Time-based synchronisation is being used by the Met Office for synchronising distributed instruments on a global scale, writes Victoria Murtland
Testing
Defence Minister opens TRaC’s test facility in Dorset
The test house plans to consolidate and expand its EMC and environmental test services at this single location
LeCroy adds automotive test kits for MOST and BroadR-Reach
"These standards have emerged in response to the rapidly increasing customer demand for devices connected to video displays and car infotainment systems," said the firm
Agilent uses reference clock multiplier for simpler PCIe test
"The use of the reference clock multiplier significantly simplifies the receiver test setup," said the supplier
Goepel runs JTAG technology day in UK
The day will include sessions from partner companies such as Teradyne, Firecron, Aeroflex, Thurlby Thandar Instruments Distribution, Accelonix and Zen Production Equipment
CES: tool measures audio quality in super flat-panel TVs
Boston-based dbx-tv has announced an audio measurement and calibration tool that it claims can be can be used to optimise sound quality from TVs, regardless of speaker size
Industry needs tough precision frequency references
User-friendly frequency-stabilised laser sources are the target of a three year European Metrology Research Programme project, coordinated by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Middlesex. "We envisage an opto-electronic system within a 19in...
Renewable energy boosts European test market in 2011
"This year has been very good for us and it is being driven by energy efficiency," said Terry Marrinan of Yokogawa Europe
Agilent works with chipset firm to speed SDR development
“Combining the transceiver platform from Lime Microsystems with our suite of test equipment has given designers a comprehensive method for design validation, even for multi-standard radios,” said Robert Drollinger, marketing manager at Agilent
Tektronix has handheld scope with 200MHz bandwidth
“It is the first true high-performance handheld oscilloscope," said Roy Siegel, general manager for oscilloscopes at Tektronix