Increasingly more companies are looking to application specific automatic testing equipment versus functional testing methods. That’s because the traditional testing process did not apply for complex systems such as aero and automotive engines. The same challenge awaits other emerging and green technologies within industries such as bio-med, alternative energy, smart appliances, communications, consumer electronics, and […]
Archives for March 2011
LeCroy’s WaveRunner 6000A Series oscilloscope
LeCroy (www.lecroy.com) has released its latest collection of WaveRunner oscilloscopes, the WaveRunner 6000A series. Offering a state-of-the-art signal capture technology and the easiest user interface in its class, this 350-MHz to two-GHz oscilloscope sets a whole new standard of performance in bench oscilloscope. Powered by SiGe chipset, this two-Mpts oscilloscope offers the lowest residual jitter, […]
USB DrDAQ — oscilloscope, data logger, IO board in one
Saelig (www.saelig.com) has released Pico Technology’s (www.picotech.com) USB DrDAQ — a data logger, IO board and oscilloscope in one compact device. Providing a remarkable collection of 15 I/O channels in a low-cost, compact package, the device is suitable for teachers, technicians and hobbyist. Its software delivers an easy-to-use oscilloscope with a bandwidth of 100 kHz […]
Agilent’s DSO5054A 5000 Series Oscilloscope
Agilent (www.agilent.com) has provided the benefits of proprietary MegaZoom III technology in a compact benchtop package — DSO5054A series oscilloscope blends impressive update rates and deep memory with remarkably fast sample rates conveniently avoiding trade-offs commonly associated with bench oscilloscopes. This four-channel 500 MHz scope provides outstanding performance with its deep eight Mpts acquisition memory […]
Saelig unveils Pico’s PS4227 USB oscilloscope
Saelig (www.saelig.com) has introduced Pico Technology’s (www.picotech.com) PS4227 Oscilloscope, which offers a real-time sampling rate of 250 MSa/s. This 100 MHz two-channel USB scope is ideal for general, field-service and scientific use. For repetitive signals in vibration, noise and mechanical analysis, the scope’s 12-bit resolution mode can be adjusted to achieve enhanced resolution mode of […]
Tektronix bags EFY Reader’s Choice Award
Tektronix (www.tek.com) oscilloscopes have been chosen for the 2010 EFY Reader’s Choice Award in the Oscilloscope category during the EFY Expo 2011 held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The award — presented by Electronics for You (EFY) magazine, one of electronics industry’s leading publications in Asia — was the seventh consecutive award by Tektronix since […]
Saelig unveils Xprotolab – the world’s smallest oscilloscope
Saelig (www.saelig.com) has announced the release of Xprotolab, a mixed-signal oscilloscope which features an arbitrary waveform generator fitted in a tiny 1″ x 1.6″ DIP module. For in situ verification and testing, the oscilloscope can be mounted directly on a pcb or breadboard. The Xprotolab, which can be utilized as a development board for AVR’s […]
Pico releases PicoScope 9211A TDR/TDT sampling oscilloscope
Pico Technology Ltd. (www.picotech.com) has released its latest instrument engineered for time-domain transmissometry (TDT) and time-domain reflectometry (TDR). The PicoScope 9211A TDR/TDT sampling oscilloscope offers an affordable method of analyzing connectors, cables, IC packages and circuit boards. Using two programmable, 100-HP rise time step generators, the scope stimulates the equipment under test. To build up […]
Tektronix introduces optical sampling module for DSA8200 oscilloscope
Tektronix (www.tek.com), the world’s leading manufacturer of oscilloscope, has announced the release of its latest optical sampling oscilloscope module specifically designed for the Tektronix DSA8200 Digital Serial Analyzer Series for validation testing and characterization of 14GB FDR Infiniband and 16GFC Fibre Channel communications standards. Both Infiniband and Fibre Channel standards are designed for high-bandwidth devices […]
Tektronix unveils new probes for midrange oscilloscopes
Tektronix (www.tek.com) has announced that it has included two new high-performing passive probes as accessories for its DSO/MSO5000B and DSO/MSO4000B midrange oscilloscopes. The company’s TPP0850 probes, which are available at $750, deliver a bandwidth of 800 MHz compared to the 500 MHz bandwidth provided by other passive probes. These new passive probes can be utilized […]