The Bluetooth Vanguard now includes features that address the recent, rapid evolution of Bluetooth technology and related development complexities, including feature additions for Wi-Fi and WPAN coexistence analysis. Vanguard is an all-in-one, fully integrated system supporting wideband (all channels) capture and analysis of Bluetooth Classic (BR/EDR), Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), plus concurrent Wi-Fi 3×3 11ac, […]
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2×2 MIMO software helps measure IEEE802.11ac WLAN equipment in real-world settings
Anritsu Co. has come out with 2×2 MIMO Measurement Software MX886200A-010 that extends the measurement capability of its Wireless Connectivity Test Set MT8862A. With the software installed, the MT8862A is said to be the world’s first solution that supports output signal quality, transmit power, receiver sensitivity, and 2×2 MIMO measurements on IEEE802.11ac WLAN equipment under […]
VIDEO: Time Domain Display Items in the Tektronix MDO3000 Series Oscilloscope
Time domain items are in the oscilloscope display are listed with explanations. Hi once more and welcome to our 90th Test and Measurement Video. Today’s topic is the Tektronix MDO3000 Series Oscilloscope, and items that appear in its time domain display. To illustrate, we accessed a ramp waveform from the arbitrary function generator and fed […]
Former Verizon, NBCUniversal Exec Canter Joins London’s Massive Interactive
Massive Interactive, a London-based UX vendor for the OTT video industry, has tapped former Verizon and NBCUniversal executive Chip Canter as global chief revenue officer, as the company aims to grow its U.S. operations. Based out of Massive’s New York office, Canter will head up the vendor’s global sales, business development and marketing growth initiatives, […]
Infrared cameras include Matlab, LabVIEW plug-ins
New Fluke RSE300 and RSE600 Infrared Cameras are said to be the first fully-radiometric, fixed-mount cameras from Fluke with advanced features including Matlab and LabVIEW software plug-ins to easily analyze thermal data. The RSE300 and RSE600 cameras continuously stream up-to-60 frames of data per second, allowing for detailed monitoring of temperature patterns and variances. With […]
Indian environmental lab gets new automated remote functional test system
An Automated Remote Functional Test System for Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division(SED)’s environmental testing lab in Bengaluru, India is based on AMETEK VTI Instruments’ FlexSys Series of common core automated test equipment (ATE) solutions. The test system was envisaged, designed, developed, integrated and tested by AMETEK engineers based in India. Prior to the development of […]
How to use oscilloscopes with integrated test instrumentation
Many manufacturers have in recent years have introduced oscilloscopes with integrated test instrumentation. This means that the smaller and lighter oscilloscope enclosure actually houses about five additional test instruments. An example is the Tektronix MDO3000 Series which includes a digital voltmeter, arbitrary function generator, spectrum analyzer, logic analyzer, and protocol analyzer. All this integrated test […]
Ultra-high precision, PCIe digitizer card hits 125 Msps on up to 16 channels
An ultra-high precision, PCIe digitizer card called the DN2.59x digitizerNETBOX series has state-of-the-art, 16-bit ADC technology to deliver 256 times more resolution than the usual 8-bit technology. The range includes models that offer 4, 8 and 16 channels and a choice of sampling rates up to 125 MegaSamples per second on each channel. Typical applications […]
Single-carrier 300 GHz wireless link transmits 100 Gb/sec via new IEEE 802.15.3d standard
A single-carrier wireless link operating at a 100 Gb/sec data rate used advanced data coding, terahertz photonics, and wideband and linear devices to enable ultra-fast wireless connections in the 252 – 325 GHz band per the recently published IEEE 802.15.3d standard. The demonstration was devised by instrument maker Tektronix Inc. and IEMN, a major French […]
Field testers will now support eCPRI and RoE standards
New firmware will let Network Master Pro MT1000A equipment now support 100 Gbps with Ethernet Common Public Radio Interface (eCPRI) and IEEE 1914.3 Radio over Ethernet (RoE), as well as high-accuracy delay measurement functions. With the new firmware installed, the MT1000A can be used by mobile operators, communication network installation companies, and communications equipment vendors […]