Two suppliers’ handheld DMMs offer differing features
Vendors have crowded the handheld-DMM (digital-multimeter) market for
almost as long as it has existed.
October 22, 2006
Priced from $995, dual-display benchtop DMMs resolve 6½ digits, make four-wire measurements with two leads
Fluke Corp has announced the 8845A and 8846A Precision DMMs (digital
multimeters), which feature 6.5-digit resolution, dual displays that show data
in graphic or numeric formats, and multifunction-measurement
capability.
5.8-GHz-bandwidth, 10-bit AWG claims honors as world’s fastest
Tektronix has announced the AWG7000 Series of AWGs (arbitrary-waveform
generators), which the company calls the world's fastest such signal
sources.
Sequential-sampling scopes, TDR challenge VNAs
Tektronix has announced the DSA8200 digital serial analyzer
sequential-sampling oscilloscope, new remote-sampling electrical modules, and
enhanced IConnect software for serial-data-network analysis.
Tools feed variability data to DFM tools
Synopsys has released two new tools to help developers and users of
leading-edge processes better predict how proximity variations and global
variations will affect circuit performance as the industry moves into 45-nm-IC
manufacturing.
Virtex-5 adds PCI Express and 10-Gbit-Ethernet cores
Xilinx has released the second platform derivative of its Virtex-5 FGPA
family targeting markets requiring serial connectivity.
Palm-sized computer features network connectivity
Gumstix's latest miniature computer targets the
customized-network-appliance market, and you can use it as a file and print
server, a network server, a software application server, a Web server, an IP
(Internet Protocol)-telephony server or any combination of the these
functions.
Ultrathin heat spreader uses fluid core to cool processors, displays
Power-hungry components, such as graphics processors and LED displays, currently use a combination of heat spreaders, pipes, and fans to wick away heat. However, fans introduce reliability concerns, and pipes are bulky.
Fall Processor Forum explores power efficiency
Collectively, the presentations underscored how the context of an application impacts its use of computing and processing resources, which in turn affects the applicability of similar, yet different power-saving techniques.
50th Anniversary Audiocast: A conversation with John Patrick
Editor in Chief Maury Wright sits down with John Patrick, a technology guru formerly with IBM and now president of Attitude LLC, for a wide-ranging talk about the past and future of miniaturization in electronics.