EE-Evaluation Engineering articles from June 2005

EE-Evaluation Engineering archives from June 2005

New family of high power low-noise switching DC power supplies.(Advertisement)
June 1, 2005... Models VSP6020, VSP2050, VSP4030, VSP12010 B+K Precision[R] is introducing the VSP line of power supplies which utilizes new switch mode technology to provide as much as 1.2 kilowatts into a 19-inch rackable enclosure. [ILLUSTRATION...

Single output programmable DC power supply.(Advertisement)
June 1, 2005... Model 9120 Model 9120 power supply is designed to meet the needs of today's applications in R & D design verification, university labs, production testing, and other applications that reQuire clean/reliable power and excellent performance....

31.5 MHz function/arbitrary waveform generator.(Advertisement)
June 1, 2005... Model 4071 Model 4071 offers a number of operating modes, providing a versatile, cost-effective signal source. Model 4071 is ideal for use by engineers, technicians, circuit designers and scientists in a wide variety of applications...

0-32V, 0-6A digital readout DC Power Supply w/RS232 interface.(Advertisement)
June 1, 2005... Model 1788 Model 1788 is a Programmable DC Power Supply that offers new levels of "ease of use" and programmable functionality. Direct key in entry makes voltage and current selection fast, accurate and easy. In case calibration allows for...

300W Programmable DC Electronic Load.(Advertisement)
June 1, 2005... Model 8500 The model 8500 is an affordable full-featured Programmable Electronic DC Load with a high degree of accuracy and great display resolution. They are great units for DC Power Supply and DC-DC Converter testing and calibration....

Universal device programmer with USB interface.(Advertisement)
June 1, 2005... Model 866 The 866 is a universal device programmer with an extensive device library that is constantly updated. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Over 12438 supported devices (9734 device supported via USB interface) as of 5/27/04 *...

B+K precision[R] introduces 8.5 GHz handheld spectrum analyzer.(Advertisement)
June 1, 2005... Model 2658 Model 2658 is a compact, lightweight and inexpensive handheld spectrum analyzer designed to analyze the "new wave" of wireless signals, including GPS, 802.11A, 3G, ultrawideband, and WiMax. It is ideal for testing many "high...

Sending your kids to hacker school.(EDITORIAL)
June 1, 2005... Why would any parents welcome the opportunity to send their kids to a school for hackers? Who in their right mind would be happy to learn that their kid had created a program enabling thousands and thousands of unsuspecting computers to be...

Aeroflex purchases JcAIR Test Systems.(In The News)
June 1, 2005... Aeroflex, a designer, developer, and manufacturer of automated testing solutions and microelectronics for the aerospace, defense, and broadband communications markets, has acquired JcAIR Test Systems from Goodrich. JcAIR provides customized...

ADLINK joins LXI Consortium.(In The News)
June 1, 2005... ADLINK Technology, an embedded computing company that provides PXI modules and platforms, has joined the LXI Consortium as an associate member. The consortium promotes the development and adoption of the LAN-based eXtensions for Instrumentation...

Sypris adds EMI/EMC testing.(In The News)
June 1, 2005... Sypris Test & Measurement, a subsidiary of Sypris Solutions, has increased its suite of testing and calibration services with electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing capabilities. The new services are...

STC collaborates with IEEE Committee.(In The News)
June 1, 2005... The Semiconductor Test Consortium (STC) recently announced its support of the IEEE Standard Test Interface Language (STIL) Committee, an industry consortium of IC producers and ATE manufacturers committed to defining a focused standard for test...

Device turns PDAs into customized tools.(Product Briefing)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The NI CF-6004 is a hand-held 14-b multifunction data acquisition device that plugs directly into a Type II CompactFlash slot available on many PDAs. It provides four lines of digital I/O for controlling and measuring LVTTL or LVCMOS signals...

Tabletop unit combines test capabilities.(Product Briefing)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The Compact Pro[TM] Tester provides functional and combinational test capabilities with 43 instrument cards and several power options that can be reconfigured for different UUT/DUT types/variants to identify defects early in the build process....

System tests processes at the 65-nm node.(Product Briefing)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The S510 is a fully automated, multichannel parallel reliability test system for ULSI CMOS processes at the 65-nm node and beyond. It also can be used for production wafer-level reliability monitoring or as a lab parametric test system....

Memory Tester supports high-speed devices.(Product Briefing)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The Model T5372 Memory Tester reduces wafer test time for dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double-data-rate (DDR)-SDRAM, flash-memory, and other general-purpose memory chips as well as for multichip packages and...

DSO Series features large color display.(Product Briefing)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The DSO3000 Series of four portable DSOs offers bandwidths of 60, 100, 150, and 200 MHz; two channels with 4k memory per channel; a color 5.7-inch dual time base display; and a 1-GS/s maximum sample rate. For debugging, each scope comes...

PXI/cPCI DMM supplies 100 readings/s.(Product Briefing)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The SMX2055 PXI/cPCI DMM features 5 1/2 digits of resolution, a dynamic range of [+ or -]240,000 counts, and >100 readings/s. It has two-wire and four-wire resistance measurements with six ranges from 240 [ohm] to 24 M[ohm], DCV input...

Ensuring constrained electron flow: verifying that a wire goes from A to B is easy. With hundreds of As and Bs, maybe you need a cable tester.(CABLE/HARNESS TEST)
June 1, 2005... Cable/harness testing addresses safety, maintenance, and manufacturing quality issues across many industries. For the cable manufacturer, the most basic of these is ensuring that the correct cable has been built. Modern computer-based testers...

Fast scanning tester.(Cable/Harness Test Products)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The PC-based Model M3 CableEye[R] Cable/Harness Tester now has a USB interface that improves scanning speed and simplifies setup. The tester provides resistance measurements from 0.3 [ohm] to 10 M[ohm], expandability to 2,072 test points, and...

Distributed test system.(Cable/Harness Test Products)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The Model 2650.MTA Modular Test Analyzer can be deployed as a traditional centralized test system or a distributed system with switching electronics located near the UUT. A maximum of 1,500 test points are possible in 100-point increments,...

Automatic test system.(Cable/Harness Test Products)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The PC-controlled Omni2530 Cable Tester provides 1-[ohm] to 1-M[ohm] continuity testing using from 10-mA to 1-A stimulus and 1-M[ohm] to 1-G[ohm] IR testing with 28 to 2,000 VDC. The switching matrix is composed of relay-based 30-point cards,...

Combined low-/high-voltage tester.(Cable/Harness Test Products)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The PC-based Series 90HV Cable Tester/Analyzer provides low-voltage solid-state switching for component and continuity testing from 0.1 [ohm] to 1 k[ohm]. Insulation resistance measurement from 5 M[ohm] to 1,000 M[ohm] and dielectric strength...

Large backplane tester.(Cable/Harness Test Products)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The modular architecture of the Model TP2101 Test System is based on 128-point plug-in modules that support expansion up to 196,608 points in the standard system. For continuity testing, the resistance threshold can be set from 1 [ohm] to 100...

Modular switch matrix.(Cable/Harness Test Products)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The Model 948i High-Voltage Switching System provides up to 48 channels of 10-kVDC or 5-kVAC dielectric testing when driven by the manufacturer's Model 944i Hipot Test Instrument. Multiple switching units can be combined to increase the...

Micro-open analyzer.(Cable/Harness Test Products)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The Model MPT-SCAN Interconnect Analyzer enables continuous and simultaneous monitoring of circuit connections during vibration and thermal environmental stress testing. Each point is sampled at a 100-kS/s rate, guaranteeing capture of...

Hazardous-duty tester.(Cable/Harness Test Products)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The RTS is an intrinsically safe, environmentally sealed circuit analyzer. It is scaleable to 128,000 points via expansion units that each address from 128 to 1,152 points and may be distributed around the UUT with up to 200 ft between units....

Scanning hipot tester.(Cable/Harness Test Products)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2005... The HypotULTRA III Tester provides up to 5 kVAC at 30 mA or 5 kVDC at 10 mA for DWV testing and from 50 to 1,000 VDC for IR tests with a resistance range of 50 k[ohm] to 50,000 M[ohm]. Optional switching is available internally with four- and...

PXI addresses new HIL applications: explore the many options available today for developing advanced, processor-intensive HIL applications.(PC-BASED TEST)
June 1, 2005... The implementation of hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) applications traditionally has required custom software and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). The long development cycles, lack of I/O connectivity, and required processing power...

A 10,000-foot drop test: one test is worth a thousand expert opinions.(ENVIRONMENTAL TEST)
June 1, 2005... A large aerospace company designed a structure that was to be dropped from several miles up in the atmosphere and free fall to the ground. The company's engineers had theorized what the 6-degree-of-freedom (6 DOF) motion characteristics of the...

Traveling in the PCI Express lane: do you know where your traffic is? Serial protocol analyzers easily locate bits, bytes, packets, and headers.(PROTOCOL ANALYZERS)(Cover Story)
June 1, 2005... To win a trade-magazine design challenge, Ted needed to list 15 high-speed buses in order of popularity. He had just started when Joanne dropped by. She explained that specific application requirements, speed, compatibility with legacy systems,...

Low-voltage measurement techniques: a three-point-delta method provides more accurate resistance measurements in low-voltage applications.(LOW-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT)
June 1, 2005... Electronic components are continuing to shrink as consumers demand faster, more feature-rich products in ever-smaller form factors. Because of their small sizes, these electronic components usually have limited power-handling capability. As a...

Using reliability growth to aid qualification testing: follow a real product through MIL-STD-810E testing to see how reliability growth contributes to a successful design.(RELIABILITY GROWTH)
June 1, 2005... Despite the continuing push for commercial off the shelf (COTS) items, many products still are designed from their inception to be flight qualified. When the intended platform is a fighter aircraft, the environmental tests are understandably...

Inspection Buyers Guide.(Directory)
June 1, 2005... EE's annual Inspection Buyers Guide is a comprehensive, up-to-date listing of the companies that provide inspection equipment or related products. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The guide is arranged in two sections. First is a product/company...

Testing UWB, Part 2: learn more about UWB testing procedures and the latest developments issued by ruling bodies from around the world.(EMC TEST)
June 1, 2005... Ultrawideband (UWB) technology provides low-cost communications and measurement capabilities for a number of applications including short-range data exchange in excess of 100 Mb/s, imaging through walls and into the ground, and automotive speed...

Horn Antenna.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... The AHA-118 Active Horn Antenna has an integrated preamplifier with a 25-dB nominal gain that improves noise performance for EMI emissions testing systems. The preamplifier is connected to antenna using an ng cable. The combination long cable,...

EMC test equipment.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... A.H. Systems manufactures a complete line of individually calibrated EMC test antennas, preamplifiers, current probes and low-loss high-frequency cables. We also provide tripods and accessories to complete your testing requirements and offer...

Generator and measuring instruments.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... The Tabor Electronics 2005 catalog provides complete specifications for the entire span of instruments, including waveform, generators, amplifiers, and timer-counters. Also available are a short-form catalog and a brochure describing the new...

Military testers.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... EMC-Partner's new military testers brochure provides information about the company's test solutions to meet the latest transient test requirements around the world. It provides information about our solutions for testing to surge, ESD, and EMP...

Laboratory-grade power supply.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... Kepco's KLP HYPERBOLIC POWER[TM] is a new laboratory-grade power supply in which the voltage/current limits are automatically recalculated, forming a constant-power hyperbolic-shaped boundary between the voltage and current modes. This curve...

Programmable Switching.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... Programmable Switching Systems for ATE and communications. LAN, telephony, digital, fiber-optic, microwave, and RF systems. GPIB-, RS-232-, or LAN-controlled. Matrices or multiplexers. Automate production, lab, or environmental test....

Test cables.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... For any application from high-performance flexible interconnects for microwave systems to rugged everyday test leads, Micro-Coax's UTiFLEX[R] flexible microwave cables are an excellent choice. Combining extremely low loss, phase stability, and...

Mobile data acquisition.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... CEC's mobile data acquisition devices feature a pdaDAQ/100 with four SE A/D inputs at 50-kHz sampling and eight digital I/O channels. This cradle device interfaces with Palm Tungsten PDAs and is a LabVIEW target. The bt/100 has similar features...

Adhesives and sealants.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... Master Bond Inc., Hackensack, NJ, manufactures more than 3,000 grades of adhesives, sealants, and coatings. Line consists of epoxies, anaerobics, cyanoacrylates, silicones, and acrylics. One- and two-part systems are available. Master Bond...

InterConnects.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... The G12 Mass InterConnect from VPC offers 12-connector module positions in a low-profile solution for rapid connectivity between instrumentation and devices under test. With multiple interconnect options in a modular, reconfigurable interface...

Measurement tutorials.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... Eleven of Keithley Instruments' most popular online seminars have been compiled on one CD, "Making Measurements with Confidence." These tutorials offer practical techniques for obtaining the most accurate and precise measurements possible. To...

Data Acquisition Systems.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... BLUECAT[R] New Horizons[R] in Data Acquisition Systems features 96 Dilbert Cartoons and 136+ pages of products ranging from data acquisition cards and systems, web-enabled devices, signal conditioners; multifunction; portable dataloggers;...

USB data acquisition.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... Acquire and log data in minutes with new USB DAQ devices with free ready-to-run datalogging software and driver software for LabVIEW included. The hardware has all the functionality to acquire and generate analog signals, read and write digital...

Honeycomb Filter.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... Spira's NEW Shielded Air Vent Honeycomb Filters, featuring a revolutionary patented process, provide consistent, reliably high levels of shielding while allowing cooling air to penetrate an electrical equipment cabinet. This design guide...

ESD tile.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... LG Static Pulse removes static charges in any work environment. Available in conductive and dissipative ranges, Static Pulse complies with ASTM 150 and ESD S 7.1-2005. Produced in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility utilizing an ISO 9001...

Control and test products.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... Unique control and test products to make your life easier. USB-RS-232/422/485/I2C, easyRadio modules, PC scope adapters, USB bus and logic analyzers. USB and FATfile Ics, USB temp/humidity loggers, USB-to-I/O, wireless control, instant digital...

AC sources.(LITERATURE MARKETPLACE)
June 1, 2005... Compact and easy-to-use, Chroma's product line of high-speed and high-performance AC sources automate power emissions and immunity standards with its unique combination of high inrush current, 16-bit readback accuracy, and waveform...