Test & Measurement

Keithley Instruments will broadcast a free web-based seminar titled “Photovoltaic Measurements: Testing the Electrical Properties of Today’s Solar Cells” on Wednesday, December 10, at 15:00 Central European Time (CET). For detailed seminar information and to register, visit http://www.keithley.info/solarcelltest-webseminar.

GL Communications Inc. announced today the release of portable platform solutions for Voice Quality Testing (VQT), IP, and VoIP Products. In a statement released to the press Mr. Rob Bichefsky, Senior Manager, at the company said, VQuad™ with the Dual UTA can be purchased with a NetBook PC for a truly lightweight portable solution. The Dual UTA is fully compatible with the miniature NetBooks and allows the VQuad™ software to be installed for ...

GL Communications Inc. announced today the release of an enhanced portfolio of its Fax, Modem, and Voice Testing solutions. In a statement released to the press Mr. Vijay Kulkarni, CEO of the company said, GL's s voice, fax, and modem testing portfolio of solutions has been enhanced with an inclusion of T1 E1 Call Capture and Analysis, 2 Wire voice data/recorder, and PacketScan™ applications.

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is the sudden and momentary electric current that flows between two objects at different electrical potentials caused by direct contact or induced by an electrostatic field. The IEC 61000-4-2:2008 standard relates to the immunity requirements and test methods for electrical and electronic equipment subjected to static electricity discharges, from operators directly, and from personnel to adjacent objects. Such electr...

7 layers has announced that the InterLab Bluetooth RF Test Solution is the first conformance RF test platform to offer validated test coverage for Enhanced Power Control. This is a new feature which has been added to the Bluetooth technology in the Bluetooth 3.0 + HS specification version.

National Instruments today announced that Panasonic engineers are using NI hardware and software products for the automated testing of new computer PCBs, including those in the new Toughbook rugged laptops. Panasonic has combined NI PXI modular hardware instrumentation with NI LabVIEW graphical development software and NI TestStand test management software to create a streamlined automated test system that has decreased the cost of system develop...

Anritsu Company introduces options for its BTS Master MT8222A and Spectrum Master MS272xB series that expand the analyzers’ measurement capability on W-CDMA and HSDPA signals. The new options complement the handheld analyzers’ existing measurement capability, and allow field engineers and technicians to conduct W-CDMA and HSDPA measurements faster and more efficiently during the installation and maintenance of wireless networks.

Responding to the performance demands of dynamic, terabit-capacity data centers, Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT), the global leader in enterprise network testing, today introduced the Spirent HyperMetrics 2/4/8Gb Fibre Channel test module. By leveraging a holistic, unified test system, data center operators, network equipment vendors and system integrators can test every aspect of tomorrow’s converged networks pre and post deployment.

The new P275 miniature switching test probe from Peak Test Services has a diameter of only 1.0 mm - or 1.41 mm including the probe receptacle - making it the first switching test probe on the market suitable for applications involving devices with 75 mil (1.91 mm) spacing.

New firmware for the Yokogawa family of OTDRs (optical time-domain reflectometers) offers powerful new capabilities for measurements on multicore fibre cables. The new fibre management firmware allows users to keep track of which individual fibres have been tested, thereby eliminating the potential confusion between tested and untested fibres. As a result, the risk of errors in field operation is significantly reduced.