National Instruments, best known for its LabVIEW program and platform-based instrumentation systems, says Alex Davern, age 49, will serve as Chief Executive Officer and President, effective January 1, 2017. Davern will succeed Dr. James Truchard, age 73, who has served as the Chief Executive Officer of NI since the company’s founding in 1976. Dr. Truchard […]
10-Bit high-def oscilloscopes offer
4-GHz bandwidth, 40 Gs/sec
High-Definition oscilloscopes automatically optimize vertical resolution under each measurement condition to deliver 10 bits of vertical resolution. Developed by Teledyne LeCroy, the HDO9000 scopes incorporate 15.4 in. capacitive touch screens. Use of high-definition HD1024 technology helps uncover difficult-to-find signal abnormalities. HDO9000 High Definition Oscilloscopes offer 10-bit resolution, bandwidths of 1 GHz to 4 GHz and […]
Calibration Services handle PXI gear from multiple vendors
Instrument maker Keysight Technologies, Inc. says it will now handle equipment from other instrument vendors at its One-Stop Calibration Services. Keysight says the reason for the move is that modern test systems often integrate instruments of different form factors from multiple vendors, including PXI and AXIe instruments used with traditional benchtop instruments. These instruments are […]
Clever instrumentation plays a role in
growing new human organs
Patients suffering from esophageal cancer may someday get transplants fashioned from their own stem cells, thanks in part to new controller technology that lets researchers grow new human organs. The technology comes from a company called Biostage Inc. The firm has come up with a way to take mesenchymal stem cells from a cancer patient […]
Next-gen basic oscilloscope works with active
probes and features a wide display
The TBS2000 is a next-generation basic oscilloscope featuring the longest record length and largest display in its class. This latest addition to the Tektronix portfolio can use a wide range of Tektronix probes. Says Jeff Yost, director, Basic Oscilloscopes, Tektronix, “The new instrument sets a new standard for usability with features like a large display […]
Analyzer simplifies tasks for characterizing
semiconductor devices
A new parameter analyzer aims to accelerate semiconductor device, materials and process insights by reducing characterization complexity for new or sporadic users, simplifying test setup, and delivering clear, precise results. The Keithley 4200A-SCS instrument features a modern industrial design, a new graphical user interface and a range of helpful self-learning tools such as expert instructional […]
Second-Generation Vector Signal Transceiver Targets Demanding RF Design and Test Applications
A second-generation vector signal transceiver (VST) called the PXIe-5840 is said to be the world’s first 1-GHz bandwidth VST. Developed by National Instruments Corp., the instrument is an update of a VST released in 2012. The newly developed PXIe-5840 combines a 6.5-GHz RF vector signal generator, 6.5-GHz vector signal analyzer, high-performance user-programmable FPGA and high-speed […]
Top ten links for basic oscilloscope operation
Here are some basics on how to operate oscilloscopes and make measurements with these instruments that are accurate. The basics of the basics: Triggering is the fundamental event that makes scopes useful as a display instrument. Read more. When there was such a thing as an analog scope: Here’s where digital scope technology arose. Read […]
Old Scopes aren’t just for Old Codgers
by Leland Teschler, Executive Editor You’d have to say there are a lot of used oscilloscopes floating around. A quick search on eBay recently turned up 16,355 listings for used scopes. A Craigslist search for scopes near me in Cleveland, Ohio found 16 instruments on offer, interesting in that Cleveland is not exactly a capital […]
Design and Test for the IoT
by Martha Zemede, Keysight Technologies Proliferating wireless standards put heavy demands on instrumentation. Here are some factors to consider when gearing up for IoT development work. You can say one thing about the Internet of Things scenarios being trumpeted in the media. All the applications and services being envisioned rely on networks of sensors and […]