Collaboration on virtual instrumentation
08 February, 2006
Electronics 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, 2006
Fluke 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.
Frequency analysis
09 January, 2006 | Supplied by: Pacific Satellite Pty Ltd
Caterpillar is a low-cost, handheld sweeping analyser designed for 802.11(b,a,g) Wi-Fi frequency and power measurements.
Instrument controller
09 January, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.ni.com/oceania/
Engineers now can use the National Instruments ExpressCard-GPIB controller for high-speed instrument control on a notebook computer.
Ground bond testers
06 December, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.westek.com.au
The range of Extech model 7300 ground bond safety testers is available with injection capability ranging from 30 to 60 A.
Panel meters, transducers
06 December, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.reltronics.com.au/
Reltronics 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, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.ni.com/oceania/
National Instruments has announced LabVIEW 8, a major upgrade to its graphical development platform in design, control and test.
Digital manometer
04 October, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.techsci.com.au/
The Keller Leo-Record and Record Eex ia are compact digital instruments that measure both pressure and temperature.
Instrument winner
18 September, 2005
Anritsu 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.
Farnell InOne gains electrostatic standard
02 September, 2005
Farnell InOne has become the first company in Australia to achieve the Standards Mark for the Certification of Electrostatic Sensitive Devices from the certified testing body SAI Global.
Simplify test system development and control
01 September, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.agilent.com/find/open
Agilent says its I/O Libraries Suite, GPIB cards and converters that work with industry-standard software development environments, such as Agilent VEE Pro and Microsoft development languages, now works with National Instruments LabVIEW and LabWindows.
Voltage reference
01 September, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.arrowaustralia.com/
Dallas Semiconductor has introduced the DS4303, claimed to be the world's first sample-and-infinite-hold voltage reference.
ABCs of DMMs
05 August, 2005 | Supplied by: Fluke Australia Pty Ltd
How do you make measurements safely? What features do you need? What is the easiest way to get the most out of your meter? Which meter is best suited to the environment you're working in?
Handheld VoIP tester
06 July, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.fluke.com/
NetTool VoIP covers the entire spectrum of tasks required to deploy IP phones to the desktop.
Low cost colour scope
06 July, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.agilent.com.au/find/3000scope
Agilent has introduced a series of four portable, digital-storage oscilloscopes for about 20% less than other products with comparable quality, performance and features.

