Test & Measurement
High Accuracy Microhmmeter
The Cropico DO5000 series of microhmmeters offers increased flexibility for the highly accurate measurement of cable resistance and a variety of other electronic component test and calibration applications. The versatile DO5000 has programmable current settings in 100 steps from 10µA to 10A and measures from 3mΩ to 30kΩ with a resolution of 0.1µΩ and ±0.03% accuracy.
Laptop-based mobile Instrumentation
Based on the Docking Station product line from Magma Mobility Electronics Inc. the complete test & measurement product line of Spectrum is now mobile. Using one of the available Docking Stations with 1, 2 or 4 slots any of the PC instruments of the M2i series of Spectrum can be plugged-in. This combination allows the use of Digitizers up to 500 MS/s, A/D cards starting with 100 kS/s on 16 synchronous channels, Arbitrary Waveform Generators and Di...
Portable Radio Test Set finds cable and antenna problems quickly
Aeroflex has announced a free software upgrade to its portable 3500 Series Radio Test Set, now with Distance-to-Fault (DTF) measurement and enhanced VSWR (Voltage Standing Wave Ratio) to quickly and easily find faults in cables and antennas and display results graphically. Other new features available with the software include 0.1Hz resolution for the internal modulation sources enabling the generation of squelch tones, and save and recall of te...
Data Acquisition, Measurement, and Control Handbook from Keithley
Keithley Instruments, Inc. has published Understanding New Developments in Data Acquisition, Measurement, and Control. The 220+page data acquisition handbook is a practical guide to high performance test and measurement and is free at http://www.ggcomm.com/Keithley/MAR07DAQ_NR.html
Enhanced Pulse and Pulse I-V Capabilities for Advanced Semiconductor Device Testing
Keithley Instruments has announced the newest release of hardware and software advances for its Model 4200-SCS Semiconductor Characterization System, representing the next step in pulse test offerings for the Model 4200-SCS. The lab-based system incorporates tightly integrated DC and pulse measurement capabilities with complete application packages for turn-key solutions. An enhanced pulse generator card and a new scope card offer powerful new c...
NI's PCI Oscilloscopes Extend Speed and Channel Density while Lowering Test Cost
National Instruments has announced PCI versions of two popular high-speed and high-density digitisers/oscilloscopes, extending the company’s high-speed PCI offering to 2 GS/s and low-cost PCI offering to £330 or €475 per channel. The National Instruments PCI-5152 general-purpose digitiser converts a desktop PC into a full-featured oscilloscope. It offers a 2 GS/s real-time sampling rate on one channel or a 1 GS/s real-time sampling rate on ...
Aeroflex enhances TETRA test capabilities of the 3900 Digital Radio Test Set
Aeroflex has announced the enhancement of the TETRA test functionality available for the Aeroflex 3900 TETRA Digital Radio Test Set with the launch of TETRALOG Protocol Analyzer, a PC-based protocol capture and analysis application that enables capture and detailed analysis of mobile protocol transactions. Primarily aimed at the protocol development of TETRA radios, TETRALOG is also an ideal verification/evaluation tool for TETRA mobile developer...
Real-Time Data Capture Exposes Toughest Real-Time Bugs in DSP-based Systems
Texas Instruments has partnered with EWA Blackhawk to deliver the XDS560T Trace module, a non-intrusive, hardware-based trace tool offering advanced visibility and capabilities for debugging the specialized problems that arise in high-performance, real-time embedded applications, as well as for fine-tuning code performance and cache optimization of complex multi-channel applications. Real-time visibility and a high-speed interface provide develop...
Audio analyser offers higher-bandwidth convertors
The ATS2-PERF performance option for Audio Precision's successful ATS-2 professional audio analyser is now available in the UK exclusively from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments). The new option provides higher-bandwidth convertors for superior analysis capability (up to 120 kHz), and adds digital interface (bitstream) analysis features.
Low-cost USB datalogging from Measurement Computing
Measurement Computing Corporation has announced the addition of three new battery powered specialty loggers to its growing USB product line. These products are a cost-effective solution for both long- or short-term data logging applications. They offer reduced setup time and eliminate the need to drag around expensive equipment to make field or factory measurements. The 500 series provides a low-cost and simple interface to configure, download, d...