Switching and control instruments
19 February, 2007Agilent offers a family of LXI (LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation) instruments for switching and control that includes the 34980A switch/measure mainframe and associated plug-in cards and the 1U, half-rack width L4400 series standalone modules.
Yokogawa moves
07 December, 2006Yokogawa Australia has moved its central Queensland facility from Rockhampton to larger premises in Gladstone.
AC tester
04 October, 2006Altronics has released an AC non-contact tester that detects live AC voltages from 100 to 600 V (50-60 Hz) and allows detection of live wires without contact. The tester illuminates red whenever AC is detected at a power point, sheathed or bare-ended cable. It is also equipped with an LED flashlight for lighting the way in rooftops or wall cavities.
Portable thermo-hygrometer
04 October, 2006The HD 200 portable thermo-hygrometer measures relative humidity from 3 to 98% RH, absolute humidity (from 0 to 190 g/kg), dewpoint from -20 to +80°C, psychrometry and ambient temperature.
Impulse testing requirements in the military
03 August, 2006Testing equipment to ensure it meets military standards has a long history and is usually more demanding than tests carried out on other equipment. While this story looks at American-specific methods, the requirements in Australia would be similar
Contact thermometer
03 April, 2006The Fluke 50 Series II contact thermometers offer fast response and laboratory accuracy (0.05% + 0.3°C) in a rugged, handheld test tool.
Collaboration on virtual instrumentation
08 February, 2006Electronics industry giants, National Instruments and Texas Instruments are collaborating with Spectrum Digital in the development of the TI C55X Power Optimisation DSP Starter Kit (DSK), a DSP design tool to offer designers incorporated test and measurement functionality.
Fluke acquires LEM
03 February, 2006Fluke has acquired LEM Instruments, a division of LEM Group, a European manufacturer of test and measurement equipment including analysers and systems for power quality applications, earth/ground testers, insulation testers, low-resistance ohmmeters, clamp meters and clamp-on power meters. LEM also supplies current probes to the automotive market.
Instrument controller
09 January, 2006Engineers now can use the National Instruments ExpressCard-GPIB controller for high-speed instrument control on a notebook computer.
Frequency analysis
09 January, 2006Caterpillar is a low-cost, handheld sweeping analyser designed for 802.11(b,a,g) Wi-Fi frequency and power measurements.
Panel meters, transducers
06 December, 2005Reltronics has released a range of DIN rail mounted multifunction panel meters, transducers, transmitters and power meters for a variety of measurements including: V, A, W, VAR, Wh, VARh, pf, Hz, rpm, counter, ohm, J/K/T/E/S/R thermocouples, RTD, temperature, humidity and pulse.
Design, control and test enhanced
06 December, 2005National Instruments has announced LabVIEW 8, a major upgrade to its graphical development platform in design, control and test.
Ground bond testers
06 December, 2005The range of Extech model 7300 ground bond safety testers is available with injection capability ranging from 30 to 60 A.
Digital manometer
04 October, 2005The Keller Leo-Record and Record Eex ia are compact digital instruments that measure both pressure and temperature.
Instrument winner
18 September, 2005Anritsu has received the Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy Leadership in the combined markets for signal generators, vector network analysers and spectrum analysers. The award recognises that the company "demonstrated the most insight into customer needs and product demands" and met stringent criteria established by Frost & Sullivan's analyst team.
