Test & Measurement
Metrology system analyses semiconductor packaging
Advantest has a new mold thickness metrology system, the TS9000, for measuring the thickness of semiconductor packaging. The system is based on advances in Terahertz (THz) technology pioneered by Advantest. The TS9000 Mold Thickness Analysis (MTA) System is a new metrology tool that performs non-destructive analysis of the thickness of semiconductor packaging.
Motor drive power analysis software upgrades oscilloscopes
Teledyne LeCroy has introduced three-phase Motor Drive Power Analyser software for its HDO8000 oscilloscopes. The HDO8000 mixed-signal oscilloscopes, with 8 input channels, 12-bit resolution, and up to 1 GHz bandwidth, enable motor drive embedded control and power section debug.
IoT, 5G, smart grid headline at NIDays 2014
The Internet of Things, 5G and Industrie 4.0 and the smart grid are all on the agenda for National Instruments UK & Ireland NIDays 2014, the annual Graphical System Design Conference for engineers, scientists and educators. The event will be staged at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London on Tuesday November 4.
Companies unite to extend Zigbee test services
DEKRA has entered into a cooperation agreement with TRaC Global, a Zigbee Alliance Certified test laboratory in the UK. The new partnership will enable DEKRA to call on TRaC Global for ZigBee certification purposes, while TRaC Global will be able to extend its testing services in the field of electrical safety via DEKRA.
Conformance test suite targets ISDN protocols
GL Communications has unveiled its latest product – the MAPS ISDN (Layer3) and LAPD (Layer 2) Protocol Conformance Test Suite. The user-to-network interface is provided in two flavours: The first Basic interface structure - two B-channels and one 16 Kbit/s D-channel (2B+D) and the second Primary rate B-channel interface structure - 30 B-channels and one 64 Kbit/s D-channel, (30B+D).
Low cost data logger boasts built-in LCD screen
An affordable, multi-channel data logger with a built-in LCD screen and support for temperature data, as well as current and voltage signals up to 24 V, has been introduced by Adept Scientific. The battery-powered USB-5106 from Measurement Computing features four 16-bit analogue input channels that support temperature, current and voltage inputs.
Software solution monitors capital equipment condition
NI InsightCM Enterprise is a new software solution that helps companies gain insight into the health of their capital equipment for machine maintenance and operations. It is NI’s first end-to-end software solution that addresses Big Analogue Data challenges and builds on the industrial Internet of Things.
FPGA test upgrade eliminates need for probes
GOEPEL electronics has extended the availability of ChipVORX model libraries for the XILINX ARTIX 7 FPGA series to support embedded test and embedded programming. ChipVORX is a technology for universal control of Chip Embedded Instruments via JTAG port. The special ChipVORX models are modular IP (Intellectual Properties), which contain all relevant access information of the target FPGA and are part of a comprehensive IP library.
Nine new models extend digitiser range
Spectrum has extended the performance of its PCIe based instruments by adding nine new models to its M4i series of digitisers. These cards can capture and analyse fast electronic signals in the DC to 1 GHz frequency range and boast real-time sampling rates up to 5 GS/s and high bandwidth making it possible for them to measure signals, edges and pulses down into the sub nanosecond realm.
Serial triggering option aids design debug
Rohde & Schwarz has introduced the RTO-K40 MIPI RFFE serial triggering and decoding option. It is solution that enables developers of RF frontends and modules with RF frontend (RFFE) control interface to verify and debug designs and put these components into operation. The R&S RTO oscilloscope with its high acquisition rates and minimal blind times is able to trigger on MIPI RFFE-specific protocol data. The decoded protocol content is dis...