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Wideband RF signal analyzer gets combined with streaming recorder
The RSA7100B wideband RF signal analyzer and streaming recorder targets engineers working on the latest wideband designs in communications, radar, and electronic warfare. The solution offers more than...
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Fixed-load VNA kits support up to 50 GHz calibration capability
A new series of short-open-load-through (SOLT) calibration kits are designed for use in lab, test and measurement, and RF and Microwave production test applications. Fairview’s expansion of its VNA...
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Data streaming/visualization platform works with logging, 6.5-digit DMMs
A native integration mates the Keithley DAQ6510 and DMM6500 instruments with Initial State, an loT dashboard for data streaming and visualization for world-class, remote data access. Keithley and...
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NI CEO: COVID-19 on day one
NI CEO Eric Starkloff’s first decision was what to do about COVID-19 the night before he took over on February 1, 2020. Since then, he’s seen the opportunities in communications resulting from the...
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Microphone power modules target sound pressure level measurements
The GRAS 12BA and 12BB Microphone Power Modules areaimed at engineers who need to power CCP measurement microphones and would like seamless integration of microphone sensitivity data via TEDS. These...
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Kit verifies isolation effectiveness of RF shielded enclosures
The JRE TVK Isolation Tester can help verify the proper shielding isolation of RF enclosure test set-ups. This test combination, consisting of the STA-1, a sensitive handheld spectrum analyzer, and the...
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Portable, battery-operated dc calibrator offers lab-level accuracy
The XiTRON 2000 series is for metrologists who need superior accuracy and portability when calibrating thermocouple, pressure, flow and dc instrumentation. Delivering laboratory-level accuracy in a...
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Raspberry Pi for DAQ
Though they are more closely associated with the maker space, Raspberry Pi boards can be effective at handling stringent industrial measurements. Steve Radecky, Measurement Computing Corp. Originally...
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Instrument monitors optical fiber Bragg grating sensors in static and dynamic...
A new optical interrogator, the MXFS, provides stability against external influences and a high-sensor capacity of 128 channels per device, making it a candidate for use among engineers carrying out...
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DIO card completes PCIe instrument family
Spectrum instrumentation’s family of PCIe instrument cards also includes digitizers and waveform generators. Automated test systems often need to generate and measure analog signals. They often need to...
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What’s all this VNA calibration stuff?
In general, the electrical characteristics of circuits associated with high-frequency instruments vary significantly with time. Signal sources, receivers, and interconnections drift with vibrations,...
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Dual-channel digitizers provide synchronous 3.2 GS/sec, 12-bit sampling on...
A new dual-channel digitizer provides synchronous 3.2 GS/sec, 12-bit sampling on each channel. This means no data needs to be lost, even when the card is acquiring data with both channels running at...
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Automotive data logger captures multiple data streams simultaneously
The X2E XORAYA Z7 Automotive Datalogger can record data from multiple different automotive bus systems simultaneously. All data is logged with a precise, central timestamp with 100-nsec resolution and...
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Test data analysis software includes Python interface, supports multi-core PC...
The new version of data analysis software imc FAMOS 2022 from manufacturer imc Test & Measurement, a brand of Axiometrix Solutions, now integrates a Python interface and supports parallel...
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What to look for during instrument calibration
When you send an instrument to a calibration lab, what do you expect to happen? The comprehensive definition of calibration is a verification of instrument specifications by measuring actual...
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Traceability and the hierarchy of calibration
Advances in the science of measurement are simplifying the task of accurately quantifying uncertainty. Michael Brown, Fluke Calibration Accurate measurements are critical to every aspect of our lives;...
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Calibrators ease the DMM workload
The 5560A from Fluke Calibration lets you calibrate DMMs to 6½. Other models handle fewer digits. Fluke 5560A multifunction calibrator calibrates 6½-digit DMMs Calibration labs, whether internal to a...
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Functional tester covers bench, production, and service applications
The midUTS from Bloomy contains a multimeter, data-acquisition, switching, and power supplies for testing boards and systems. Automating tests — whether for bench testing new designs, in production, or...
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What is GPIB and is it obsolete?
The bus, codified as the IEEE 488 standard, continues to find use in legacy test-system upgrades and in calibration labs. The General-Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) began life as the Hewlett-Packard...
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EE World’s 2023 T&M Handbook is now available
For 2023, the digital version features 11 technical articles that cover test from signal integrity on the bench to automated test on the production floor. Test & measurement covers every aspect of...
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The factors of accurate measurements
All measurements need reliable, accurate equipment that’s traceable to worldwide standards. Without that, measurements have no value. From ensuring product quality in a factory to safety to letting...
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Emerson acquires NI: There goes another one
NI will now join the long list of T&M companies whose names we’ll see only online, on eBay, and at electronics flea markets. Product names such as LabVIEW should live on. This week, Emerson...
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Calibrator automates oscilloscope calibrations on four channels
Fluke’s 9500C oscilloscope calibrator with remote heads streamlines oscilloscope calibration from the front panel and through PC software. If you’ve ever calibrated an oscilloscope or watched a...
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The difference between signal under-sampling, aliasing, and folding
Most engineers today are sensitive to problems that arise when digital measurement instruments try to capture signals containing frequencies that are too high for the sampling circuitry to handle....
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USB DAQ system reaches 20-bit resolution
The mioDAQ from NI has two 20-bit and two 16-bit flavors. Analog outputs come with two or four, with 16-bit DIO and counters. USB data-acquisition (DAQ) devices have been on the market for many years...
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