Testing

Revision of the EU’s EMC standards means approaches to EMC testing must change, writes Richard Poate.

NI’s latest CompactDAQ chassis incorporates time-based synchronisation built on the latest Ethernet standards. This brings together time sensitive networking (TSN) with CompactDAQ hardware for distributed measurements. As industrial measurement systems move closer to the device under test it is creating challenges with synchronisation and systems management. TSN as the next evolution of the IEEE 802.1 Ethernet standard is designed to ...

Anritsu is targeting development and commercial production of 5G mobile communications systems with a mid-range signal analyser offering 1GHz analysis bandwidth. The MS2850A has software for the evaluation of 5G multi-carrier signals. This is supported in hardware by a typical 800MHz modulation bandwidth which will be used in 5G (e.g. eight 100MHz bandwidth carriers). Anritsu says that, “with many operators ...

Keysight Technologies has introduced a PXIe microwave signal generator with frequency coverage up to 44GHz and modulation bandwidth up to 1GHz. This means the generator is suitbale for creating waveforms used in emerging 5G and aerospace and defense DVT applications. Its phase noise spec means that the M9383A PXIe signal generator delivers 1% EVM, an important measure of 5G modulated ...

NI introduces a vector signal transceiver (VST) with baseband test capability for 5G applications.

Cambridge-based test firm XJTAG joins with Flying Test Systems to apply its boundary scan test tools in a range of design for test services.

Rohde & Schwarz has introduced an analogue RF and microwave signal generator with very low phase noise and high output power. The result is a signal generator which can match higher output power and a spurious free dynamic range. Designated the R&S SMA100B, which comes as a 6GHz instrument capable of generating up to 38dBm RF output power, or a ...

Microlease is packaging up selected sets of equipment and test gear for aerospace and defence customers. Called the Aerospace and Defence Tool Box, it supports a range of activities including producing, commissioning or repairing equipment such as radar, microwave communication, mobile radio, satellite testing and electronic security systems. The range of equipment available includes analysers, signal generators and other instruments that are ...

Making industrial networks in factories more secure to cyber attacks is the aim of a test system from Rohde & Schwarz. In-factory industrial control networks based on the Modbus comms protocols become much more vulnerable due to their increasing connection to the Internet. The protocol lacks built-in security measures, which makes it easy for cybercriminals to exploit industrial systems and ...

Qualcomm Technologies has selected a RF test system from Rohde & Schwarz to test and characterise its first generation 5G RF transceiver (SDR051). Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon X50 5G modem platform in October 2016. It is designed to support download speeds of up to 5Gbit/s, initially using very wide bandwidths available in the 28GHz millimetre wave (mmWave) band. Sampling of ...