Software Adds Test Capability for Latest Narrowband Digital Radio Systems
March 11, 2011 8:49 am | Product Releases | CommentsLAS VEGAS—International Wireless Communications Expo -- Aeroflex Incorporated announced today two new digital radio test options for the 3500A Hand-held Radio Test Set. Software version 3.8.0 includes new features that extend the test capabilities of the 3500A to the latest land mobile digital radio standards....
LISTED UNDER: Services, Calibration / TestAeroflex Demonstrates Support for P25 TDMA on the 3900 Series Digital Radio Test Set
March 9, 2011 8:38 am | Product Releases | CommentsLAS VEGAS—International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE 2011) -- Aeroflex Inc. announced today that it has successfully demonstrated the decoding and encoding of the Project 25 TDMA H-DQPSK (Harmonized Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) radio signal using the 3900 Series Digital Radio Test Set....
LISTED UNDER: Services, Calibration / TestArbitrary Waveform Generator Delivers Bandwidth, Speed and Accuracy to Simulate Real-World Radar Test Scenarios
March 8, 2011 7:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsAgilent Technologies Inc. has added a high-resolution, wide-bandwidth, 8- or 12-GSa/s modular instrument to its portfolio of arbitrary waveform generators. The new M8190A arbitrary waveform generator is able to deliver simultaneous high resolution and wide bandwidth along with industry-leading spurious-free dynamic range and very low harmonic distortion....
LISTED UNDER: Services, Calibration / Test | RadarAlpha Micro Components USA to launch the latest GPS modules from GlobalTop Technology
February 28, 2011 6:18 am | Product Releases | CommentsAlpha Micro Components announced that it will be launching the latest GPS modules from GlobalTop Technology on Stand 1979 at the International CTIA WIRELESS® Show (Orlando, FL (March 22-24, 2011). GlobalTop’s GPS modules are engineered with customizable software providing them with the flexibility to be the ideal solution for a range of aerospace applications, such as weather balloons and rockets, as well as asset management and tracking sy...
LISTED UNDER: Boards & Modules | Services, Calibration / TestLongHaul ST Exceeds Expectations during Field Tests for Municipal Traffic Monitoring
February 22, 2011 9:14 am | Product Releases | CommentsMonitoring traffic cameras from a single location in a busy urban environment requires fast, robust links that don’t lose bandwidth over a “daisy chain” of microwave links. LongHaul ST, the new lightning-fast Ethernet bridge from Carlson Wireless, offers this kind of performance-- “head and shoulders above” the competitors, according to an independent field test....
LISTED UNDER: Services, Calibration / TestAgilent Technologies Announces LTE Wireless Communications Test Set for Manufacturing
February 15, 2011 6:42 am | Product Releases | CommentsAgilent Technologies Inc. announced the Agilent EXT wireless communications test set for wireless device manufacturing. The new Agilent EXT includes X-Series Measurement Applications and Sequence Studio software along with enhanced Signal Studio software to support the required testing of existing and emerging communication technologies such as LTE....
LISTED UNDER: Services, Calibration / TestMIMO Over-the-Air Environment Builder Simplifies Complex LTE Device Testing
February 14, 2011 8:52 am | Product Releases | CommentsSpirent Communications today announced the addition of the MIMO Over-the-Air (OTA) Environment Builder software to its wireless channel emulation product line. When equipped with this new capability, Spirent’s wireless channel emulators can be used to predict user experience of MIMO devices prior to deployment....
LISTED UNDER: Services, Calibration / TestBench Top Amplifier for Production Test
February 10, 2011 8:57 am | Product Releases | CommentsAML announces an enclosed bench top amplifier for production test or laboratory application. Many of the several thousand low noise or medium power amplifiers detailed on AML’s web site (www.amlj.com) can be delivered in this optional enclosure. As an example, Model AML1826P3203-BT provides 36 dB gain over the 18....
LISTED UNDER: Services, Calibration / TestPXT Wireless Communications Test Set Now Supports Critical LTE Inter-RAT Handover
February 10, 2011 8:57 am | Product Releases | CommentsSANTA CLARA, Calif. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Agilent Technologies Inc. announced new functional test features for its E6621A PXT wireless communications test set. Used in conjunction with Agilent’s E5515C 8960 wireless communications test set, the PXT now supports handover between different radio access technologies (RAT)....
LISTED UNDER: Services, Calibration / TestNujira Partners with Cambridge Consultants for Faster Growth
February 8, 2011 9:28 am | Product Releases | CommentsCambridge Consultants announced the signing of a strategic partnership with Nujira to assist its customers in deploying Nujira’s compelling modulator technology in the defense and security sectors. The partnership will see Cambridge Consultants use its experience in the defence sector, along with its extensive expertise in wireless technology, to help customers in this market design-in and develop products using Nujira’s high efficiency Env...
LISTED UNDER: Services, ConsultingUnique Functionality Increases Test Efficiency, Confidence
January 31, 2011 9:57 am | Product Releases | CommentsAgilent Technologies Inc. expanded its pulse function arbitrary noise generator family to help R&D and test engineers test higher speed, higher bandwidth analog, digital and mixed-signal devices more efficiently and with greater precision. Design and test engineers are under pressure to get products to market faster, with shorter design schedules and yet higher quality goals....
LISTED UNDER: Services, Calibration / TestTest & Measurement Equipment Shortens Time-to-Market for LTE Products
January 25, 2011 8:54 am | Product Releases | CommentsRohde & Schwarz will present its comprehensive product portfolio at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (hall 1, booth 1D33). The company offers manufacturers and network operators customized solutions for all common wireless standards. The products are ideal for applications in development, conformance testing, production and network optimization....
LISTED UNDER: Services, Calibration / TestThe Effects of Meandering in RFID Tag Design
January 20, 2011 10:58 am | Articles | CommentsBy Mark Forbes, Mentor Graphics Corporation As is well known, maximum RF coupling occurs when impedances on each side of the coupling match. A perfect match occurs when the impedances are identical and the Complex Matching Factor (CMF) is 0dB. When the CMF is 0db, the imaginary terms of the complex conjugate cancel, and the resistance is equal.
One-Box Tester Adds TD-LTE RF Measurements with Call Processing Capability
January 19, 2011 6:30 am | Product Releases | CommentsAnritsu Company introduces TD-LTE measurement software for its MT8820C One-Box Tester that brings the inherent advantages of the MT8820C to TD-LTE testing applications. The addition of TD-LTE support to the MT8820C provides designers and manufacturers of mobile handsets with a single-instrument, economical solution for testing multi-mode UEs, including those operating in either TD-LTE or FDD LTE, as well as 2G or 3G modes....
LISTED UNDER: Services, Calibration / TestSmoke-Detector IC Offers Low-Voltage Operation, Programmable Calibration and Operating Modes
January 10, 2011 8:16 am | Product Releases | CommentsCHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Microchip Technology Inc. announced the RE46C190 3V photo smoke-detector IC with horn driver and boost regulator. The world’s first smoke-detector IC to offer low-voltage operation with programmable calibration and operating modes, the RE46C190 IC enables the desired operating modes to be selected and calibrated during manufacturing....
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