Pickering Interfaces is a global leader in modular signal switching and simulation for automated test and measurement. Supporting aerospace, automotive, and semiconductor sectors, Pickering’s PXI, LXI, and USB-based solutions enable reliable electronics testing. The company innovates with software-configurable products and high-density switch matrices to meet evolving design complexity. Electronics Weekly covers Pickering news including product releases, technology updates, and strategic partnerships. With a focus on accuracy, reliability, and test efficiency, Pickering empowers engineers to validate designs faster and reduce time to market. Stay updated on how Pickering’s innovations contribute to robust testing infrastructures across critical global electronics applications.
Test System Architect is a graphical toolset developed for signal path design and deployment by signal switching and simulation specialist, Pickering Interfaces. The toolset is available free of charge and can be used to design, confiture and visualise test architectures, explained Kyle Voosen, product marketing manager at Pickering Interfaces. Voosen said that the challenge faced by many customers today is ...
Pickering announced a coaxial RF reed relay with a 4.9 x 4.9mm footprint this week at Productronica. The format, which is through-hole and stands 15.5mm above the PCB, is part of the company’s ‘125’ series, originally launched last year in two-pole single-throw normally-open (‘2 form A) format, aimed at automated test equipment. Equipped with mu metal shielding, the relays can ...
Pickering Interfaces has turned to mems relays from Menlo Micro for a PXI fault insertion tester that can simulate issues in high-speed Ethernet protocols up to MultiGBASE-T1. “Capability limitations mean that the high-speed bandwidth requirements of the latest MultiGBASE-T1 protocols cannot be supported with reed relays or electromechanical relays, dictating the use of mems switches,” Pickering product manager Steven Edwards. ...
Pickering Interfaces of Clacton-on-Sea, the specialist in modular signal switching and simulation for electronic test and verification, has expanded its range of standard COTS LXI microwave switching solutions. Five new RFIU families provide the building blocks required to address a vast number of demanding RF testing applications. “The new additions to our LXI microwave switching portfolio migrate RFIU functionality previously ...
Pickering Interfaces has announced a family of 1,200V programmable resistor modules in a single-slot PXI or PXIe form factor. 40-230 is the PXI series, and 42-230 boards have a PXIe interface* – there are 70 board in total. “The 40/42-230 programmable resistor module plays a role in simulating real-world resistive loads and fault conditions for devices-under-test such as electric vehicle ...
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 ...
Pickering Electronics has introduced a single-in-line reed relay family that mounts on a 0.25inch pitch while switching 80W or 2A. Called Series 144, they feature sputtered ruthenium contacts so they can switch at high power and low-level signals. There is also an internal mu-metal screen to eliminate magnetic interaction between closely stacked devices. Maximum carry current is 3A in all ...
Pickering Electronics had added a single-in-line reed relay which can stand-off 5kV and switch 1.5kV to its Series 104. Inside is a single-pole normally-open contact (‘1 Form A’). Footprint is 6.22 x 24.1mm, and the relays stand 8.1mm tall above the PCB. “This is particularly advantageous where a compact design is essential, as the devices can stack at just 6.35mm,” ...
Pickering Electronics, has announced its first high voltage surface mount reed relays known as the Series 219. Available in multiple package types (of the same size, but with differing pin positions), these reed relays can switch up to 1000V in 1 Form A (SPST), 2 Form A (DPST), and 1 Form B (SPNC) contact configurations; switch stand-off is up to ...
Pickering Electronics will introduce a series of surface-mount >1kV reed relays at Productronica in Munich next week. Series 219 reed relays “can effortlessly switch up to 1kV, and are the only surface mount high voltage relays available in the market in 2 Form A and 1 Form B packages”, according to the company. Some details are available now: stand-off is ...
