 Series modular wireless test platform to aid the rapid production testing of the most popular consumer mobile devices. Within a single software-definable PXI modular platform, the Aeroflex PXI 3000 Series now includes support for WiMAX OFDMA, 1xEvDO and HSUPA.

The new WaveSurfer 24Xs offers a bandwidth of 200 MHz on 4 chanels with a sample rate of 2.5 GS/s. The standard memory of the WS 24Xs is 4x 2.5 Mpts which can be increased to 4x 10 Mpts with a low cost option. Like all other members of the WaveSurfer Xs family the 24Xs provides a large 10.4” touchscreen display and a user-friendly Windows user interface. Now, the WaveSurfer Xs product line encompasses a range of models from 200 MHz to 1 GHz. Pr...

Keithley Instruments, Inc. introduces a new line of PXI products designed for high speed automated production testing as part of a hybrid test system using precision instruments.

Aeroflex has announced a single system, turnkey solution for testing 3GPP compliant networks supporting both GAN (Generic Access Network) over 802.11 WLAN and GSM/EGPRS with the addition of an integrated GAN capability to its highly successful 6103 AIME and 6103 AIME/CT mobile terminal protocol test systems

Keithley Instruments has announced it has partnered with Mesatronic Group (Voiron, France) to develop advanced probe cards for semiconductor parametric testers used in RF and low current DC applications.