EDN.com Test and Measurement Design Center News, in-depth tutorial feature articles, and Design Ideas published in EDN.com's Test and Measurement Design Center. en-us http://www.edn.com Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:21:48 PST Expandable 3.6-, 6-, and 13.5-GHz signal analyzers feature optional built-in generator http://www.edn.com/article/CA6721571?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Anritsu has introduced the MS2830A signal analyzers, which delivers best-in-class speed and accuracy, according to the manufacturer, over a frequency … Sponsored Link: See how Microsoft Dynamics ERP can fit your business http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;223098653;12103198;c?http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/210800073/direct/01/ Microsoft Dynamics ERP helps high-tech and electronics manufacturers implement flexible, customized and changeable business processes for high ROI. 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Broadband VNA systems accurately characterize RF devices’ nonlinear behavior http://www.edn.com/article/CA6719799?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Anritsu Co has introduced a nonlinear-measurement system comprising its VectorStar broadband VNA (vector-network-analyzer) hardware and software that … 8 billion-transfer/sec PCIe 3.0 test platform integrates new digital-test console http://www.edn.com/article/CA6717343?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Agilent Technologies has introduced a test platform that includes a digital-test console, which provides a complete integrated protocol analyzer and e … Accurate, handheld, 4- and 6-GHz, two-port VNAs integrate calibration http://www.edn.com/article/CA6716914?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Agilent Technologies’ new N9923A FieldFox 2-MHz to 4- and 6-GHz RF VNAs (vector-network analyzers) have 0.01-dB/°C measurement stability, th … Integration in the other direction http://www.edn.com/article/CA6715766?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Building your system with separate dice or separate chips may be a smart alternative to using SOCs. Affordable scope family now includes four-channel and 40-MHz models http://www.edn.com/article/CA6715722?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 LeCroy Corp has announced the expansion of its affordable WaveAce oscilloscope line to include four-channel models with bandwidths of 60, 100, 200, an … High-performance scopes provide 20-times boost in waveform-update rates http://www.edn.com/article/CA6715188?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Agilent Technologies recently announced the inclusion of faster PC hardware in its Infiniium 90000 Series oscilloscope family. High-performance scopes provide 20-times boost in waveform-update rates http://www.edn.com/article/CA6714229?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Agilent Technologies recently announced the inclusion of faster PC hardware in its Infiniium 90000 Series oscilloscope family. Anechoic chambers rise from the pits http://www.edn.com/article/CA6713703?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 The design, construction, and qualification of a chamber depend on the products it will test. Determine your IC's transient thermal behavior to prevent overheating http://www.edn.com/article/CA6713633?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Use Spice to determine the thermal time constants of the IC package. Analog FastSpice RF delivers noise analysis for RF circuits http://www.edn.com/article/CA6712668?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Berkeley Design Automation Inc has announced AFS RF (Analog FastSpice radio frequency), which Chief Operating Officer Paul Estrada calls the industry& … Reduce handset EMI to prevent receiver-desense problems http://www.edn.com/article/CA6711838?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 You can solve cell-phone EMI (electromagnetic-interference) problems with disciplined trouble-shooting techniques. The Hot 100 Electronic Products of 2009 http://www.edn.com/article/CA6711866?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 EDN’s editors offer up their annual list of the year's 100 most significant amplifiers, CPUs, ICs, LEDs, microcontrollers, vector netw … Avnet releases Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA evaluation and development kits http://www.edn.com/article/CA6705264?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 The Avnet Electronics Marketing operating group of Avnet Inc has announced the Xilinx Spartan-6 LX16 FPGA evaluation kit and Spartan-6 LX150T FPGA dev … Smooth operators communicating for communications test http://www.edn.com/article/CA6705250?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 LXI and PXI instruments and related software provide the synchronization necessary for making complex measurements, and they enable test automation in … Oscilloscope probe accessories—It's the little things that matter http://www.edn.com/article/CA6704367?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Probe accessories, including tips, caps, adapters, springs, positioners, clips, and hooks, can help you conveniently make accurate measurements. Implementation platform has two-times-faster throughput http://www.edn.com/article/CA6702286?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 At the Design Automation Conference, which took place in San Francisco in July, Synopsys Inc highlighted the latest release of its Galaxy Implementati … Tektronix spectrum analyzer reaches 20 GHz http://www.edn.com/article/CA6702284?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Tektronix has expanded the RSA6000 series of spectrum analyzers to include the RSA6120A, which extends top bandwidth from 14 to 20 GHz, making the ins … Agilent ADS channel simulator mode determines ultralow bit-error rate in seconds http://www.edn.com/article/CA6702836?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 The ADS channel simulator's new statistical mode supports the design and verification of high-speed, chip-to-chip data links found in most consumer an … High-performance MSOs feature 20-GHz analog bandwidth http://www.edn.com/article/CA6698530?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Tektronix has announced the MSO70000 series of MSOs (mixed-signal oscilloscopes), which it calls the first high-performance, integrated MSOs. RF-vector-signal generator combines high throughput, low phase noise http://www.edn.com/article/CA6700416?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Keithley Instruments has upgraded its RF-vector-signal-generator line with new capabilities that reduce signal-generation times and enhance signal qua … SuperSpeed USB test suite eliminates the need to integrate multiple suppliers’ system components http://www.edn.com/article/CA6699092?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 LeCroy Corp has introduced a single-source lineup of test instruments that comprehensively support the USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 standard. Signal analyzers outshine spectrum-analyzer cousins http://www.edn.com/article/CA6698011?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Agilent named its new N9000A CXA and N9030A PXA series of RF-measurement and -analysis instruments “signal analyzers” because the company … Onboard FPGAs enable high-performance ADC modules to analyze data at unprecedented speeds http://www.edn.com/article/CA6697248?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Agilent’s Acqiris product group recently announced three high-speed, high-accuracy, wide-dynamic-range, modular digitizers. Emulate SPI signals with a digital-I/O card http://www.edn.com/article/CA6694948?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=3930 Four I/O lines let you test microcontroller-based products.