Test & Measurement

PathWave Test 2020 suite accelerates 5G, Iot and automotive design

Fri, Oct 25, 2019

Keysight Technologies claims to accelerate the time-to-market of leading 5G, IoT and automotive electronics, using the PathWave Test 2020 software suite. It is developed on the Keysight PathWave software platform.

The suite enables 5G, IoT and automotive engineers and managers to streamline test data processing and analysis to speed product introductions and secure a competitive advantage in the market, explains Keysight.

PathWave Test 2020 software provides data sharing and management between platform software tools including test automation, advanced measurement, signal creation and generation, as well as data analytics. According to the company, the integrated software platform allows application-tailored solutions to be developed and deployed to “significantly accelerate electronic test workflows and product introductions”.

The PathWave Test 2020 software suite includes the PathWave Desktop Edition, providing users with access to the platform for launching and managing applications in the design and test ecosystem. It enables engineers to manage instrument discovery and installed design and test software, share data with a common user experience across all design and test software, accelerate development and deployment and improve insights leveraging powerful new analytics and measurement science.

PathWave runs on both Windows and Linux and provides immediate access to design and test tools. The interoperability of the design and test tools and advanced data management speeds the product development cycle and eliminating the need to re-create individual measurements and test plans at each discrete stage of the process.

PathWave Test 2020 also includes PathWave Test Automation which leverages the OpenTAP open source test sequencer. For design verification, validation, and test engineers under extreme deadline pressures, the PathWave Test 2020 suite supports efficient test flows including shared data and analysis for making fast, informed decisions.

Keysight Technologies helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Keysight’s solutions optimise networks and bring electronic products to market faster and at a lower cost with offerings from design simulation, to prototype validation, to manufacturing test, to optimization in networks and cloud environments.

Customers span the worldwide communications ecosystem, aerospace and defence, automotive, energy, semiconductor and general electronics end markets.

http://www.keysight.com

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Rohde & Schwarz validates 5G NR protocol conformance tests

Tue, Sep 03, 2019

Rohde & Schwarz has carried out 5G NR protocol conformance testing with the R&S CMX500 radio communication tester. The Global Certification Forum GCF has accepted these 41 test cases, defined by 3GPP, in different FR1 and LTE band combinations. Accredited test houses, cell phone and chipset manufacturers can add the CMX500 to existing LTE test set ups, to smoothly upgrade path from LTE to 5G NR testing.

Mobile network operators worldwide rely on the certification schemes of the GCF and PTCRB certification forum for mobile devices in their networks. The CMX500 adds 5G NR signalling and RF testing by measuring the RF parameters of 5G NR transmissions and performing protocol tests. As most network operators will implement 5G NR as an extension of an LTE mobile network, the CMX500 can be seamlessly integrated into existing LTE test environments. It is also ideal for 5G NR testing in standalone (SA) mode. Developers using the R&S CMW500 wideband radio communication tester or R&S CMWflexx test system can continue to use them for LTE measurements and add the CMX500 as an extension to perform tests on 5G NR signals.

The Rohde & Schwarz technology group develops, produces and markets communications, information and security products for professional users. The group’s test and measurement, broadcast and media, aerospace, defence, security, networks and cybersecurity business fields address many different industry and government-sector market segments.

The company has its headquarters in Munich, Germany. It subsidiaries in more than 70 countries, with regional hubs in Asia and America.

http://www.rohde-schwarz.com

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Basestation simulator supports next-gen eCall tests

Fri, Jul 12, 2019

To support the next-generation emergency call system (NG-eCall), Anritsu has extended its eCall test. The company has combined a basestation simulator MD8475A/B and the eCall tester MX703330E software, to support the next-generation emergency call system (NG-eCall).

eCall is a pan-European emergency call system for sending information about road accidents to a public safety answering point (PSAP). The European Union (EU) made the fitting of 112-based eCall in-vehicle systems (IVS) to all new M1- and N1-category vehicles mandatory from 31 March 2018.

Current eCall deployments are based on ETSI and CEN standards using an in-band modem to transport eCall data (MSD) over circuit-switched (CS) GSM and UMTS networks. EU operators plan to phase-out support for GSM and UMTS in favour of all-IP infrastructures like LTE and 5G in the next 10 years. eCall support for IP networks has better stability and reliability, notes Anritsu.

Anritsu has added the NG112 LTE eCall option to its eCall tester MX703330E GSM-based eCall test to implement RFC8147-defined NG-eCall function tests and end-to-end voice evaluation.

Anritsu also offers test solutions to validate TCU with eCall functions by supporting 1.0Gbit LTE simulation and NG-eCall tests using one MD8475B unit, providing both optimum coverage for general telematics tests, and helping cut test costs.

Anritsu has provided communications test and measurement solutions for 120 years. It partners with customers to help develop wireless, optical, microwave/RF, and digital solutions for R&D, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance applications, as well as network monitoring and optimisation.

Anritsu also provides precision microwave/RF components, optical devices, and high-speed electrical devices for communication products and systems. The company develops advanced solutions for 5G, M2M, IoT, as well as other emerging and legacy wireline and wireless communication markets.

It has approximately 3,500 employees in over 90 countries.

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Adlink upgrades MCM for system-wide coverage

Tue, Jul 02, 2019

Adlink Technology has upgraded its MCM machine condition monitoring, with the launch of the DataConnect Pro remote facility information dashboard.

The dashboard integrates sensor management, data acquisition, edge platform and vibration analysis. Users can simultaneously monitor multiple system devices, master real-time machine operation information and create effective dynamic preventive maintenance strategies for reduced downtime, and increased production capacity, explains Adlink.

It is designed to accelerate industrial automation, says Tim Juan, chief director for the company’s Smart Factory Business Center. “Adlink aims to help enterprises break through the deadlock and build smart device monitoring applications from the end (device, sensor, gateway) to cloud (Paas, SaaS) to implement more effective equipment failure prevention,” he said

DataConnect Pro is based on powerful Microsoft Azure cloud platform architecture and SaaS services. It provides an expert built-in equipment monitoring system using spectral features for more precise notification, says Adlink. There is no need for additional program development or architecture modification, so that it is easily deployed in multiple fields. As users grow and add new system equipment, the expansion is guided by dashboard-based existing facility information rather than redeployment or reconstruction of the whole system,thus reducing expansion costs.

The integrated design reduces cabling complexity and cost and a minimal footprint allows the system to be installed in closer proximity to monitored equipment

A customised dashboard and alarm rules can be created through intuitive instructions with no need for programming.

Predictive alerts on equipment abnormalities prevent unexpected breakdowns and costly downtime

All users have separate accounts to ensure data security and retention of raw data for future analysis and artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

Adlink Technology specialises in edge computing. It provides robust boards, platforms and user interfaces, real-time data connectivity solutions and enables industrial computing, such as machine learning via AI-at-the-edge.

Adlink serves customers across vertical markets including manufacturing, networking and communications, healthcare, infotainment, retail, energy, transportation, and government and defence.

http://www.adlinktech.com

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