Impulse testing requirements in the military
03 August, 2006
Testing equipment to ensure it meets military standards has a long history and is usually more demanding than tests carried out on other equipment. While this story looks at American-specific methods, the requirements in Australia would be similar
Signal source analyser
04 July, 2006 | Supplied by: Rohde & Schwarz (Australia) Pty Ltd
The characteristics of transmit and receive modules for radio transmissions are determined primarily by the phase noise of the oscillators in use.
Mixed-signal 'scopes speed FPGA debug
05 June, 2006 by Joel Woodward, Agilent Technologies | Supplied by: Keysight Technologies Australia Pty Ltd
Digital designers have long reached for an oscilloscope as the tool of first choice for debug. As FPGAs have become the centrepiece of digital design, the need to quickly debug systems that include programmable logic is stronger than ever
DPO4000 portable oscilloscopes
01 June, 2006 | Supplied by: NewTek Instruments Pty Ltd
Tektronix has released the DPO4000 digital phosphor oscilloscopes (DPOs), a portable series of models developed on a new generation platform.
MiniTemp portable infrared thermometer
02 May, 2006 | Supplied by: element14
The MiniTemp IR thermometer - a new way to solve common problems.
Contact thermometer
03 April, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.obiat.com.au/
The Fluke 50 Series II contact thermometers offer fast response and laboratory accuracy (0.05% + 0.3°C) in a rugged, handheld test tool.
Collaboration on virtual instrumentation
08 February, 2006
Electronics industry giants, National Instruments and Texas Instruments are collaborating with Spectrum Digital in the development of the TI C55X Power Optimisation DSP Starter Kit (DSK), a DSP design tool to offer designers incorporated test and measurement functionality.
Fluke acquires LEM
03 February, 2006
Fluke has acquired LEM Instruments, a division of LEM Group, a European manufacturer of test and measurement equipment including analysers and systems for power quality applications, earth/ground testers, insulation testers, low-resistance ohmmeters, clamp meters and clamp-on power meters. LEM also supplies current probes to the automotive market.
Instrument controller
09 January, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.ni.com/oceania/
Engineers now can use the National Instruments ExpressCard-GPIB controller for high-speed instrument control on a notebook computer.
Frequency analysis
09 January, 2006 | Supplied by: Pacific Satellite Pty Ltd
Caterpillar is a low-cost, handheld sweeping analyser designed for 802.11(b,a,g) Wi-Fi frequency and power measurements.
Panel meters, transducers
06 December, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.reltronics.com.au/
Reltronics has released a range of DIN rail mounted multifunction panel meters, transducers, transmitters and power meters for a variety of measurements including: V, A, W, VAR, Wh, VARh, pf, Hz, rpm, counter, ohm, J/K/T/E/S/R thermocouples, RTD, temperature, humidity and pulse.
Ground bond testers
06 December, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.westek.com.au
The range of Extech model 7300 ground bond safety testers is available with injection capability ranging from 30 to 60 A.
Design, control and test enhanced
06 December, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.ni.com/oceania/
National Instruments has announced LabVIEW 8, a major upgrade to its graphical development platform in design, control and test.
Digital manometer
04 October, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.techsci.com.au/
The Keller Leo-Record and Record Eex ia are compact digital instruments that measure both pressure and temperature.
Instrument winner
18 September, 2005
Anritsu has received the Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy Leadership in the combined markets for signal generators, vector network analysers and spectrum analysers. The award recognises that the company "demonstrated the most insight into customer needs and product demands" and met stringent criteria established by Frost & Sullivan's analyst team.
