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Pickering Electronics had added a single-in-line reed relay which can stand-off 5kV and switch 1.5kV to its Series 104. Inside is a single-pole normally-open contact (‘1 Form A’). Footprint is 6.22 x 24.1mm, and the relays stand 8.1mm tall above the PCB. “This is particularly advantageous where a compact design is essential, as the devices can stack at just 6.35mm,” ...

The University of Nottingham has creates a business unit for the industrialisation of electrical motors and drive systems, claiming that it is the first UK institution to create an independent business unit for the industrialisation of electrical motors and drive systems. Nottingham Drive Specialist Services (NDSS) will provide “bespoke development, manufacturing and testing of electrical motors and drives to support ...

Tektronix has tied up with Anritsu to create a tester for PCIe 6.0 (Base) receivers. “PCIe receiver validation is notoriously difficult due to the sensitivity of calibrating the stressed eye signal across a high loss channel,” according to Tektronix. The “receiver test solutions provide confidence that designs are thoroughly tested at the required bit error rate target. The step-by-step tools ...

UK lighting manufacturer Cambridge Led has bought two multi-function LED testers from Seaward of County Durham. A subsidiary of lighting distributor Net Led, Cambridge operates from a 36,000 sq ft factory in Cambridge, and has been designing, manufacturing and supplying LED luminaires and systems for installation in commercial and industrial areas across the UK for over a decade. Its products include ...

Essex-based Pickering Interfaces has announced a PXI-based module that simulates current loop based sensors in industrial control applications – a PXIe version is also available. Called ’41-765 Analog output/current loop simulator’, it is intended to tests transceivers using 4-20mA current loops. In addition, is also simulates other interfaces including 0-24mA, +/-24mA, 0-5V, +/-5V, and +/-12mV. A channel can source or sink, emulating ...

Nottingham-based Ignys is aiming at low volume manufacturing with a fixture concept for PCB testing, programming or calibration. “For high volume products, there are conventional ways of arranging tests but these are often too expensive and too slow for the start-up community or low volume manufacturers to benefit from,” according to the company. “We’ve developed the Ignys series of production ...

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is using twin robots to test reconfigurable 5G communications antennas. Among its capabilities, the system, called Large Antenna Positioning System (LAPS) can test transmissions to and from antennas located on fast-moving mobile devices – requiring coordination between the timing of communication signals and robot motion. “Measurements of antenna signals are a ...

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.

NI has introduced its first digital multimeter in the PXI Express modular test format. It is a 7½-digit DMM and 1.8MS/s isolated digitiser. The PXIe-4081 has 15ppm accuracy for DC voltage measurements up to two years after calibration. It is capable of voltage measurements from nanovolts to one kilovolt and resistance measurements from microohms to gigaohms. A current shunt configuration ...

JTAG Technologies is sponsoring a new UK conference for hardware development engineers will will take place near Cambridge in April. The conference called H/WExpo will cover topics as board development, board bring up, hardware validation and production testing. The conference is being held at Cambourne near Cambridge on the 27th and 28th April 2016. It is free to attend for engineers and ...