The new Anritsu Wireless Connectivity Test Set MT8862A has been successfully integrated in combination with the EMITE E600 Reverberation Chamber to test OTA TRP/TIS performance of IEEE 802.11ax devices in a repeatable environment. With built-in communications protocols and optimized performance for WLAN testing, the MT8862A + EMITE reverberation chamber can characterize with high reliability the […]
Realistic GNSS simulation for automotive HIL testing
SimHIL is an integrated hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing software API for Spirent GNSS simulators. SimHIL brings high fidelity GNSS signal simulation with low latency to automotive industry HIL testbeds. Spirent’s SimHIL software has been developed to meet the automotive industry’s growing need for realistic positioning, navigation and timing testing for sensor fusion. As customers apply increasing […]
Test gear checks out OPEN Alliance TC9 test spec for 1000BASE-T1
Rohde & Schwarz and connectivity and sensor component manufacturer TE Connectivity have successfully tested a communication link, utilizing Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) cables and TE’s MATEnet data connector system, for compliance with the One-Pair Ethernet (OPEN) Alliance Technical Committee (TC) group 9 test specification for 1000BASE-T1. Automotive Ethernet is becoming the preferred solution for in-vehicle […]
Economical real-time spectrum analyzer hosts 7.5-GHz tracking generator
The Siglent SSA3000X-R Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers (RTSA)are powerful and flexible tools for complex RF spectrum and signal analysis. With a capability of 40 MHz analysis bandwidth and 7.2 μsec 100% probability of intercept (POI), the analyzers can provide multi-dimensional data displays, advanced triggering, and RF data capturing, to assist with modern RF spectrum challenges such […]
Test bench checks out automotive radomes
Löhnert Elektronik is integrating the R&S QAR imaging tester from Rohde & Schwarz into its new end-of-line test benches for automotive radomes. Now the test benches can reproducibly test the reflection and transmission of these sensor covers over their entire surface at cycle rates of less than ten seconds. Löhnert Elektronik, a specialist in custom […]
Instrument runs true PIM analysis over fiber for IQ data
The IQ Fiber Master MT2780A multi-port CPRI-based RF and PIM (passive intermodulation) analyzer that is the first instrument to perform true PIM analysis over fiber and present RF spectrum results derived from IQ data. The MT2780A reduces test costs and time by providing field engineers, field technicians, and third-party contractors with a single instrument to […]
New time-saving functions for ESW EMI test receiver
Rohde & Schwarz has integrated the fast time-domain scan as standard in its R&S ESW EMI test receiver. It works with double bandwidth to increase measuring speed. Also new is the R&S EWS-K58 multi CISPR ADP option. It precisely shows the effects of interference on digital communication systems. The option accelerates CISPR 11 tests on […]
More dangerous than the virus? Converting manual resuscitators to ventilators
The shortage of respiratory ventilators in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to numerous efforts aimed at turning hand-operated plastic pouches called bag-valve resuscitators into makeshift ventilators. The resuscitators, also called Ambu bags, are generally on-hand in large quantities. They are designed to be operated by hand, by trained technicians, to inflate patient […]
WiFi-connected automotive test scopes sport differential inputs
Automotive WiFiScopes are every-day oscilloscopes for automotive engineers and can be used via an Ethernet connection (LAN, WiFi or WAN) but also still with a USB 2.0/3.0 connection. The built-in battery gives the Automotive WiFiScope the possibility to perform fully wireless differential measurements. Measurements can then be performed completely galvanically isolated, and over long distances. […]
Boards block OpenVPX air slots
Plug-in boards are now available for blocking the airflow in an otherwise empty OpenVPX slot. They come in 3U and 6U sizes in the 5HP (1.0 in) width commonly used in the backplane architecture. The air slot blocker boards help optimize airflow by forcing the available airflow to pass through utilized slots. They fill spare […]