Test & Measurement
Educational tools teach test basics
A number of academic tools that can be used to learn the basics of waveform generation, acquisition and analysis are being made available by Spectrum. The tools are freely available for download on the Spectrum website and are designed so that they can be used by teachers and other educators for structured learning classes or by students who wish to follow a self-tutorial style process.
Pickering Interfaces introduces high-density PXI matrix range
Pickering Interfaces is pleased to announce the expansion of their range of 1-pole High-Density PXI Matrix Modules. These PXI Matrix Modules (40-520 family) are high-density matrices with 22 different configurations and up to 256 crosspoints to suit a large variety of user requirements. The choice of six bus widths (x16, x12, x8, x6, x4 and x2) enables competitively priced solutions using Pickering Electronics’ instrumentation quality reed ...
Modular transmitter now measures CO2 concentration up to 50,000ppm
The modular CO2 transmitter EE870 from E+E Elektronik now measures CO2 concentration up to 5% CO2 (50,000 ppm). The extended measuring range makes the EE870, consisting of CO2 probe, conversion board and connection cable, even more versatile. The interchangeable CO2 probe EE871 with auto-calibration uses an infrared measuring principle (dual wavelength NDIR operation principle) that is particularly insensitive to pollution. Aging effects are comp...
Inovar increases its defect detection rate
EMS provider Inovar has purchased and installed an XD7600NT Ruby X-rayInspection System with X-Plane technology from Nordson DAGE. The company will use the system for internal troubleshooting and failure analysis activities.
Conformance test system can extend LTE-A usage
The R&S TS8980 RF conformance test system from Rohde & Schwarz has achieved the world's first validation for both LTE-Advanced uplink carrier aggregation (UL CA) and LTE-Advanced Pro uplink 64QAM (UL 64QAM). RF conformance is a critical part of device certification as specified by the Global Certification Forum GCF.
Two into one produces thermal imaging multimeter
A thermal imager incorporating a digital multimeter has been introduced to enable faster and more through troubleshooting. Fluke’s 279 FC TRMS Thermal Multimeter integrates a full-featured true RMS (TRMS) digital multimeter (DMM) with a thermal camera in one device to speed troubleshooting. It is also a member of the Fluke Connect family of wireless test tools.
Outer spring type added to probe pin range
The range of probe pins for semiconductor device and wafer testing from Omron Electronic Components Europe now has a new outer spring type offering best possible contact stability as well as better performance in high frequency applications. The new Omron XP3B probe pin uses electroforming technology to achieve exceptional performance within a diameter of 0.38mm, 0.30mm or even 0.22mm.
Conformance test system wins GCF approval
The ME7873LA LTE-AdvancedRF Conformance Test System from Anritsu has achieved world-first Global Certification Forum (GCF) approval for more than 80% test cases supporting the 3 Downlink Carrier Aggregation (3DL CA) RF Conformance Test. These GCF approvals obtained by the ME7873LA are for 3DL CA frequencies used in Japan, North America, and Europe.
Software developers get uninstrumented structural coverage
Vector Software says that Lauterbach, a manufacturer of emulators and debuggers, now enables VectorCAST users who are working in development, test, quality, and certification teams to perform source-level test coverage with no instrumentation of object code. Thus, achieving test execution without impacting code size or performance.
Transmitter testing software for USB 3.1 Type-CTM designs
The U2743B USB 3.1 transmitter performance validation and compliance test software from Keysight Technologies offers comprehensive transmitter (TX) test support for the USB 3.1 Type-C specification. The test software allows authorised test centres to test USB 3.1 Gen2 SuperSpeed Plus 10 Gbps devices with Type-C implementations and gives in-house test and performance validation engineers the tools to ensure devices comply with the USB 3.1 Gen2 Typ...