All items tagged with test and measurement (410)
Ellisys Rolls Out Advanced Bluetooth 5.2 LE Audio Capture and Analysis Features
March 25, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Ellisys Rolls Out Advanced Bluetooth 5.2 LE Audio Capture and Analysis Features

Ellisys released a broad complement of innovative features to support development of emerging Bluetooth LE Audio products, including controllers, stacks, and devices. These features, available on the company's Bluetooth protocol analysis systems, broaden support for the latest Bluetooth LE Audio specifications and deliver unique technical innovations that solve complex issues for developers.
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AES Standards Webinar Series Discusses Audio Standards and Interoperability in a Connected World
March 23, 2021 by Audio Engineering_Society

AES Standards Webinar Series Discusses Audio Standards and Interoperability in a Connected World

The Audio Engineering Society has announced a series of webinars hosted by the AES Standards Committee that will illuminate the inner workings of the often complex, yet necessary, set of rules by which engineers and equipment manufacturers abide and the increasingly important role of the AES and its work to establish audio standards and practices that ensure interoperability worldwide. The initiative from the AES Standards Committee shines a light on Audio Standards development, while seeking input and experience from the global audio community.
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Rohde & Schwarz Joins the FiRa Consortium to Show Its Commitment to the Growing Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Ecosystem
March 18, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Rohde & Schwarz Joins the FiRa Consortium to Show Its Commitment to the Growing Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Ecosystem

Rohde & Schwarz joined the FiRa Consortium as an associate member. FiRa, short for "fine ranging," is an organization dedicated to growing the UWB ecosystem by ensuring interoperability between multiple devices through compliance and certification programs. By joining the FiRa Consortium, Rohde & Schwarz contributes to the organization’s efforts to establish a certification program for UWB devices. Rohde & Schwarz brings along a broad expertise in mobile device testing and certification
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Keysight Introduces Smart Bench Essentials Connected Instruments
March 16, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Keysight Introduces Smart Bench Essentials Connected Instruments

Keysight Technologies, the electronics test and measurement company that was spun off from Agilent in 2014, has launched a new portfolio of Smart Bench Essentials (SBE) lab bench instruments. These new solutions are targeted at remote access labs and teaching institutions that require a unified, powerful graphical interface with integrated data management and analysis, that can be configured, controlled, and monitored from a single screen, also allowing sharing instruments and data remotely with peers.
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New Klippel SCN Near Field Add-On (SCN-NF) Now Available
March 9, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

New Klippel SCN Near Field Add-On (SCN-NF) Now Available

Announced earlier in 2020, Klippel now confirmed availability of its new SCN Near-Field Add On (SCN-NF), a new solution that accurately enables all the most relevant transducer measurements using a single hardware setup in a non-anechoic room. This new powerful addition to the Klippel Scanning Vibrometer is a smart alternative to using an anechoic chamber, and the fastest way to get full directivity holographic measurements, extrapolate SPL to any point in 3D half-space and obtain balloon, contour, polar and sound power plots.
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audioXpress March 2021 Brings Increased Focus on Audio Test & Measurement
February 11, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress March 2021 Brings Increased Focus on Audio Test & Measurement

For this edition of audioXpress, start with our valuable Market Update on Audio Test and Measurement, followed by an interview and guided tour of QuantAsylum. From a practical perspective, Stuart Yaniger shares his experience with the latest version of Virtins Multi Instrument Measurement Software, Michael Steffes explains how to explore an interesting composite amplifier structure for great results, Mike Meechan continues his series on microphone preamplifier design, and Ethan Winer explains how to avoid too much wiring in large designs. Another great edition of audioXpress, now available to read in print and online.
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HEAD acoustics Promotes Free Online Seminar on ANC Headset Testing
February 8, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

HEAD acoustics Promotes Free Online Seminar on ANC Headset Testing

HEAD acoustics is hosting another online seminar, this time focused on ANC headset testing. The event is free to register and will repeat over three different time zones on February 23 and 24. During the seminar, HEAD acoustics will recap how the company's systems have helped the popular forum for headphone enthusiasts, Head-Fi.org, to properly evaluate ANC headphones at a time where new technologies and designs keep being introduced.
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New 12BA and 12BB Microphone Power Modules From GRAS
January 28, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

New 12BA and 12BB Microphone Power Modules From GRAS

GRAS Sound and Vibration introduced two new microphone power modules: GRAS 12BA and 12BB. These power modules are designed for users who need to power CCP measurement microphones and would like seamless integration of microphone sensitivity data via TEDS. The single-channel (12BA) and four-channel (12BB) USB-powered modules provide integrated TEDS support and are competitively priced for production test applications, saving time during setup and configuration.
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Pico Technology Introduces New PicoScope 4000A Series PC-Based Oscilloscopes
January 13, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Pico Technology Introduces New PicoScope 4000A Series PC-Based Oscilloscopes

Pico Technology announced availability of the new PicoScope 4000A Series PC-based oscilloscopes, a second-generation upgrade and expansion of the company's high-resolution, deep-memory product portfolio. With 2-, 4- and 8-channel models available, the PicoScope 4000A Series boasts 12-bit hardware resolution (to 16 bits with Resolution Enhancement), 256 MS deep capture memory, 20 MHz bandwidth with 80 MS/s sampling speed, up to 70 dB SFDR and a built-in 14-bit triggerable signal generator and 80 MS/s AWG. A SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface powers the instrument and delivers up to 160 MS/s communications to the host PC.
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Fresh From the Bench: QuantAsylum QA401 and QA451 Compact and Modular Audio Measurement System
January 7, 2021 by David Logvin

Fresh From the Bench: QuantAsylum QA401 and QA451 Compact and Modular Audio Measurement System

On the cover of audioXpress December 2020, many of our readers instantly recognized the familiar look of the increasingly popular QuantAsylum QA401 audio analyzer. What many readers didn't recognize by then was the second module, the completely new QA451 programmable load, so new that audioXpress tested a pre-production version. In this review article, David Logvin shares his valuable perspective on this modular solution for audio measurements from QuantAsylum.
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