Thursday, June 13, 2013:
Waveform monitors
In April 2013, Tektronix launched its waveform monitors—the WFM and WVR5250 models. The company claimed that these are the only products in their respective classes to offer HDMI-HDCP inputs that enable broadcasters and video service providers (VSP) to directly monitor the quality of the video and audio output of set-top boxes (STB) and Blu-ray players. This unique capability makes the WFM/WVR5250 the most comprehensive, compact and portable video and audio test tools available for acquisition, post production and compliance monitoring. The WFM/WVR5250 allow users to have direct access to the data they need to assess the quality of the signal output by any consumer device that uses HDMI interfaces.
For further details: Ph: 91-80-30792600, [email protected], www.tek.com
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Digital oscilloscopes
In April 2013, GW Instek launched its GDS-2000A series of digital oscilloscopes which comes with a high-value design framework, including a 2Ga/s sampling rate, 2M record length, two or four input channels and a large screen colour LCD display. These oscilloscopes are suitable to perform very fast waveform acquisition and procession at an 80,000wfms/s update rate, using VPO (visual persistence oscilloscope) technology.
The GDS-2000A series, carrying bandwidths of 300 MHz, 200 MHz, 100 MHz and 70 MHz and inputs of two and four channels, makes up a family of eight oscilloscopes in the whole series. The 2Mpt recording length not only enables storage of the waveform for a long time but also plays the role of a huge database of the input signals for the post-storage waveform analysis. Two search-engine softwares, waveform search and segmented memory are offered as standard features of the GDS-2000A series to facilitate the search for the waveforms of interest from the long recording length.
For further details: Good Will Instrument Co Ltd, [email protected], Ph: 91-9999167300, www.gwinstek.com
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Ultrasonic thickness gauge
In April 2013, Minoo Impex launched an ultrasonic thickness gauge which measures the thickness of materials like steel, cast iron, aluminium, red copper, brass, zinc, quartz glass, polyethylene, PVC, grey cast iron, etc. With high power of emission and receiving sensitivity of a broadband, the gauge can match probes of different frequencies. That makes it easy to measure the rough surface of even cast iron. This gauge is widely used in almost all kinds of industries.
By using an optional cable and the software for the RS232C interface, this gauge can communicate with PCs to obtain statistics and to print them.
For further details: Ph: 91 33 2230 9888, [email protected]
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Field bus integrity testing
In April 2013, Cyronics Instruments Pvt Ltd introduced Scopix Bus, a standalone four-channel instrument with a 200MHz bandwidth for field bus integrity testing. This instrument can be used to perform the electrical measurements required to assess the integrity of field buses, i.e., the operation of the physical layer (electrical specifications, synchronisation, etc), in compliance with the applicable standards.
Following just three simple steps, Scopix Bus can diagnose the integrity of a field bus. The result is also displayed very explicitly as ‘smiley’ icons in colour. 14 buses (KNX, DALI, CAN, LIN, FlexRay, AS-i, Profibus, RS-485, RS-232, Ethernet etc), 21 configurations and several protocols (IP, TCP, Modbus, Profinet etc) are already integrated in it. It is also possible to create new buses or configurations with the SX-Bus software.
For further details: Cyronics Instruments Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, Ph: 022 2528 6171, [email protected], www.cyronics.com
