Agilent
Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) introduced the enhanced Agilent U8903A audio
analyzer with new digital audio interface options. These options expand the
U8903A's capabilities with AES3, SPDIF and DSI (digital serial interface)
formats for versatile, high-performance analog and digital audio testing.
The DSI
format offers four sub formats - I2S, Left Justified, Right
Justified and DSP - for R&D engineers to analyze and verify a wide range of
digital audio applications. The upgraded U8903A audio analyzer contains the
full functions of analog domain and digital domain audio measurement in a
single unit, allowing engineers and technicians to quickly perform complex
cross-domain measurements in industries such as IC component and module design,
wireless communications and consumer audio.
The
U8903A offers a wide logic level input range of 1.2 V to 3.3 V and allows users
to set the logic level to any value within that range. This allows the U8903A
to support and test future designs with continuously smaller logic levels in
addition to the majority of current digital audio ICs.
Built
for ease of use, the U8903A is equipped with a 5.7-inch color screen (capable
of displaying up to four channel results simultaneously) and one-button access
to four main operating modes through the front panel softkeys.
"With
the new digital audio interfaces, the U8903A audio analyzer shows Agilent's
commitment to providing high-performance solutions for the continuous
challenges in audio applications," said Ee Huei Sin, vice president,
Agilent's Basic Instruments Division. "This product continues to build on
the legacy of the HP 8903B audio analyzer from two decades ago."
Existing
U8903A users can obtain the digital audio interfaces by opting for a hardware
upgrade, which includes installation of selected digital audio interface
options and calibration of the U8903A unit by Agilent's Service Solution Unit.
Pricing and Additional
Information
The
Agilent U8903A audio analyzer with analog functions only is priced at $12,000.
The
U8903A can be further expanded with digital audio interface options. The U8903A
with Option 113, which provides both AES3/SPDIF and DSI digital audio formats,
is available for $16,400.
Option
114 includes the U8903A unit with AES3/SPDIF digital audio interfaces only,
while Option 115 includes the U8903A unit with DSI format only. They are priced
at $14,850 and $15,300, respectively.
The
audio analyzer and digital audio interface options are available now.
Information
about the U8903A audio analyzer and the new digital audio interface options is
available at www.agilent.com/find/audioanalyzer. High-resolution
images of the U8903A audio analyzer are available at www.agilent.com/find/audioanalyzer_images.
About Agilent
Technologies
Agilent
Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier measurement company and a
technology leader in chemical analysis, life sciences, electronics and
communications. The company's 18,500 employees serve customers in more than 100
countries. Agilent had net revenues of $5.4 billion in fiscal 2010. Information
about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.