Test & Measurement
10-Gigabit Ethernet Network Analyzer from Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced it has combined its Network Analyzer software with a new hardware interface card that enables communications service providers and network equipment manufacturers to perform real-time expert testing and troubleshooting in 10 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) Ethernet environments. Agilent is the only test and measurement vendor to have designed access hardware that provides 100-percent packet capture and analysis...
Agilent Technologies' New Channel Simulator Mode Determines Ultralow Bit-Error-Rate in Seconds
Agilent Technologies has introduced a new statistical mode for its signal integrity Channel Simulator. The mode, offered as part of Agilent's Advanced Design System (ADS) 2009 Update 1, is well suited for design and verification of high-speed, chip-to-chip data links found in most consumer and enterprise digital products produced today -- from laptop computers and data center servers, to telecommunication switching centers and Internet routers. B...
Agilent Technologies Wins Design News' Golden Mousetrap Award for Best Product
Agilent Technologies today announced its U2700A Series USB Modular Instruments family has won Design News' 2009 Golden Mousetrap Award for Best Products. Design News has recognized engineering innovation and creativity in product design for more than two decades. This year, Golden Mousetrap Awards were given in four major categories: Electronics, Motion Control/Automation, Hardware/Software, Materials/Fastening/Joining/Assembly and 20 subcategori...
Anritsu demonstrates a 3G LTE Virtual Network Demo
A 3G LTE test system which creates a virtual 3G LTE network will be displayed in Japan this week. Anritsu will display the system at CEATEC JAPAN 2009 running until 10th October in Chiba-city.
Agilent - ZIF Probe Head Extended to Protocol Layer Testing and Debugging for PCI Express
Agilent has introduced a new flying leads probe for its PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 E2960B Series analyzers, using the Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) probe head. The new ZIF flying leads probe uses the Agilent Infiniimax ZIF design, which allows designers to use the same probe points for physical layer measurements as well as protocol debugging using the protocol analyzer. This simplifies troubleshooting situations where it is unclear whether the fault li...
High-performance oscilloscope family offers extensive analysis capabilities and mixed-signal models
The Yokogawa DLM6000 mixed-signal oscilloscope is the flagship product in a new family of high-performance digital oscilloscopes featuring bandwidths up to 1.5 GHz, memory of 6.25M points per channel, an intuitive graphical user interface and a number of advanced analysis features.
Tactical Grade Mems Inertial Measurement Unit
Inertial Aerosystems has introduced what is claimed to be the world's first MEMS based true tactical inertial measurement unit. Designated the SD1500, it is manufactured by U.S. based Systron Donner Inertial. The exceptional performance of this product (1°/hr) is based on a new generation of SDI's proven quartz MEMS inertial sensor technology. The quartz technology enables high volume production of precisely machined sensor structures combined w...
GSM and UMTS Acoustic Type approval tests
Hermon Laboratories TI (www.hermonlabs.com), an expert in compliance testing in telecom, today announces TCA 4100 from Hermon Laboratories TI test equipment for telecom and acoustic testing for wireless handsets (GSM and UMTS). TCA 4100 controls and measures the tests according to acoustic standards (TS 51.010-1, TS 26.131/2). All tests comply with the GCF and PTCRB approvals specifications and validated by an independent test house.
Aeroflex Improves Test Times of RF Communications Devices
Aeroflex has announced it will deliver a non-signaling PXI solution customized for RF production line test of Infineon’s second-generation ultra low-cost mobile phone platform. The solution, based on the Aeroflex PXI 3000 Series, will test Infineon’s second-generation ultra low-cost chipset (X-GOLD 101).
Agilent's Test Tool for Precision Time Protocol Enables Wireless Backhaul Synchronization
Agilent Technologies has demonstrated its new N2X IEEE 1588v2 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) test solution that enables network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) and network operators to ensure that time-critical Carrier and Industrial Ethernet applications are synchronized. Agilent will present a white paper about this technology at the event's conference.