Highlights
-- Test & Measurement World, 9/1/2009 2:00:00 AM
Chroma unveils pin-electronics module
The 36010 pin-electronics module from Chroma ATE is a 100-MHz programmable module designed for characterizing and testing digital and mixed-signal ICs and electronics. The 36010 also supports scan pattern functions for scan test. Each module consists of a sequence pattern generator and a logic pin-electronics card with eight channels.
The sequence pattern generator, which provides more than 17 sequence commands to control the flow of pattern execution, is equipped with a 32-Mbyte sequence command memory. Each sequence pattern generator can support up to eight logic pin-electronics cards, allowing it to support up to 64 I/O channels and perform testing on eight devices simultaneously.
The per-pin timing generator in each logic pin-electronics card provides 32 sets of clock containing six programmable edges. In the analog function, the logic pin-electronics card has a tri-level driver and comparator with a 610-µV programmable resolution. It also offers active-load and high-voltage driver functions. www.chromaus.com.
NI debuts controllers and a chassis
During NIWeek 2009 (August 4–6, Austin, TX), National Instruments introduced low-cost PXI Express chassis and controller options for automated test-and-measurement applications. Included in the new offerings are the $1499 NI PXIe-1073 chassis and the NI PXIe-8102/01 embedded controllers, which start at $2999 each.
The NI PXIe-1073 chassis, which features an integrated remote controller, features five PXI Express hybrid slots that accept both PXI and PXI Express modules and an integrated MXI Express controller with a PCI Express host controller card and cable. Built-in timing and synchronization connections are integrated into the backplane of the chassis.
The NI PXIe-8102/01 embedded controllers can address the needs of test engineers who require a PXI Express system that couples the PC and chassis in a self-contained system. The NI PXIe-8102 features a dual-core 1.9-GHz Intel Celeron T3100 processor, and the NI PXIe-8101 includes a single-core 2.0-GHz Intel Celeron 575 processor. www.ni.com.
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