Teledyne LeCroy, the worldwide leader in protocol test solutions, is pleased to announce the latest in High Speed Ethernet Fabric tools, the SierraNet T328 Protocol Analysis systems. SierraNet T328 offers users the state of the art analysis platform for the fast emerging 25G, 50G and 100G Ethernet standard and for the new 32G/128G Fibre Channel […]
Communication Test
USB-connected vector signal generators produce 2 GHz, 4 GHz analog outputs
Saelig Company, Inc. has announced the availability of Triarchy Techologies’ VSG2G1 and VSG6G1 RF Vector Signal Generators – very cost effective USB-connected portable, pocketable RF signal sources with capabilities that provide features and functions comparable to full-size analog RF signal generators. Offering frequency ranges up to 2.2GHz (VSG2G1) or 6.2GHz (VSG6G1), frequency sweep, frequency hopping […]
Lightweight hand-held spectrum analyzer
handles 2 GHz signals and more
A new handheld spectrum analyzer is billed as having impressively low weight and long battery life. Developed by Rohde & Schwarz, the R&S Spectrum Rider offers large buttons and a touchscreen while operating over a frequency range from 5 kHz to 2 GHz, which can be extended up to 4 GHz with a key code. Typical uses are during RF […]
New 45 GHz Optical Modulation Analyzer for 400G Communications Testing from Tektronix
Tektronix, Inc. has unveiled a new 45 GHz optical modulation analyzer (OMA) capable of supporting the latest 100G and next-gen 400G communications standards. With support for single-carrier or multi-carrier systems, the analyzer is tightly integrated with Tektronix’s new DPO70000SX 70 GHz ATI Performance Oscilloscope to provide multi-channel, high sample rate, low noise digitization of complex […]
H-P, Agilent, Keysight: New name, same reputation
Those of us who have been around electronic instrumentation for a while can remember the days when Hewlett-Packard instruments were considered the cream of the crop. Where I worked, we always tried to get to the lab early on the days we had tests to run so we could get our hands on the highly […]
Renishaw acquires U.S. metrology specialist
Renishaw, an engineering technologies company, has purchased the business of Advanced Consulting & Engineering, Inc. (ACE), a US-based supplier of dimensional measurement products and services focused on the automotive industry. The acquisition of family-owned ACE, based in Rochester Hills, Michigan, provides Renishaw further specialized programming capabilities using leading industry packages, and will help to support […]
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 […]
Tektronix Adds Critical Support for 100G Communications Test
Tektronix, Inc. announced a significant expansion of its BERTScope Bit Error Rate Tester Series to meet growing 100G testing requirements. The new BERTScope, with its industry leading sub 300 femtoseconds intrinsic jitter noise floor, brings extremely accurate BER test and root-cause PHY layer analysis to the growing portfolio of Optical Communications Test products from Tektronix. The Tektronix […]
Wireless Communications Test Set that Accelerate Manufacturing Test
The E6607B EXT wireless communications test set and companion E6617A multiport adapter is optimized for non-signaling testing. The EXT/MPA combination increases test throughput and reduces the cost of test in the manufacturing of current- and next-generation smartphones and tablets that contain multiformat and multiband technologies. The EXT is an integrated one-box tester that includes a […]
Instrument Measures Device Characteristics to 1500 A/10 kV
The B1505A Power Device Analyzer/Curve Tracer significantly increases its voltage and current range to cover all devices in today’s fast-growing power-device market. These enhancements make it an evaluation solution to accurately and efficiently measure a device’s characteristics from sub-pA up to 10 kV/1500 A, with a fast pulse down to 10 microseconds. The B1505AP, a […]
