The Avnet Electronics Marketing operating group of Avnet Inc has announced the Xilinx Spartan-6 LX16 FPGA evaluation kit and Spartan-6 LX150T FPGA development kit. Both kits support the new FMC (FPGA-mezzanine-card)-expansion standard, which enables the addition of add-on modules and customization when working with FPGAs.
Tektronix has expanded the RSA6000 series of spectrum analyzers to include the RSA6120A, which extends top bandwidth from 14 to 20 GHz, making the instrument suitable for applications operating at 12 to 18 GHz.
At the Design Automation Conference, which took place in San Francisco in July, Synopsys Inc highlighted the latest release of its Galaxy Implementation Platform, which, the company claims, delivers two-times-faster design implementation and sign-off throughput by leveraging multicore performance and MCMM (multicorner/multimode) technologies.
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 and enterprise digital products produced today.
Keithley Instruments has upgraded its RF-vector-signal-generator line with new capabilities that reduce signal-generation times and enhance signal quality. In contrast with competitive generators, which typically force users to choose between best signal quality and maximum test throughput, the Model 2920A combines both capabilities in the same instrument.
Agilent named its new N9000A CXA and N9030A PXA series of RF-measurement and -analysis instruments “signal analyzers” because the company believes the units target a wider niche than do swept-frequency spectrum analyzers.
Agilent Technologies has introduced the U8903A audio analyzer, a single unit that incorporates the broad range of capabilities you need to quantify the characteristics that affect sound quality in audio devices.
LeCroy’s line of WaveLink high-bandwidth differential solder-in probes provides rise-time performance of 20 psec for a 20-GHz probe with a 20-GHz oscilloscope.
National Instruments at NIWeek announced the new LabView NI SoftMotion module, which simplifies the development of advanced single- and multi-axis motion applications, and new NI C Series modules, which expand the connectivity of the NI CompactRIO programmable automation controller platform.
National Instruments at its NIWeek event debuted LabView 2009 graphical system design software platform for control, test and embedded system development.
The serial AudioBus triggering, decoding, and graphing packages for LeCroy Corp’s WaveRunner Xi and WaveSurfer Xs oscilloscopes provide a complete set of tools for precise analysis and debugging of the I2S (inter-IC-sound) bus, a newly developed serial interface for digital-audio applications.
The transaction expands Agilent in industrial and life sciences markets and establishes its entry into nuclear magnetic resonance, imaging, and vacuum technology markets.