Test & Measurement

Advantest is aiming at software-based functional testing and USB/PCIe scan testing of ICs with USB and PCIe ‘Link Scale’ digital channel cards for its V93000 Smart Scale or V93000 EXA Scale Systems. USB version “Many of today’s complex SoCs, microprocessors, graphics processors and AI accelerators incorporate high-speed digital interfaces such as USB or PCIe.,” according to the company. “The Link Scale ...

Netherlands-based Delta Elektronika has added a 210V variant to its SM15K family of 15kW bi-directional power supplies. Fitting into a 3U rack slot and called SM210-CP-150, its output is bounded (curve below) by 15kW maximum power, +210V maximum voltage and ±150A maximum current. Within its range it can output:  210V, ±71.5A 150V, ±100A 100V, ±150A Up to 20 can be paralleled ...

Comarch’s role in the certification organization environment For 28 years, Comarch has helped clients of major Polish and international brands reach higher productivity thanks to implementing innovative IT solutions. We are a company with a strong technical background and global presence. We generate USD 380 million revenue, employ 6500 experts, have 57 subsidiaries and affiliates, and operate in 100 countries. ...

Drivers and vehicles now rely more heavily on Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). While the use of systems such as radar and lidar will be important here, ADAS in vehicles also relies heavily on high-quality video imagery. As vehicles become more autonomous, the quality of these video streams will be more important. From a design aspect, high-speed video link design ...

Fuel cell control systems will need to be highly sophisticated if the technology is going to find its way into transport, according to German hydrogen and fuel cell research centre ZBT, which is developing it for trucks and busses. In hydrogen fuel cells, hydrogen is fed to the anode while air is fed to the cathode. An anode catalyst, typically ...

Laser measurement can calibrate a precision microphone as well as traditional techniques, according to the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Such calibration is required in standards laboratories so that the microphones in sound-level meters and hearing aid testers, for example, can be set-up at the other end of the calibration chain. Traditional ‘comparison calibrations’ (see below) involve ...

Anritsu has announced an option to activate simultaneous dual-port 400G Ethernet measurement for its MT1040A Network Master Pro tester. Activation is purchased as MT1040A-020, which will also enable measurment of four channels of 100Gbit Ethernet. To function, the tester has to be equipped with a pair of 400G modules – either MU104014A or MU104014A-33 (see table below). “As a result, since ...

Adlink had launched its first server-grade PXIe controller, built around Intel’s 9th generation Xeon E-2276ME and up to 64Gbyte of DDR4 2,400MHz memory. Called PXIe-3988, it is aimed particularly at the test and measurement market, and has data interfaces for various generations of test equipment. The processor’s six 2.8GHz cores run up to 12 threads for multi-tasking, and main interface ...

Upgrades to linked processing markers, Microsoft Word reporting and J1939 multi-frame support are amongst the improvements in version 2021.4 of DewesoftX, the software that runs alongside Dewesoft’s data acquisition hardware. Linked processing markers: FFT markers available on the 2D graph widget now have dedicated marker output channels allowing for the export and analysis of marker readings. New marker functionalities have been ...

Panasonic has installed a 185kW solar array on its headquarters building in Ottobrunn near Munich. Constructed by Vispiron Energy, the array consists of 570 Panasonic HIT N 325 photovoltaic modules, each rated at 325W and installed east-west at 10° elevation. Total area is 900m2. 13 tonnes of material were applied to the roof, including mountings from K2 Systems, producing ~20kg/m2 loading which ...