Tag Archives: Test and Measurement

Pickering Interfaces, has announced a family of one-slot PXI and PXIe programmable resistor modules that can handle 2A, 200V or 15W. Models 40-254 (PXI) and 42-254 (PXIe) come in 28 variants, summarised as: two channel versions with various narrow resistance ranges, and then single channel versions with various narrow, medium or wide resistance ranges. PXI vVersions are compatible with PXI ...

Rohde & Schwarz is looking forward to times when nations mandate radar testing as part of annual vehicle inspections. It has created RadEst, a radar target simulator intended to function in the tough world of vehicle workshops. As well as simulating targets, the unit can measure radar parameters such as EIRP (equivalent isotropic radiated power) and occupied bandwidth. “With an ...

Teledyne LeCroy has added lower bandwidth options to its 8000HD range of 12bit oscilloscopes, which now includes models at 6 (8060HD), 8 (8080HD), 13 (8130HD), and 16GHz (8160HD). This bandwidth is available through the physically-smaller 50Ω input connectors, while the BNC connectors offer 2GHz (-3dB) in 50Ω mode and 500MHz in 1MΩ mode. They do not get the 1.8mm coaxial ...

TDK has introduced a radio wave absorber material with more than 25% or biomass by weight. Called the IS-BP series, the foams are intended to line the ceiling, walls and floor of microwave anechoic chambers used to evaluate antennas and wireless communication equipment, as well as millimeter-wave radar for automated driving. They consist of polyethylene loaded with carbon, and there are ...

Intepro Systems is stocking a 50kW regenerative ac-dc electronic load and grid simulator from Cinergia. Called ‘GE&EL+ vAC/DC SiC’, Intepro describes it as: “The whole Cinergia catalogue in a single unit. [It] is both an ac and dc grid emulator, and can also works as a load [and] is ideal for testing solar panels, wind turbines, hardware-in-the-loop power, smart grids, ...

Fluke is aiming at mid-sized solar power installations with PVA-1500HE2, an analyser and I-V curve tracer rated at 1.5kVdc and 30A. “Similar products can often struggle to obtain accurate readings due to high capacitance levels and are incapable of recording data continuously without overheating,” claimed the company. “Having to disconnect an I-V curve tracer until it cools down is disruptive. ...

MikroElektronika has announced a shield board that adapts its Click modules to Red Pitaya, the FPGA software-defined instrument and development tool, “The size of a credit card, Red Pitaya combines the functionalities of oscilloscope, signal generator and spectrum analyzer with programming capabilities and open-source software,” said MikroE. There are two sockets for Click boards (each with switchable 3.3 and 5V ...

Zurich Instruments has introduced three 8GHz instruments for controlling and analysing microwave-implemented qubits. “The product line, SHF+, enables high-fidelity qubit control for more reliable manipulation of fragile quantum states,” according to the company. “The ‘+’ versions receive a newly designed analogue front-end with reduced noise floor and phase noise.” SHFSG+ is an 8.5GHz signal generator with four or eight channels, depending ...

Sciospec LCR-1 is a PC-based single-channel LCR meter that offers 2-, 3- and 4-port measurements across 100mHz to 500kHz, with 1mΩ – 1TΩ, 10fF – 1kF and 1nH – 1TH capability. Options include upper frequency expansion to 1 or 10MHz, and it comes with PC-based software for automated measurements and analysis, which displays up to four parameters at the same ...

Panasonic has set up two European relay test laboratories, both near Munich, which will also analyse the company’s other electromechanical products. “The equipment in the labs comprises high-voltage, stress and long-term testing stations, high-speed cameras, leakage testers and temperature simulators,” said the company. “If indicated, customers can book a visit to get support from technical experts if they have special ...