The new GRS200 fault locator from Polar Instruments employs well-established passive analogue signature analysis to compare a faultless assembly with the board under test. 

The predecessor of the recently developed GRS550 flying probe test system not only set high test standards in the electronics industry, but also proved to be economical and very easy to operate.

Electronics manufacturers at DESY are utilising the GRS550 flying prober from Polar Instruments to ensure the quality of their complex assemblies.

The new GRS200 fault locator system from Polar Instruments is based on proven Analog-Signature-Analysis, comparing the nodal impedance between an unpowered known good board and a faulty PCB.

  Polar Instruments has launched new language versions of Speedstack, the industry’s best-selling PCB layer stackup design system. In addition to English, Speedstack is now available in German, Japanese, simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese versions.

New language versions of Speedstack, the PCB layer stackup design system have been launched by Polar Instruments. In addition to English, Speedstack is now available in German, Japanese, simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese versions. Speedstack is already licensed with OEM designers, PCB technologists and PCB fabricators worldwide, providing an ultra-fast process for creating and accurately documenting stackups for High-Density Interconnect...

Polar Instruments will preview its next-generation CITS880s Controlled Impedance Test System (CITS) at PCB West 2014 in Santa Clara, California (Sept 10).  The system introduces Launch Point Extrapolation (LPE), enabling PCB fabricators to improve impedance control for the latest high-speed PCBs which use finer trace widths and thinner coppercompared to conventional boards.

Polar Instruments will preview its next-generation Atlas PCB insertion-loss test system at the productronica exhibition in Munich.  Atlas 2014 introduces a new generation of Polar Instruments’ PCB insertion-loss test systems combining the upgrade from Single Ended TDR to Differential Insertion Loss (SET2DIL) to bidirectional SET2DIL and capability for Short Pulse Propagation (SPP) test method.

Polar Instruments says that its Atlas Si SET2DIL (Single Ended TDR to Differential > Insertion Loss) insertion loss test system will be upgraded to support Bidirectional SET2DIL from June 2013. This upgrade follows the recent IPC proposal for SET2DIL insertion loss testing to be enhanced with Bidirectional SET2DIL. Polar Instruments’ customers using previous versions of the Atlas Si test system will be offered an upgrade, at no cost, to suppo...

Polar Instruments and Ventec Europe announce that the Materials Library in Polar’s Speedstack PCB stack-up design and documentation system has been extended to include Ventec’s latest PCB fabrication materials. The extended Speedstack library includes new materials such as Ventec’s latest VT464 halogen-free low-loss laminates which support RoHS-compliant assembly processes.

Polar announces Polarcare for CITS, a new maintenance and support programme for the industry standard CITS controlled impedance test system. Polarcare for CITS enables users to extend the standard CITS warranty by providing enhanced protection against accidental damage throughout the operational life of the instrument.

Polar Instruments has launched the 8th generation of its Controlled Impedance Test System CITS880. The new system is based on the popular TDR architecture of the CITS800, with field-proven robustness and repeatability, and adds the latest generation of control architecture to enable the fastest throughput time of any CITS to date.

Polar Instruments announces Speedflex HDI which supports stackup design for both High-Density Interconnect and flex-rigid PCBs and provides detailed documentation which allows the most complex stackups, to be communicated accurately throughout the supply chain.

Polar Instruments announces that enhanced modeling of both the drum and matte surfaces of copper layers in high-speed PCB stack-ups has been added to the Si9000e PCB transmission line field solver.

Polar Instruments announces the new Atlas Insertion-loss Test System which simplifies the measurement of insertion losses during the fabrication of multi-GHz PCBs. Atlas can be used as a standalone test system, or as part of Polar’s complete suite of tools for management of transmission-line losses from PCB design to fabrication.

Polar Instruments - a specialist provider of tools for PCB design, fabrication and test - announces that Neil Chamberlain has been appointed as Signal Integrity Product Manager, in addition to his existing role as European Sales Manager.

Polar Instruments – a market leader in tools for PCB design, fabrication and test - announces the latest generation of the GRS500 CADView paperless PCB repair system, with support extended to 30 popular CAD formats as well as Windows 7 and 64-bit Windows. The system also combines dynamic linking to PDF schematics and a unique Virtual X-Ray mode.

Polar Instruments announces an extension to the capability of Si8000m and Si9000e PCB transmission line field solvers; XFE “Xhatch Flex Enhancement” is designed to be the first easy to use 2d field solver with the capability of modeling crosshatched (meshed) ground return paths on a comprehensive variety of stripline, microstrip and embedded stripline structures.

Polar Instruments announced the first standalone automatic generator for impedance control and lossy line PCB test coupons. CGen 2010 builds on the proven technology of Polar’s Speedstack coupon generator but adds the flexibility to directly import coupon data from manually created or scripted XML files as well as from industry-standard layer stack-up tools and Polar Instruments’ impedence control and lossy-line field solvers. CGen is the fir...

Polar Instruments has appointed Martyn Gaudion as CEO with effect from January 2010. Gaudion has held various senior roles at Polar during the last twenty years and has held the position of Polar’s sales & marketing director for the past ten years.