A new series of coaxial surge protectors are designed to protect valuable communications equipment from power surges and indirect lightning strikes. Pasternack’s new surge protectors are available with either male to male or male to female 4.3-10 connectors and feature VSWR as low as 1.12:1, low insertion loss, maximum input power as high as 500 […]
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Wireless wideband protocol analyzer covers Bluetooth, 802.11/15 modes
The Frontline X240 Wireless Wideband Analyzer covers wireless technologies of Bluetooth Low Energy, Bluetooth Classic (BR/EDR), 802.11 and 802.15.4. The Frontline X240, with state-of-the-art wideband software-defined radio technology, when combined with the new Wireless Protocol Suite, offers an unparalleled combination of portability, configurability and deep protocol analysis. With the growing use of wireless technologies in […]
Test platform validates UWB device technology
A test platform is designed to validate the quality of UWB devices that use NXP’s recently announced secure fine ranging chipset, SR100T. Customers will be able to use the integrated LitePoint IQgig-UWB solution to help test and calibrate devices enabled with NXP’s UWB technology. UWB is a technology addressing security applications in automotive and mobile […]
Multi-frequency, multi-GNSS RF simulator handles 320 channels in a single chassis
The enhanced GSS9000 Series GNSS constellation simulator meets the ever-more-demanding test needs of high-performance satellite navigation systems. The enhanced GSS9000 Series’ enriched features and capabilities raise the bar for GNSS development and test. The enhanced GSS9000 Series doubles the number of supported channels (320 in a single chassis) while maintaining its full performance specification, including […]
Pocketable RF signal source provides test signals with or without PC connection
The VSG2G5C RF Vector Signal Generator is a cost-effective pocketable USB-connected RF signal source with capabilities that provide standalone and PC-controlled functions comparable to full-size analog RF signal generators. Offering frequencies from 100 Hz to 1 MHz (low-band) and 100 MHz to 2.5 GHz (RF band) with a frequency resolution of 1 Hz, this handy […]
Bluetooth 5.1 BLE AoA/AoD capability comes to Bluetooth test set
A new option for the Bluetooth Test Set MT8852B supports the latest Bluetooth Core v5.1 (BT 5.1) specification for evaluating new key positioning services. With the new BLE AoA/AoD Option MT8852B-037, the Anritsu MT8852B can conduct efficient RF-signal Angle of Arrival (AoA) and Angle of Departure (AoD) measurements to help speed time to market and […]
Advances continue in 5G protocol conformance test coverage
The Global Certification Forum (GCF) has approved the highest number of 5G New Radio (5G NR) Protocol Conformance tests on the Anritsu 5G NR Mobile Device Test Platform ME7834NR at its Conformance Agreement Group (CAG) #59 meeting in July. As a result, the Anritsu ME7834NR has become the test platform that provides the best test […]
Test platform covers Global Certification Forum RF test cases
Test platforms from Keysight Technologies now support a leading number of 5G new radio (NR) conformance radio frequency (RF) test cases validated by the Global Certification Forum (GCF). At the CAG#59 meeting, which took place in Malaga, Spain, it was confirmed that Keysight’s 5G network emulation conformance test platform (TP168) offers leading coverage of GCF […]
New open-source radio channel model QuaDRiGa available for 5G evaluations
The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute released QuaDRiGa 2.2, a comprehensive update of the well-established open-source radio channel model. QuaDRiGa, short for “QUAsi Deterministic RadIo channel GenerAtor,” is mainly used to generate realistic radio channel impulse responses for use in system-level simulations of mobile networks. These simulations are used to determine the performance of new technologies […]
What you should know about Wi-Fi 6 and the 6-GHz band
While there are still interference issues to be resolved, new specifications for Wi-Fi in the 6-GHz band will bring instantly better wireless performance. Eve Danel | LitePoint Wi-Fi technology turns 20 this year, and it has proven to be successful beyond the wildest expectations. The recent announcement by the FCC to consider allowing 1,200 MHz […]