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PRODUCT BRIEFING Enhanced Test Development Software Creates Libraries ATEasy 7.0, the latest version of the test development software and test executive environment, features a Library Wizard that creates a Library DLL project. Export commands permit generating .vb/.h header ﬁles with prototypes of the functions exported by the DLL so they can be called from C or Visual Basic languages. Additional enhancements consist of support for ATML test results and test description, a window for debugging a multithreaded application, a command that displays batch-build dialog for selecting multiple workspace projects for build, and back/forward navigation commands. The 7.0 software supports .NET and all versions of LabView v7.0 to v8.6 and controls USB RAW or TMC devices using IO tables or the internal library. New IDE options include binary and test format default ﬁle saving, a set of predeﬁned variables for external tools arguments, and an auto-recover function. The Development Environment Automation Server provides access to some of the IDE functionality. Geotest-Marvin Test Systems, www.rsleads.com/812ee-201 Scope Analysis Tool Extracts Eye Diagram Data The SDA 7 Zi Oscilloscope with SDA II includes IsoBER™, an analysis tool that extrapolates the eye diagram data and displays the lines of bit error rate directly on the eye. This helps to determine the minimum eye opening and is instrumental in detecting crosstalk by analyzing the vertical eye closure. The scope also provides dual methods of decomposing jitter that are presented both numerically and with displays. QuickView has an intuitive eye and jitter breakdown master display, measures at speeds up to 50 times faster than other oscilloscopes, and integrates compliance testing and SDA II debugging tools. The SDA 7 Zi Oscilloscopes, based on the company’s WavePro® 7 Zi Series, feature a 15.3-inch, 16:9 high-deﬁnition display with a touch screen. LeCroy, www.rsleads.com/812ee-203 Dual-Channel Supply Developed For Battery-Powered Devices The Model 2308 is a dual-channel battery- and charger-simulating power supply for high-speed testing of battery-power devices. It maintains a stable output voltage in response to pulse loads with a transient voltage drop of <90 mV and a transient recovery time of <35 µs and features functionality for both production test and R&D. The portable battery/charger simulator can change range and make a power line cycle measurement in 27 ms. Four current ranges span 5 A to 5 mA and resolutions are from 100 µA to 0.1 µA. Pulses as narrow as 50 µs are measured with integrating A/D technology. The power supply also has an analog output to enable analysis of load current details including the startup sequence and all operating modes. Keithley Instruments, www.rsleads.com/812ee-202 Unit Combines DSO And DMM Capabilities The Model S2505 integrates a battery-operated, dual-channel, 5-MHz bandwidth DSO with a 50MS/s sampling rate and a 10,000-count true rms DMM with datalogging memory to 17,000 points. The DSO also provides ±3% vertical accuracy, 512-B record length in singleshot/glitch capture and 256 B in other modes, 1.0-µs to 5-s sweep rate, and 16 waveform and setup memory storage. The DMM offers six frequency measurement ranges from 100 Hz to 10 MHz, min/max/avg, trend plotting and go, no-go testing; four ranges from 1,000 mV to 1,000 VDC, ﬁve true rms ranges from 1,000 mV to 750 VAC, and four Ohms ranges from 5 kΩ to 5 MΩ. Also included are the rpm, duty-cycle, and pulsewidth functions. The S2505 ships with a USB cable and software. Protek Test and Measurement, www.rsleads.com/812ee-205 Continued on page 12 1 0 • E E • December 2008 www.e v al u a ti o n e n g i n e e r i n g . co m http://www.rsleads.com/812ee-201 http://www.rsleads.com/812ee-203 http://www.rsleads.com/812ee-202 http://www.rsleads.com/812ee-205 http://www.evaluationengineering.com

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