Two new optical modules for the Tektronix DSA8300 sampling oscilloscope offer the industry’s highest sensitivity and lowest noise, helpful for analyzing 400G designs moving into production. Tektronix also announced enhanced support for the latest 400G PAM4 TDECQ measurements with a software package optimized for 4 channel parallel processing for high throughput manufacturing test. “As 400G […]
Test and Measurement Tips
Testing and debugging the I2C digital data bus
“Bus” is an old term derived from conductive elements that are part of an electrical distribution system, generally referring to short specialized conductors separate from the overhead or underground cable. Typically, the old-style buses consist of bare copper bars, often having a rectangular cross-section, firmly mounted in an enclosure and capable of carrying current at […]
Device current waveform analyzer characterizes and validates up to 100-A power delivery network devices
The Keysight CX3300 is a solution that enables the characterization and validation of PDN for IoT/mobile devices quicker and more accurately. The ultra-low-noise, wide bandwidth and wide dynamic range performance of these new sensors (CX1104A and CX1105A), used with the CX3300 series now allows measurements at a wider range of dynamic current, from 1 μA […]
Automotive radar test gear verifies automotive radar systems technology
The Keysight E8740A Automotive Radar Signal Analysis and Generation Solution enables radar-based, advanced driver assistance systems to proactively detect and mitigate risks of collisions. The Keysight E8740A automotive radar signal analysis and generation solution leverages Keysight’s leadership in mmWave technology providing signal analysis from 3 Hz to 110 GHz in a continuous sweep. It performs […]
PXIe radio test set covers emerging land mobile radio, aerospace/defense military communications
The new Keysight M8920A PXIe Radio Test Set provides audio and RF frequency coverage from 100 kHz to 6 GHz and modulation bandwidth up to 160 MHz for generation and analysis of simple to complex waveforms used in emerging Land Mobile Radio (LMR) and aerospace and defense military communications (MilCom) applications. Keysight has partnered with […]
Measuring clock and oscillator frequency
A clock may refer to an oscillator that has been designed to provide a timing signal to facilitate operation of one or more synchronous processors. In contrast, asynchronous operation does not require a clock because each step initiates upon completion of a prior step. It is potentially faster than synchronous operation because there is not […]
Multi-device synchronization for lock-in amplifiers and arbitrary wave generators
A new Multi-device Synchronization function (MDS) allows multiple instruments to be connected together and controlled on one user-friendly interface. The MDS takes care of the synchronization of both the 10 MHz clock and the sampling rates of each connected instrument. Instead of using one multi-channel instrument, single instruments can be added as required and subsequently […]
Economical smartphone-based thermal cameras record up to 1,000 frames of full radiometric video
The Fotric 220 Series Thermal Cameras are infrared imaging devices that combine state-of-the-art infrared technology with smartphone capabilities. These cameras can record up to 1,000 frames of full radiometric video and capture temperature change processes in real time with a user-defined sampling rate of up to 5 frames/sec. Up to 640×480-pixel resolution is available and […]
Handheld power quality analyzer handles debugging tasks
The MPQ1000 handheld power quality analyzer has features which make it a good candidate for troubleshooting, compliance testing and energy audits. Auto CT identification eliminates potential errors caused by wrong CT range settings. The analyzer will automatically identify the CT and verify it is connected correctly. Users can also create their own company standard templates […]
Keysight Technologies, Samsung complete 5G interoperability tests
Keysight Technologies, Inc. says it has run successful inter-operability tests of its User Equipment (UE) Emulation Solution and Samsung’s new 5G base station based on 5G New Radio (NR) standards. Keysight and Samsung have agreed to align their plans to enable 5G base station testing and build an ecosystem of interoperable products. Combining Samsung’s product […]