Test & Measurement

To save bench top space, Keysight has added a voltmeter and a bunch of other instruments into a family of oscilloscopes that offer a choice of 100MHz, 200MHz, 350MHz, 500MHz or 1GHz bandwidth. “The 3000G X-Series adds eight new standard features plus seven-in-one functional integration into the same form factor as Keysight’s 3000T and 3000A X-Series instruments,” according to RS componments, ...

Yokogowa has revealed a power transformer variant of its WT5000 precision power analyser. WT5000TR is aimed at transformer manufacturers and offers 0.008% accuracy (power factor =1, 12months after calibration), making it “the world’s most accurate power analyser”, claimed the company. The analyser is delivered with calibration certificates from Yokogawa’s ISO17025 calibration laboratory, for low power factor measurements aimed at IEC60076-8 product compliance ...

German digitiser company Spectrum has introduced a dual-channel sampler board – an ADC board – that takes 12bit samples on both channels simultaneously at 3.2Gsample/s. Called M5i.3321-x16, it has 1GHz bandwidth front-end amplifiers with programmable full-scale ranges from ±200mV to ±2.5V, plus variable offset. Other models in the M5i family offer 2GHz bandwidth. The full input capacity can be streamed continuously ...

At PCIM this week in Nuremberg, PEM has exhibiting a Rogowski current probe optimised for SiC transistors and other fast switching devices, with a -3dB bandwidth of 50MHz and a 12.5ns rise-time. Called CWTMini50HF, it has a slim (3.5mm thick) 100mm sense coil with 2kVpeak insultation. “It combines a screened Rogowski coil, providing excellent immunity to interference from fast local dV/dt ...

In semiconductor and electronic equipment manufacture, the quality control (QC) process is essential to ensuring defect-free products that meet specifications and comply with international standards. Here, manufacturers rely heavily on industrial microscopes to ensure a thorough and reliable examination. While the visual inspection needed for QC can be costly and time-consuming, advances in microscope software are helping to optimize product ...

Spectrum Instrumentation has added driver support for the Nvidia Clara AGX computing architecture for AI medical instruments. This means that Spectrum’s digitiser boards (ADCs), arbitrary waveform generators (AWGs) and digital IO cards can be used with Clara AGX (right) for electronic signal acquisition and the generation of analogue and digital signals. “The Nvidia Clara AGX developer kit provides a platform ...

Danisense has launched a smart version of its residual current monitor. Called SRCMH070IB+, it has a USB connection to allow residual currents to be analysed in detail on a PC using Windows-based software. Oscilloscope and FFT frequency analysis is available (right). The product is complaint with the updated norm IEC62020-1. “This means that it can used for remote monitoring without the need ...

Farnell has launched ‘The Innovation Experts’ eBook which features interviews with experts on the future of instrumentation for test, measurement, and related technologies. The eBook, which is free to download, shares the views of leading global manufacturers on the future of instrumentation for test, measurement, and related technologies. The eBook provides unique insights for professional engineers and buyers as well ...

Liquid Instruments has updated its Moku:Pro (right) software-defined multi-test-instrument, adding laser-locking and enhancing its oscilloscope function. The company’s three Mokus (table below): Moku:Go, Moku:Lab (photo below) and Moku:Pro are multi-channel digitisers and multi-channel DACs with memory and FPGA processing in between, configured into an array of instruments by software. Bandwidth, channel count and price rises through: Go, Lab and Pro respectively. ...

Analog Devices has created an alternative to its venerable LTZ1000 ultra-precision voltage reference, with better initial accuracy and less noise, although not every parameter is improved. Called ADR1000 (right), the nominally 6.62V part is a pin-compatible replacement for the LTZ1000 (below), and like it includes a buried Zener reference, a heater for temperature stabilization and a temperature sensor. As with ...