Test & Measurement World News

• PicoScope USB oscilloscopes capture up to 5 Gsamples/s
  
  Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor, April 30, 2012
  The PicoScope 6400 series is available in 250-MHz, 350-MHz, and 500-MHz models; each model includes either a function generator or an arbitrary waveform generator.
  
• Updated GUI software simplifes x-ray imaging
  
  April 30, 2012
  Version 3.5 of YXLON's Y.FGUI image-processing software lets you capture images from FeinFocus Y.Cheetah and Y.Cougar microfocus x-ray systems with easy one-click operation.
  
• Win a trip to the Indy 500
  
  Charles Murray, Design News, April 27, 2012
  Circuit-protection maker Littelfuse is sending five engineers to the big Memorial Day race.
  
• Understand key ADC specs
  
  Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor, April 26, 2012
  Noise affects several analog-to-digital converter parameters, including ENOB and effective resolution.
  
• T3 unveils feature-rich telephone line tester
  
  April 26, 2012
  The Tel-Scope TLA300 telecommunication line analyzer from T3 Innovation offers a complete menu of functions for measuring data, monitoring active lines, and detecting high line voltages.
  
• CISC's test system checks RFID tag performance
  
  April 25, 2012
  Portable and compact, the RFID Xplorer test system from Austrian manufacturer CISC Semiconductor measures UHF RFID tag sensitivity, communication range, and backscatter.
  
• Ixia forges partnership to advance test-lab automation
  
  April 25, 2012
  Ixia has teamed with QualiSystems and ONPATH Technologies to offer complete test-lab automation from network equipment, lab-topology control, and lab recabling to resource tracking and management. The combined platform provides centralized control of multivendor test gear, automation of manual testing, and off-hours testing.
  
• LeCroy regains oscilloscope bandwidth lead
  
  Martin Rowe, April 24, 2012
  After losing the lead for about a week, LeCroy is back on top in the bandwidth race.
  
• Introduction to IEEE 802.11ac manufacturing test requirements
  
  Robin Irwin, Aeroflex, Inc., April 24, 2012
  To be prepared, manufacturing test engineers need to ensure that their test equipment is capable of supporting the new 802.11ac test requirements, as well as existing and complementary technologies.
  
• QualiSystems' TestShell 4.7 streamlines lab testing
  
  April 24, 2012
  With TestShell 4.7 software for lab management, device provisioning, and test automation, manual testers are able to incorporate automated elements into the labor-intensive process of lab testing.
  
• FuturePlus DDR4 interposers work with Agilent analyzer
  
  April 23, 2012
  Interposers from FuturePlus Systems for the Agilent U4154A logic analyzer provide access to address, command, control, and data signals on JEDEC standard DDR4 DIMM and SO-DIMM sockets.
  
• Agilent PC software analyzes scope captures
  
  April 23, 2012
  N8900A InfiniiView software from Agilent Technologies lets you view and analyze previously captured signals from oscilloscopes manufactured by Agilent and other vendors on your PC anywhere, anytime.
  
• Measurement Computing offers acquisition handbook
  
  April 19, 2012
  The third edition of Measurement Computing's Signal Conditioning & PC-Based Data Acquisition Handbook has been enhanced to address more practical applications than theoretical measurement issues.
  
• PPT Vision adds 16-Mpixel camera to M-Series
  
  April 18, 2012
  Enhancements to PPT Vision's M-Series embedded vision family include a new 16-Mpixel GigE-compatible camera supported by an updated version of the configurable Impact software suite.
  
• Adlink PCIe frame grabber sports four GigE ports
  
  April 18, 2012
  In addition to four independent Gigabit Ethernet ports, the GIE64+ frame grabber from Adlink provides a PoE interface and multichannel synchronization based on the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol.
  
• Flying-lead probe aids PCIe 3.0 protocol analysis
  
  April 17, 2012
  Intended for use with the Agilent U4301A PCIe 3.0 protocol-analyzer module, the U4324A flying-lead solder-down probe captures 8.0-GT/s (gigatransfer per second) traces from the device-under-test.
  
• MIMO channel emulator tackles complex testbeds
  
  April 17, 2012
  Azimuth Systems' ACE MX2 MIMO channel emulator can be used in complex testbeds created to support test cases for iRAT handovers, CoMP transmission, and heterogeneous networks.
  
• IEEE group to study reduced twisted-pair GigE
  
  April 16, 2012
  Reducing the necessary number of wire pairs would cut the size and weight of Ethernet wiring in a vehicle that employs IEEE 802.3 PHYs.
  
• NI releases apps for LabView, CompactDAQ hardware
  
  April 16, 2012
  The apps, which run on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, are designed to help engineers access measurement data from data-acquisition and embedded-monitoring systems.
  
• RF Connector's 3.5-mm test adapters work up to 34 GHz
  
  April 16, 2012
  Housed in a compact foam-lined, zippered case, 3.5-mm adapters in the RFA-4031-01 kit operate up to 34 GHz with a VSWR of 1.05+0.006 f (f=GHz) and have the same electrical length.