Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) recently announced a product
enhancement designed to help engineers extend the capabilities of compliance
applications on the company's Infiniium real-time oscilloscopes.
The enhancement to Agilent's N5467A user-defined application
software gives engineers the ability to develop extensions that they can plug
into existing compliance applications for USB, PCIe(r), DDR, SATA, HDMI, MIPI,
Ethernet and other technologies. This add-in capability allows engineers to
rapidly automate custom measurements on Infiniium oscilloscopes, which saves
time and effort.
Add-ins may be designed as:
- Complete custom tests with
configuration variables and connection prompts.
- Pre- and post-processing
scripts such as MATLAB, LabVIEW, Python, C++ and Visual Basic.
- External instrument controllers
for pattern generators, probe switches, temperature chambers and other
devices.
- Device-under-test controllers to transmit specific test patterns, change test modes, etc.
Add-ins are ideal for situations where existing compliance
applications do not provide the exact measurements or automation capabilities
engineers require. When installed, they are fully integrated into the
application, which provides full, detailed HTML reports for the simplest to the
most complicated measurements and test setups. Add-ins also can control any
SCPI-based instruments connected to a network via Agilent's IO Libraries Suite.
"Engineers have been asking for the ability to extend the
capability of our huge list of compliance applications," said Jay
Alexander, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Oscilloscope
Products Division. "We are excited to give our customers the flexibility
to automate custom measurements and measurements with external instruments so
they can test more efficiently."
With add-ins, engineers can take advantage of the Infiniium 90000
and 90000 X-Series oscilloscopes' lowest noise floor and flattest response to
achieve unprecedented measurement accuracy. The Agilent add-in development
environment may be downloaded free of charge at www.agilent.com/find/uda.
Engineers can use it to develop the add-ins and standalone applications they
need. Once the add-in is installed into an existing compliance application, it
can be run fully integrated with the application, at which time the N5467A
Infiniium option license is required.
Additional information about Agilent's user-defined application
software can be found at www.agilent.com/find/uda. Product images are
available at www.agilent.com/find/uda_images.
U.S. Pricing and Availability
The Agilent N5467A application is available now for $3,500. The
UDA development environment is available today for download at www.agilent.com/find/uda.
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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 18,700 employees serve
customers in more than 100 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $6.6 billion
in fiscal 2011. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.