Keysight Technologies, Inc. today introduced CAN FD (controller area network with flexible data-rate) and SENT (single-edge nibble transmission) decoding and triggering options for its InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series oscilloscopes. The new capabilities improve engineers’ efficiency in debugging CAN FD and SENT serial buses, which are used primarily in automotive applications. CAN FD is the next-generation, higher-performance […]
Automation
Parametric test systems headed for X-FAB
Keithley Instruments, Inc. announced it had received orders for additional S530 Parametric Test Systems from X-FAB Silicon Foundries. X-FAB, a Germany-based foundry for analog/mixed-signal devices and micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), ordered low power versions of the S530 tester for installation on the main production line at its facility in Kuching, Malaysia, where high voltage S530 […]
Averna and JOT Automation Announce a Technology Partnership
Averna, a developer of test solutions and services for communications and electronics device-makers worldwide, and JOT Automation, a supplier of automated test and production solutions, announced a technology partnership for the Americas. Under the terms of the agreement, Averna will act as a lead distributor and integrator of JOT Automation products for the Americas. The […]
Yokogawa Obtains ISASecure® EDSA Certification
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its ProSafe®-RS safety instrumented system has obtained the ISASecure®* Embedded Device Security Assurance (EDSA) certification. Cyber crime and cyber warfare are on the rise worldwide, and are growing ever more sophisticated. Recent prominent cases of industrial sabotage and espionage have escalated these concerns. Companies in the oil, petrochemical, power, and […]
The Evolution of User Interfaces
by Jonathan Tucker, Senior Marketing and Product Manager, Keithley Instruments, Inc., Solon, Oh. Changing user expectations are shaping test instrument graphical user interface (GUI) design. User expectations for new instrument interfaces are changing. For instrumentation vendors, successfully designing new instruments means understanding that although users still need accurate measurements, they rarely have unlimited time to […]
AMETEK Receives CE Certification for Innovative Brinell Optical
AMETEK Test & Calibration Instruments is pleased to announce that its Newage Hardness Testing B.O.S.S.® (Brinell Optical Scanning System) units and HiLight® Brinell scope have received CE approval and certification. Used extensively in North America by the automotive, metal casting, foundry and other industries, both products are now available to hardness testing customers globally. The […]
Tektronix Introduces Most Comprehensive, Automated PCI Express 3.0 Tx, Rx Test Suite
Tektronix, Inc. announced the automated transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx) compliance and debug testing solution for the PCI Express 3.0 standard. With new product enhancements to the BERTScope Bit Error Rate Tester Series, and PCI Express test software, Tektronix now offers silicon, hosts and card designers a single destination for PCI Express 3.0 testing. PCI […]
3-in-1 Sensor from OSRAM Combines IR LED to Detect Proximity and Ambient Light
The new “3 in 1” SFH 7773 digital sensor from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors makes it easier than ever to install both proximity and ambient light sensing in smart phones and similar devices by combining the functions of a digital ambient light sensor and a digital proximity sensor in a single compact unit. It also simplifies […]
Spectris to acquire Omega Engineering for $475 million
Spectris plc, the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Omega Engineering business. Omega is a leading supplier of process measurement and control instrumentation across a broad range of categories, including automation, wireless, test and measurement, process control, power monitoring, environmental and lab equipment. Founded in 1962, […]
