Test & Measurement
Test Debut: Anglia opens new market with Teledyne LeCroy
Anglia Components has taken its first step into the test and measurement distribution space. It has signed a deal covering the UK and Ireland with Teledyne LeCroy. Both companies see fertile ground in the engineering community where Anglia’s field applications team will identify opportunities for Teledyne LeCroy’s oscilloscopes and waveform generators. Anglia will hold an inventory that can be ordered via its Anglia Live website for n...
PXI show offers platform for chassis and digitizer
ADLINK will showcase the PXES-2780 PXI Express Chassis and the PXIe-9852 High-Speed PXI Express Digitizer at The PXI Show (NEC, Birmingham, April 8-10). The ADLINK PXES-2780 is an 18-slot PXI Express chassis, compliant with PXI Express and cPCI Express specifications and offering one system slot, one system timing slot, ten hybrid peripheral slots, and six PXI Express peripheral slots for a wide variety of testing and measurement applications req...
Analog test system gets thumbs up at NFC Forum
Agilent Technologies has announced the successful validation of its T3111S NFC test system for NFC Forum Analog testing. During its members’ meeting in San Francisco, the NFC Forum confirmed that the Agilent T3111S is one of the first test tools approved for NFC Forum Analog testing. The validation house selected by the NFC Forum performed extensive testing, including comparisons using other candidates’ tools.
Tool suite verifies constrained, low-power embedded applications
LDRA is providing verification for highly constrained applications. By optimising its analysis and testing technology, LDRA has enhanced the ability of the LDRA tool suite to scale down to meet the increasing number of highly constrained, minimal-footprint architectures used in today’s safety-critical and security-critical applications.
SDN/NVF validation test bed accelerates time to market
Spirent Communications' Spirent Velocity is a virtual lab environment that helps validate Software Defined Networks(SDN)/Network Function Virtualisation (NVF) technologies and deployments. It helps accelerate time to market and reduce expenses associated with traditional virtual and physical test beds.
Toolchain upgrade aids 16-bit MCU developers
IAR Systems has updated its toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench for HCS12. Plenty of new functionality is added to further improve ease of use and make the workflow more efficient for developers working with the 16-bit HCS12 microcontrollers from Freescale. In addition, the IAR C/C++ Compiler incorporated in IAR Embedded Workbench for HCS12 now uses the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard, known as C99, as the default C language.
Paperless recorders upgraded to meet FDA production guidelines
Yokogawa has announced release 2 of the SMARTDAC+(R) GX and GP series paperless recorders. These new versions mean all Yokogawa’s GX series panel-mounted recorders and GP series portable recorders will comply with the FDA 21 CFR Part 11 guidelines, and accommodate an increased number of inputs. In addition, a new graphics display function is available as an option.
3GPP protocol certification follows PTCRB test case
Mobile device and handset manufacturers will soon be able to certify that their products conform to the 3GPP protocols for ‘emergency services calls over IMS’ with the introduction by Anritsu of the first PTCRB-approved test case. The test and measurement company has added the new protocol test cases for IMS (IP Multimedia Sub-system) emergency services calls to the suite of test cases supported on the widely used ME7834L Protocol Con...
Gen3 Systems, Microtek reveal test lab plan
Gen3 Systems and Microtek Laboratories have unveiled joint plans to open a new European Test Lab in Q2 2014. It will be located at Gen3 Systems’ facility in Farnborough, UK. Graham Naisbitt will be the Operations Director - Europe.
Gap analysis service speeds time to market
Vector Software’s Global Services Group is now offering gap analysis audit services to address the problem of “gaps” that appear between the current development process, and what organisations require to optimally develop software. In as little as two weeks, embedded software engineers apply their deep domain expertise and uncover gaps in the software development process — enabling organisations to accelerate certification...