EE-Evaluation Engineering articles from January 2007

EE-Evaluation Engineering archives from January 2007

No more dead batteries?(EDITORIAL)
January 1, 2007... Many people find it most frustrating when they discover their cell phone's battery is discharged and they are unable to place a single call. Or they forgot to recharge their iPod[TM] and now can't listen to a single tune. Remembering to connect...

Agilent to acquire Acqiris.(In The News)
January 1, 2007... Agilent Technologies and Acqiris SA have signed an agreement for Agilent to acquire the privately held company that produces high-speed digitizers and analyzers used in commercial, industrial, and government electronics markets. Acqiris...

Consortium releases LXI Standard 1.1.(In The News)
January 1, 2007... The LXI Consortium recently approved and released Revision 1.1 of the LXI Standard. In addition to clarification of language, the standard now includes a section on the use of non-LXI devices within LXI-based systems. Section 15 Hybrid Systems...

Semiconductor Test Consortium to encompass entire test process.(In The News)
January 1, 2007... The Semiconductor Test Consortium, the leading proponent of worldwide adoption of Open Architecture, has launched an initiative for developing ATE peripheral interface standards. It will treat ATE as a black box, enabling greater portability of...

Deep-memory analyzers address PCI Express.(Product Briefing)
January 1, 2007... The 16900 Logic Analyzer line has been expanded with a new modular mainframe, two 68-channel logic analyzer modules, and applications for developers of PCI Express and Altera FPGAs. The two-slot 16901A Mainframe comes with a 15-inch display and...

PXI products developed for hybrid test systems.(Product Briefing)
January 1, 2007... The KPXI line of PXI products is designed for high-speed automated production testing as part of a hybrid test system using distributed programming and concurrent execution. All the products include software examples and drivers that work with...

Compliance Test Solution offers intuitive GUI.(Product Briefing)
January 1, 2007... QualiPHY[TM] is a hardware and software serial data compliance solution designed for data applications such as SATA, FB-DIMM, UWB, ENET, USB, PCI Express, SAS, and HDMI. It provides an automated test tool for developing and validating the...

Enhanced generators feature digital modulation.(Product Briefing)
January 1, 2007... Upgraded models in the Wonder Wave Arbitrary Waveform/Function Generators Series are the 250-MS/s single-channel WW2571A, the 250-MS/s dual-channel WW2572A, and the 1.2-GS/s single-channel WW1281A. They now feature a digital pulse generator...

Signal Source Analyzers measure three domains.(Product Briefing)
January 1, 2007... The Wavecrest SSA-20 and SSA-50 Signal Source Analyzers measure in three domains: frequency, amplitude and time. They use industry-familiar terminology and visually recognizable plots and translate results from any one of the three domains to...

EE readers select 2006's best products.(READERS' CHOICE AWARDS)
January 1, 2007... Thank you to our many readers who took time from their busy schedules to select the best products published in EE during 2006. For the 12th consecutive year, we asked our readers to vote for the most outstanding from among the many products...

Another one rides the bus.(DATA ACQUISITION)
January 1, 2007... Data acquisition systems are available based upon a huge variety of interfaces. Ethernet, PCI, USB, PXI, PCI Express, Firewire, CompactFlash, and even the venerable GPIB, RS-232/485, and ISA bus are all popular. Which ones are the most...

Taking a signal to bits.(OSCILLOSCOPES)
January 1, 2007... A displacement or error referenced to a signal's ideal timing is called jitter. For example, if the positive-going edges of a clock signal are used as the timing reference for a digital circuit, then any deviation of the actual clock edges from...

How best to measure SSC on data.(COMMUNICATIONS TEST)
January 1, 2007... Spread spectrum clocking (SSC) is used in many computer interfaces such as PCI Express and Serial ATA to improve the EMI performance of the interface. It takes the form of frequency modulation (FM) of the data clock. This has the effect of...

Vibration testing shakes things up.(VIBRATION TEST)
January 1, 2007... Vibration testing helps to predict how well a product will withstand its intended service or transportation environment. Some new vibration controllers have the capability to replicate data recorded while the product is being used. For example,...

Test Labs/Services Buyers Guide.(Directory)
January 1, 2007... EE's 38th annual Test Labs/Services Buyers Guide is a comprehensive, up-to-date listing of the companies that offer testing and consulting services to the electronics industry. The guide is arranged in two sections. First is a...

Vanishing point.(EMC SHIELDING)
January 1, 2007... Some older engineers actually took a course in mechanical drafting that used triangles, T-squares, and holders with different grades of lead (graphite). Sketching 3-D drawings of boxes, cylinders, machinery, electric motors, and components was...

Electrostatic discharge Gun.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
January 1, 2007... The new KES4021 ESD Gun generates accurate waveforms conforming to IEC 61000-4-2 and ISO10605 standards; discharge voltage is up to [+ or -]30 kV. The current waveform is only small ringing and correct first peak, second peak. Repeatable ESD...

Mass InterConnect Solutions.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
January 1, 2007... The Mass InterConnect Solutions Product Catalog simplifies how you configure a Mass InterConnect Solution. Exploded views for each product family quickly identify the necessary components to complete your Mass InterConnect Solution. It provides...

Test and measurement.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
January 1, 2007... Keithley's 2007 Product Catalog contains more than 400 pages of state-of-the-art products and tips on how to: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Choose the most effective solution for your application. * Increase productivity and lower your...