WaveSurfer 104MXs-A – (1 GHz, 5 GS/s, 4 Ch, 10 Mpts/Ch with 10.4″ Color Touch Screen Display) WaveSurfer Xs-A has a small form factor which packs a powerful processor that can handle long memory captures faster than any of the competition. The touch screen interface is the ultimate in ease-of-use. With features like WaveStream fast viewing mode and WaveScan Search and Find, you can be confident that every problem can quickly be detected and analyzed. Beyond these great features, the WaveSurfer offers a wide range of serial data trigger and decode tools for SPI, I2C UART, RS-232, Audiobus (I2S, LJ, RJ, TDM), MIL-STD-1553, CAN and LIN, as well as industry leading mixed signal capabilities to quickly troubleshoot embedded system designs. With bandwidths from 200 MHz to 1 GHz the WaveSurfer is the ideal oscilloscope for everyday design and debug.
WaveJet 352A – (500 MHz, 1 GS/s, 2 Ch, 500 kpts/Ch with 7.5″ Color Display. 2 GS/s Interleaved) The WaveJet 300A Series provides the banner specifications, feature set and user interface to simplify how you work and shorten debug time. With a big, bright 7.5″ display, long 500 kpts/Ch memory and up to 2 GS/s you will easily capture and see every detail of your waveform. The USB ports provide a quick way to save waveforms, store or print screen captures or connect to a PC. Math and measurement tools help you understand the waveforms and Replay mode allows you to look at a history of what has been captured.
(Can Not be combined with any other promotions – Ends December 22nd 2010)
A plot of complex reflection overlaid with an impedance and (or) admittance grid referenced to a 1-ohm characteristic impedance. The Smith chart, invented by Phillip H. Smith is a graphical aid designed for electrical and electronics engineers specializing in radio frequency (RF) engineering to assist in solving problems with transmission lines and matching circuits. Use of the Smith chart utility has grown steadily over the years and it is still widely used today, not only as a problem solving aid, but as a graphical demonstrator of how RF parameters behave at one or more frequencies, an alternative to using tabular information. The Smith chart can be used to represent many parameters including impedances, admittances, reflection coefficients, S_{nn}\, scattering parameters, noise figure circles, constant gain contours and regions for unconditional stability. The Smith chart is most frequently used at or within the unity radius region. However, the remainder is still mathematically relevant, being used, for example, in oscillator design and stability analysis. Smith Chart is a registered trademark of Analog Instruments Company, New Providence, NJ.
WiGig Alliance was established by technology leaders within the CE, PC, semiconductor and handheld industries to address the need for faster, wireless connectivity between computing, communications and entertainment devices. The organization has developed a unified specification that allows devices to communicate at multi-gigabit speeds never before experienced with wireless technology. Their mission is to establish a global ecosystem of high-speed and easy-to-use wireless devices that work together seamlessly to connect people in the digital age. WiGig technology enables multi-gigabit wireless communications among consumer electronics, handheld devices and PCs, and drives industry convergence to a single radio using the readily available, unlicensed 60 GHz spectrum. (source wirelessgigabitalliance.org)
The WiGig version 1.0 specification includes the following key elements:
Supports data transmission rates up to 7 Gbps – more than 10x faster than the highest 802.11n rate
Supplements and extends the 802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC) layer and is backward compatible with the IEEE 802.11 standard
Physical layer enables both the low power and the high performance WiGig devices, guaranteeing interoperability and communication at gigabit rates
Protocol adaptation layers are being developed to support specific system interfaces including data buses for PC peripherals and display interfaces for HDTVs, monitors and projectors
Support for beamforming, enabling robust communication at distances beyond 10 meters
Widely used advanced security and power management for WiGig devices
Washington, D.C. — The Federal Communications Commission today took steps to free up vacant airwaves between TV channels — called “white spaces” — to unleash a host of new technologies, such as “Super Wi-Fi,” and myriad other diverse applications. This is the first significant block of spectrum made available for unlicensed use in more than 20 years.
TV white space spectrum is considered prime real estate because its signals travel well, making it ideally suited for mobile wireless devices. Unlocking this valuable spectrum will open the doors for new industries to arise, create American jobs, and fuel new investment and innovation. The National Broadband Plan noted the importance of unlicensed spectrum in creating opportunities for new technologies to blossom and recommended that the Commission complete the TV white spaces proceeding as expeditiously as possible.
The Second Memorandum Opinion and Order (Second MO&O) adopted today resolves numerous legal and technical issues. Notably, the Order eliminates the requirement that TV bands devices that incorporate geo-location and database access must also include sensing technology to detect the signals of TV stations and low-power auxiliary service stations (wireless microphones). It also requires wireless microphone users who seek to register in the TV bands databases to certify that they will use all available channels from 7 through 51 prior to requesting registration. Requests to register in the database will be public, thus allowing interested parties to weigh in on any given request.
The Commission is also taking steps to ensure that incumbent services are protected from interference from the use of white spaces in various ways. In particular, today’s Order reserves two vacant UHF channels for wireless microphones and other low power auxiliary service devices in all areas of the country. It also maintains a reasonable separation distance between TV White Space device and wireless microphone usage permitted to be registered in the database. (Source www.fcc.gov)
DASH7 is a new wireless sensor networking technology using the ISO/IEC 18000-7 standard for active RFID, operating at in the 433 MHz unlicensed spectrum.
DASH7 provides multi-year battery life, range of up to 2 km (potentially farther), low latency for tracking moving objects, small protocol stack, sensor and security support, and data transfer of up to 200 kbit/s. DASH7 is the name of the technology promoted by the non-profit consortium called the DASH7 Alliance.
What is The DASH7 Alliance?
The DASH7 Alliance was formed to advance the use of DASH7 wireless data technology by developing extensions to the ISO 18000-7 standard, ensuring interoperability among devices, and educating the market about DASH7 technology. Formed in 2009, the Alliance now has more than 20 members. Manufacturers, systems integrators, developers, regulators, academia, and end-users all work together to promote the use of DASH7 technology in a wide array of industries and applications. (source www.dash7.org)
The goals of the DASH7 Alliance are to:
Develop improvements and extensions to the ISO 18000-7 standard
Work to ensure that products claiming DASH7 capabilities comply with DASH7 specifications
Encourage the development of products using DASH7 technology
Educate consumers and enterprises globally about DASH7 technology
The DASH7 protocol combines a low power wireless sensor networking (like Zigbee) with RFID. It operates in the 433 MHz unlicensed spectrum, communicates at 100 kbps, penetrates concrete and water, and connects over long distances at low power.
The DASH7 protocol features:
Multi-kilometer range and excellent penetration of walls, floors, and things made of water
Extremely low power draw (measured in microwatts) and multi-year battery life
A maximum bitrate of 200kbps
Supports tag-to-tag or “multi-hop” communications, sensors, and public key encryption
Multi-channel architecture for real-time locating capability
Extremely low latency for tracking moving objects
Operation in the license-free and globally available 433 MHz spectrum
“Out of the box” interoperability using a single global frequency
The brand given to the ISO 18000-7 standard for active RFID
PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has been exercising its robotic arm since last month, when the arm was first fastened to the rover.
In the long run, watch for this long and strong arm to become the signature apparatus of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory. After landing in August 2012, the mission will rely on it for repeated research activities. One set of moves crucial to the mission’s success has never been tried before on Mars: pulling pulverized samples from the interior of Martian rocks and placing them into laboratory instruments inside the rover. Engineers and technicians are putting the arm through a range of motions this month in the clean room where Curiosity is being assembled and tested at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
“We’re fine-tuning the ability to make the arm go exactly where we want it to go,” said JPL’s Brett Kennedy, cognizant engineer for the robotic arm. “Next, we’ll start pushing on things with the arm.”
The arm can extend about 2.3 meters (7.5 feet) from the front of the rover body. Still to be added: the turret at the end that holds a percussive drill and other tools weighing a total of about 33 kilograms (73 pounds).
“This arm is strong, but still needs to move accurately enough to drop an aspirin tablet into a thimble,” Kennedy said.
The titanium arm has two joints at the shoulder, one at the elbow and two at the wrist. Each joint moves with a cold-tolerant actuator, custom-built for the mission. The tools to be wielded by the arm include a magnifying-lens camera; an element-identifying spectrometer; a rock brush; and mechanisms for scooping, sieving and portioning samples. The mission is designed to operate on Mars for a full Martian year, which equals about two Earth years. MDA Information Systems Inc.’s Space Division in Pasadena built and tested the arm, incorporating actuators from Aeroflex Corp., Plainview, N.Y. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington. For more information about the mission, visit http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ . (source www.jpl.nasa.gov)
Underwriters Laboratories Expands Its Global Photovoltaic Footprint To Japan
Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global leader in safety testing and certification, announced on September 9th the opening of a testing and certification facility for photovoltaic (PV) equipment in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. In addition to offering performance and safety testing services for PV equipment in Japan, the facility will provide technical support to Japanese PV equipment manufacturers as they develop their businesses and enter overseas markets.
The global demand for sustainable energy generating sources, such as PV systems, has increased. The governments of the U.S. and Japan, as well as market-leading Germany, continue to take proactive steps to develop the PV market and accelerate PV equipment production. In Japan the government’s road-map for reaching greenhouse gas reduction targets includes a national policy to expand the reach of PV power generation to 10 million households by 2020, which constitutes a 21-fold increase compared with 2005.
PV systems, which consist of PV modules and panels, junction boxes, inverters and power converters, are permanently installed on roofs or ground-supported frames and thus are prone to degradation due to wind, rain, hail, as well as age. Accordingly, improving the safety and verifying performance of PV systems is critical for them to receive widespread adoption.
UL has been engaged in formulating PV equipment safety specifications and standards since the 1980s, and has contributed to the safe operation of PV equipment by providing safety testing and certification services for PV equipment manufacturers worldwide. “We continue to expand our service capabilities to meet the recent increase in global demand for PV product evaluation services,” said Jeff Smidt, Vice President and General Manager for UL’s Global Energy business. Just within the last couple of years, UL has opened PV testing facilities similar to the new Ise City facility, in San Jose, California, U.S.; Suzhou, China; and Zeppelinheim, Neu-Isenburg, Germany. “With further plans to open a testing facility in India, UL is implementing a concrete, large-scale investment plan in North America, Asia, and Europe, which are the world’s largest PV markets,” Smidt added.
The new PV testing facility in Ise City has 14 cutting-edge testing chambers on a 2,000 square-meter (approx. 21,000 square-feet) site. It is fully equipped with solar simulators emitting artificial sunlight, impact testers (which test the durability of a device against physical impact) and hail testers. Moreover, to meet strict testing requirements, the facility is staffed by engineers and technicians with expert knowledge of PV testing work. (source ul.com)
UL is the trusted resource across the globe for product safety certification and compliance solutions. Benefiting a range of customers – from manufacturers and consumers to regulatory bodies and code officials – they have tested products for public safety for more than a century.
Introducing the New Triveni Digital – StreamScope MT-40 LCP Real-Time DTV Transport Stream Monitor and Analyzer
The StreamScope MT-40 is a monitor and complete analyzer for digital television (DTV) transport streams. The MT-40 is a powerful and user-friendly instrument that verifies DTV streams carried by service providers such as broadcasters, cable, telcos, satellite, MobileTV and IPTV operators. In a single, affordable instrument with an easy-to-use graphical interface, the MT-40 can monitor, alarm, troubleshoot, record and measure DTV transport streams in order to ensure their integrity, reliability and compliance with standards (ATSC, ATSC A/78, SCTE). In the face of emerging digital data broadcast and enhanced high-definition DTV applications along with complex and evolving standards, the StreamScope product family plays an increasingly vital role ensuring the integrity and reliability of the transport streams on which service providers’ reputations and diverse new revenue opportunities depend.
Test Equipment Connection is offering a Special Introductory Bundle for the New Triveni Digital – StreamScope MT-40 LCP including an ASI card and non-realtime Ethernet input. This offer is valid if purchased by December 1st 2010 and is for Non-USA customers only.Contact us now to secure your Streamscope bundle before the promotion ends.
The Triveni StreamScope MT40 Introductory Bundle Includes:
STSC-MT-40-LCP-B StreamScope MT-40 Low Cost Portable with battery
STSC-OPT-ASI ASI Single Input Module
STSC-OPT-AOUT ASI Playout Software 38.8 Mbps, File Loop
STSC-OPT-GLCP Non Real Time Analysis – without PCR Analysis
ESSP-STSC StreamScope Enhanced System Support Plan for MT40
Triveni Digital, Inc. and Test Equipment Connection Corporation Sign International Distribution Agreement
Lake Mary, FL – September 7, 2010 – Test Equipment Connection announced today that it has entered into a Distribution Agreement to sell new Triveni Digital systems that provide for the management and distribution of data and metadata in digital television streams and other broadcast and multicast media.
“Triveni Digital products are designed to make sure DTV signals are carried and received correctly,” said President and COO Mike Novello. “From GuideBuilder’s market-share-leading PSIP technology, to StreamBridge’s accurate data translation, to StreamScope‘s powerful analytical capabilities, they have a broad platform of solutions. Triveni Digital products are flexible and support any digital broadcast medium including satellite, digital cable, digital terrestrial TV, and IP multicast.”
About Triveni Digital, Inc.
Triveni Digital, Inc., a subsidiary of LG Electronics, develops systems that provide for the management and distribution of data and metadata in digital television streams. Triveni Digital’s products for DVB SI, ATSC PSIP, data broadcasting, stream analysis, and monitoring are renowned for their ease of use and innovative features. Working with leading industry partners, Triveni Digital employs an open and standards-compliant approach to the digital television market.
About Test Equipment Connection Corporation
Test Equipment Connection Corp., Test Equipment Connection Pte. Ltd., and TE Connection Asia Limited are industry-leading suppliers of new, refurbished and second-hand electronic test and measurement (“T&M”) equipment. The companies sell, buy, lease, rent, trade, repair and calibrate over 315 manufacturers including Anritsu, Rohde & Schwarz, Agilent, Tektronix, Advantest, LeCroy, Chroma and Fluke, with thousands of products available. The companies are a single source supplier with in-house calibration laboratories assuring that customers receive only the highest quality T&M equipment and support. Test Equipment Connection Corporation has over 250,000 customers, a 45,000 square foot warehouse and repair facility in the US, and 17 years of profitability and financial strength.
Since its inception in 1994 many different definitions of IPTV have appeared, including elementary streams over IP networks, transport streams over IP networks and a number of proprietary systems. The official definition approved by the International Telecommunication Union focus group on IPTV (ITU-T FG IPTV) is as follows:
“IPTV is defined as multimedia services such as television/video/audio/text/graphics/data delivered over IP based networks managed to provide the required level of quality of service and experience, security, interactivity and reliability.”
Another official and more detailed definition of IPTV is the one given by Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) IPTV Exploratory Group on 2005:
“IPTV is defined as the secure and reliable delivery to subscribers of entertainment video and related services. These services may include, for example, Live TV, Video On Demand (VOD) and Interactive TV (iTV). These services are delivered across an access agnostic, packet switched network that employs the IP protocol to transport the audio, video and control signals. In contrast to video over the public Internet, with IPTV deployments, network security and performance are tightly managed to ensure a superior entertainment experience, resulting in a compelling business environment for content providers, advertisers and customers alike.”
One definition for consumer IPTV is for single or multiple program transport streams (MPTS) which are sourced by the same network operator that owns or directly controls the “last mile” to the consumer’s premises. This control over delivery enables a guaranteed quality of service (QoS), and also allows the service provider to offer an enhanced user experience such as better program guide, interactive services etc. In commercial environments IPTV is widely deployed for distribution of live TV, video playout channels and Video on Demand (VOD) material across LAN or WAN IP network infrastructures, with a controlled QoS. In 1994, ABC’s World News Now was the first television show to be broadcast over the Internet, using the CU-SeeMe videoconferencing software. The number of global IPTV subscribers is expected to grow from 28 million in 2009 to 83 million in 2013. Europe and Asia are the leading territories in terms of the over-all number of subscriber. But in terms of service revenues, Europe and North America generate a larger share of global revenue, due to very low average revenue per user (ARPU) in China and India, the fastest growing (and ultimately, the biggest markets) in Asia. The global IPTV market revenues are forecasted to grow from US$12 billion in 2009 to US$38 billion in 2013
Need to Qualify, Maintain and troubleshoot IPTV circuits ?
VStream Analyzer Turns any PC into a Powerful IPTV Analyzer
Automatically tests all channels and indicates pass/fail results
Complete Set Top Box (STB) emulation
Full Motion Picture video preview of all analyzed IPTV streams
Simultaneously analyzes multiple IPTV streams
Accurate audio and video MOS score
Comprehensive Video and Transport Stream statistics
Frederick Engineering ParaScope mPA ADSLx IPTV Copper Bundle
Advanced handheld chassis with 7″ touch screen high-resolution display, dual 10/100 Ethernet ports, USB port, SD card port, VGA port. Includes ADSL1/2/2+ module, IPTV Analysis Suite, and Copper Module Bundle.
ParaScope mPA’s features include:
Large 7” bright touch-screen LCD and rugged enclosure
Unmatched ease of use with Pass/Fail results. Use at customer premises, remote location or the central office and reduce truck rolls
Copper qualification to identify physical layer faults and qualify the local loop for handling triple play services. Suite of tools includes integrated digital multi-meter (DMM), RFL meter, Longitudinal balance meter, TDR etc
Complete service verification to determine the upstream and downstream rates, emulate the modem or STB, PING the ADSL or Ethernet and much more. Ethernet testing facilitates FTTX deployments. Triple Play Analysis including IPTV and VoIP QoS measurements, streaming video, phone emulation and more over ADSL1/2/2+, VDSL2 and 10/100 links.
15% off list price on the purchase of a new LeCroy oscilloscope when you trade in any used oscilloscope.
WaveAce 234 – 300 MHz Bandwidth, 4 Input Channels, 2 GS/s (interleaved), 1 GS/s (all channels) Max Sample Rate
WaveSurfer 104MXs-A – (1 GHz, 5 GS/s, 4 Ch, 10 Mpts/Ch with 10.4″ Color Touch Screen Display) WaveSurfer Xs-A has a small form factor which packs a powerful processor that can handle long memory captures faster than any of the competition. The touch screen interface is the ultimate in ease-of-use. With features like WaveStream fast viewing mode and WaveScan Search and Find, you can be confident that every problem can quickly be detected and analyzed. Beyond these great features, the WaveSurfer offers a wide range of serial data trigger and decode tools for SPI, I2C UART, RS-232, Audiobus (I2S, LJ, RJ, TDM), MIL-STD-1553, CAN and LIN, as well as industry leading mixed signal capabilities to quickly troubleshoot embedded system designs. With bandwidths from 200 MHz to 1 GHz the WaveSurfer is the ideal oscilloscope for everyday design and debug.
WaveJet 352A – (500 MHz, 1 GS/s, 2 Ch, 500 kpts/Ch with 7.5″ Color Display. 2 GS/s Interleaved) The WaveJet 300A Series provides the banner specifications, feature set and user interface to simplify how you work and shorten debug time. With a big, bright 7.5″ display, long 500 kpts/Ch memory and up to 2 GS/s you will easily capture and see every detail of your waveform. The USB ports provide a quick way to save waveforms, store or print screen captures or connect to a PC. Math and measurement tools help you understand the waveforms and Replay mode allows you to look at a history of what has been captured.
A plot of complex reflection overlaid with an impedance and (or) admittance grid referenced to a 1-ohm characteristic impedance. The Smith chart, invented by Phillip H. Smith is a graphical aid designed for electrical and electronics engineers specializing in radio frequency (RF) engineering to assist in solving problems with transmission lines and matching circuits. Use of the Smith chart utility has grown steadily over the years and it is still widely used today, not only as a problem solving aid, but as a graphical demonstrator of how RF parameters behave at one or more frequencies, an alternative to using tabular information. The Smith chart can be used to represent many parameters including impedances, admittances, reflection coefficients, S_{nn}\, scattering parameters, noise figure circles, constant gain contours and regions for unconditional stability. The Smith chart is most frequently used at or within the unity radius region. However, the remainder is still mathematically relevant, being used, for example, in oscillator design and stability analysis. Smith Chart is a registered trademark of Analog Instruments Company, New Providence, NJ.
WiGig Alliance was established by technology leaders within the CE, PC, semiconductor and handheld industries to address the need for faster, wireless connectivity between computing, communications and entertainment devices. The organization has developed a unified specification that allows devices to communicate at multi-gigabit speeds never before experienced with wireless technology. Their mission is to establish a global ecosystem of high-speed and easy-to-use wireless devices that work together seamlessly to connect people in the digital age. WiGig technology enables multi-gigabit wireless communications among consumer electronics, handheld devices and PCs, and drives industry convergence to a single radio using the readily available, unlicensed 60 GHz spectrum. (source wirelessgigabitalliance.org)
Washington, D.C. — The Federal Communications Commission today took steps to free up vacant airwaves between TV channels — called “white spaces” — to unleash a host of new technologies, such as “Super Wi-Fi,” and myriad other diverse applications. This is the first significant block of spectrum made available for unlicensed use in more than 20 years.
TV white space spectrum is considered prime real estate because its signals travel well, making it ideally suited for mobile wireless devices. Unlocking this valuable spectrum will open the doors for new industries to arise, create American jobs, and fuel new investment and innovation. The National Broadband Plan noted the importance of unlicensed spectrum in creating opportunities for new technologies to blossom and recommended that the Commission complete the TV white spaces proceeding as expeditiously as possible.
The DASH7 Alliance was formed to advance the use of DASH7 wireless data technology by developing extensions to the ISO 18000-7 standard, ensuring interoperability among devices, and educating the market about DASH7 technology. Formed in 2009, the Alliance now has more than 20 members. Manufacturers, systems integrators, developers, regulators, academia, and end-users all work together to promote the use of DASH7 technology in a wide array of industries and applications. (source www.dash7.org)
Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global leader in safety testing and certification, announced on September 9th the opening of a testing and certification facility for photovoltaic (PV) equipment in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. In addition to offering performance and safety testing services for PV equipment in Japan, the facility will provide technical support to Japanese PV equipment manufacturers as they develop their businesses and enter overseas markets.
Since its inception in 1994 many different definitions of IPTV have appeared, including elementary streams over IP networks, transport streams over IP networks and a number of proprietary systems. The official definition approved by the International Telecommunication Union focus group on IPTV (ITU-T FG IPTV) is as follows:
