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Software Suite Speeds Wireless Test Times
Aeroflex says that its PXI Maestro, a next-generation automatic test solution for use in wireless device manufacturing lowers the cost of test and accelerates test development. PXI 3000 is a proven platform for modern manufacturing test of cellular, wireless LAN, GPS, and Bluetooth wireless devices. Th new solution adds significant capability to the PXI 3000 platform and provides a production-ready test system with integrated chipset-specific device control and the ability to test multiple devices in parallel.
T1 E1 Single or Dual Multiport Repeater
GL Communications Inc. announced today the vailability of T1 E1 Single or Dual Multiport Repeaters. Addressing a press conference, Mr. Vijay Kulkarni CEO of the company said, "T1 E1 Multiport Repeaters are used to generate multiple identical T1 E1 outputs for each T1 E1 input, thus increasing the range and number of T1 E1 signals."
New Anybus CompactCom Modbus TCP 2-port module eliminates external switches
The new 2-port version of Anybus CompactCom for Modbus TCP is not only a fast and easy way for industrial device manufacturers to achieve connectivity to Modbus TCP. It is also a way to reduce the need for expensive external switches and cut down on factory wiring since the module comes with a built-in switch of its own.
Touch protected oscilloscope probe has integrated high-pass filter
Unwanted low frequency signals can now be suppressed with the new HP oscilloscope probe introduced by Multi-Contact. The Isoprobe III HP has a built in high-pass filter which can suppress low frequency signals by as much as 40 dB without distorting high frequencies. This allows engineers to identify more easily the high frequency transients in electronic circuits which can cause system failure.
Advantages of Dry Storage Over Baking
SMD components with high moisture sensitivity level (MSL) ratings cause major logistical efforts, waste of energy and consume expensive dry packs. The Tower SMD storage system reduces these costs and efforts with a dry, controlled storage environment and automatic handling. By Adrian Schärli, Azular GmbH for Essemtec AG
Agilent Technologies Launches Cool Skins for Its Handheld Digital Multimeters
Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced new, thematic skins for the U1240 and U1250 Series handheld digital multimeters (DMMs). The new skins allow engineers and technicians to personalize their DMMs, which are used to perform everyday measurements and troubleshooting tasks.
Mod5 Series Flip-Top BGA Socket
The new Mod5 Series Flip-Top BGA Socket is designed for test, debug, and validation of 0.50mm pitch BGA devices. The compact, surface mount design requires no tooling or mounting holes in the target PC board, maximizing real estate while reducing board costs.
New EMC Emission Field Probes from Teseq Offer High Performance in Compact Size
TESEQ, the leading developer and provider of instrumentation and test systems for EMC emission and immunity testing, announces the introduction of two new USB/RS232 electric field probes. The PMM EP-600 and EP-601 active broadband field probes benefit from a true spherical symmetrical dipole configuration.
Unidapt universal adapter system supports field and bench techs
The Unidapt coaxial adapter system has been a favorite of field and bench technicians for many years. The key element of this system is the small, universal adapter that is used to join any two Unidapt adapters with standard coaxial interfaces to create literally hundreds of different adapters on the fly. The seventy-four-piece RFA-4022 Unidapt Mega-Plus Kit contains everything needed to troubleshoot and test 7-16 DIN, BNC, F, Mini-UHF, MCX, MMCX, N, RCA, Reverse Polarity SMA and TNC, SMA, SMB, TNC and UHF terminated devices.
Long-travel threaded test probe
The new P31/G test probe from Peak Test Services features a long plunger and a travel distance of 14.3 mm, making it ideally suited to test applications where contact has to be made deep inside a connector.
WaveLink 25 GHz High Bandwidth Differential Probes
LeCroy Corporation today announced the launch of the WaveLink 25 GHz high bandwidth differential solder-in probe, the fastest probe currently available. This probe expands the recently (August 2009) introduced 13-20 GHz WaveLink probe line and is well-matched to LeCroy's WaveMaster 8 Zi oscilloscope product line, which includes bandwidths up to 30 GHz. Now, engineers who find it insufficient to use SMA cables to input signals directly into their oscilloscope can use a LeCroy WaveLink D2505 differential probe and a WaveMaster 825Zi oscilloscope to achieve 25 GHz of scope and probe bandwidth – an industry first.
Small threaded switching test probe
The new P221/G from Peak Test Services is a miniature threaded switching test probe with an extremely short mounting length of 24.5 mm, allowing it to be used with devices with pin spacings of 2.54 mm.
AXIOMTEK Announces 10/100 Mbps iCON-32900 Rugged Media Converters
AXIOMTEK's iCON-32900 series of rugged media converters is designed to convert Ethernet network signals to fiber network signals. The iCON-32900 series applies high quality components with advantages of wide operating temperature range and long MTBF. To enhance system reliability, the converters offer Link Fault Pass Through feature, redundant power, and relay output alarm. AXIOMTEK's iCON-32900 series provides users a cost-effective solution to connect two types of network segments easily.
Miniature switch probe has 1 mm diameter
The new P275 miniature switching test probe from Peak Test Services has a diameter of only 1.0 mm - or 1.41 mm including the probe receptacle - making it the first switching test probe on the market suitable for applications involving devices with 75 mil (1.91 mm) spacing.
Agilent Technologies - Active Differential Probes for its RF, Microwave Instruments
Agilent Technologies has introduced two active differential probes for RF and Microwave instruments -- the U1818A/B -- that feature high differential input impedance from 100 kHz to 7 or 12 GHz. The new probes are designed to be directly compatible with Agilent's network, spectrum and signal source analyzers. The U1818A/B probes provide a high-frequency probing solution for R&D and quality assurance engineers performing RF/Microwave and high-speed digital design and validation in the wireline, wireless communications and aerospace/defense industries.
IBASE Launches Portable Fanless System for Wireless Applications
IBASE Technology Inc., a world-leading manufacturer of single board computers and embedded systems, today launches the portable CSB200-888 fanless system with Intel Atom processors on board. Reserved with one wireless antenna jack at the rear panel and a PCI-E slot for wireless module expansions, the system is good for embedded mobile applications for vertical industries such as communication, transportation, health care and pharmaceuticals.
Agilent Technologies - High-Voltage Differential Probes for Floating Signal Measurements
Agilent Technologies has introduced 25-MHz and 100-MHz, high-voltage differential probes. The N2790A and N2791A high-voltage differential probes allow conventional earth-grounded Agilent oscilloscopes to be used for floating signal measurements of up to 1,400 V of differential voltage and 1,000 V of common-mode voltage. Thanks to its high bandwidth and excellent input-impedance characteristics, the probe can accurately measure up to 3.5 nsec of fast transient edges in modern switching power supplies.
JAOtech's telescopic ceiling mounting arm
JAOtech has widened its range of Smart Terminal mounting solutions to include a new adjustable, telescopic ceiling mount. This enables easy installation of patient bedside infotainment terminals from ceilings of whatever height, where limited or unsuitable wall space is an issue.
SMD Flat Chip Temperature Sensors in Three Standard Chip Sizes
Vishay has announced SMD flat chip temperature sensors that offer advanced thin film technology in three standard chip sizes — 0603, 0805, and 1206. The devices feature short reaction times of ≤5s (in air) and a temperature range from -55°C up to +155°C. Thanks to a highly controlled platinum thin film manufacturing process, these new Vishay Beyschlag flat chip sensors offer an outstanding stability of temperature characteristic of < ±0.04%, even in the long term, over a wide temperature range, allowing precise temperature measurements in automotive electronics, industrial electronics, telecommunication systems, and medical equipment.
Huawei Selects Tundra’s Serial Switch for Next Generation Systems
Tundra Semiconductor has been selected by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Huawei), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, to provide Serial RapidIO Switches to enable Huawei's next generation production systems.
Laser Dichroic Filters
Semrock, Inc has announced a family of filter products made with advanced Ion Beam Sputtering. The new RazorEdge Dichroic beamsplitters, which reflect a standard laser wavelength incident at 45 degrees while efficiently passing a broad band of the longer Raman-shifted wavelengths, boast an ultrasteep transition from reflection to transmission far superior to anything else on the open market. The guaranteed transition from laser line to passband in <1% of the laser wavelength (regardless of polarization) makes these new filters a perfect match to Semrock's patented and popular normal-incidence RazorEdge ultrasteep long-wave-pass filters.
Active differential 'scope probes provide 13 and 16 GHz Bandwidth
Tektronix has announced what it says are the the world's fastest active differential probes to complement its new four-channel real-time oscilloscopes featured elsewhere in electronicspecifier. The new P7500 probing family sets industry benchmarks for bandwidth, provides superior signal fidelity with fast risetime and low circuit loading, introduces unique patent-pending TriMode measurement switching, and a new "needle nose" form factor. The new probes and oscilloscopes are part of a next generation serial data workbench (see separate release) that enables R&D engineers to debug and validate high-speed serial data circuits up to 10Gbit/s.
High-speed active probe for real-time signal acquisition from TTi
The TAP1500 high-speed active probe for the Tektronix DPO4000 and DPO7000 families of oscilloscopes is now available from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments). The new 1.5 GHz single-ended active FET probe provides the excellent high-speed electrical and mechanical performance required for the real-time testing and debugging of today's digital system designs.
Power-supply terminals combine safety with flexibility
TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) has introduced a new safety terminal for the company's range of laboratory power supplies. The new terminal combines the flexibility of a conventional 4 mm binding-post terminal with the safety features of a 4 mm safety socket.
RF and microwave couplers
Atlantic Microwave has launched two families of directional couplers. Specifically designed for cellular radio and satellite communications, the new series of RF directional couplers from Atlantic Microwave Ltd cover the frequency range of 800 to 2500 MHz in a wide choice of coupling factors from 5 to 20 dB.
Ultra-Slim Broadband Power Dividers
A completely new range of microwave power dividers from Atlantic Microwave Ltd comprehensively covers the 0.5 to 18 GHz frequency range in octave and multi-octave designs.
PIR movement detectors control interior and exterior lighting installations
The 18 Series of PIR movement detectors from Finder has been extended to include a new model that operates outdoors in addition to the existing indoor model. The units detect body heat to control lighting in a range of applications, including energy saving and security.
