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TEKTRONIX
Tektronix rolls portable scopes for embedded designs
eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "Tektronix, Inc. has launched its DPO3000 Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope (DPO) series of portable models that extends the advantages first introduced with the DPO/MSO 4000 series. The DPO3000 provides triggering and decode support for the most popular serial buses including I2C, SPI, RS-232/422/485/UART, CAN and LIN used in embedded system design applications."

Readers say:

"Great to see more scope with support for serial protocol."

"Sounds great. What about the screen size?"

"We'll buy MSO4000!"

"It seems to be priced right so if I ever have to chance to recommend buying it I would. The Wave Inspector navigation, etc and USB plug and play are especially attractive."

"Nice feature set, questionable BW."

"The information is very complete. I like to see the main specs and pricing."

"Sounds like a great tool!"

"The DPO3000 is ideal for embedded systems designers looking for transients and glitches. Had I used the DPO3000 a few short years ago, the GPON chip sets would be further along."

USABILITY RANK: 1

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AGILENT
USB-based instruments deliver modular test system
eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "Agilent Technologies Inc. has introduced a family of USB-based instruments designed for flexible configurations, quick setup, and affordability in electronic functional test and troubleshooting applications. The Agilent U2700A family includes oscilloscopes, function generator, source/measure unit and switch matrix in a form factor that enables space-saving solutions."

USABILITY RANK: 2

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SIGNAMETRICS
Signametrics introduces 6-1/2 digit USB digital multimeter
eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "Signametrics Corp. has introduced the SMU2055 6-1/2 digit USB digital multimeter (DMM). The SMU2055 is powered directly from the USB connection, and consumes only 1-1/2 watts. Measuring 5 x 7 x 1.3 inches, which is a 90% reduction in size compared to benchtop DMMs, it is suitable for use with a laptop, opening up new opportunities for portable applications, Signametrics said. These USB DMMs may be used for burn-in, production test and R&D in addition to portable applications."

Readers say:
"Good to see Linux support."

"Would consider if we need a new multimeter"

USABILITY RANK: 3

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OMICRON LAB
Portable network analyzer operates as low as 1 Hz
eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "OMICRON Lab has extended the frequency range of the Bode 100 portable network analyzer with its latest software release. The frequency range has been lowered to 1 Hz for a frequency range of 1 Hz to 40 MHz for gain/phase and impedance measurement."

USABILITY RANK: 4

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ZTEC
PXI, PCI, and VXI oscilloscopes offer benchtop performance
eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "ZTEC Instruments Inc. has introduced the ZT4210 series of 300-MHz oscilloscopes in PXI, PCI, and VXI form factors. These oscilloscopes provide the same triggering, acquisition, math, and analysis functions that are commonly found in today's benchtop instruments and in ZTEC's other M-Class oscilloscopes. The ZT4210 series is designed to replace benchtop oscilloscopes in many ATE, aerospace, defense, and portable test applications."

USABILITY RANK: 5

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NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
DAQ devices for USB deliver faster sampling rates
eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "National Instruments has released two bus-powered M Series data acquisition (DAQ) devices for USB that deliver faster sampling rates and more digital I/O features than previously released devices. These DAQ devices deliver high-performance I/O for portable USB applications such as field measurements and laptop-based data acquisition."

USABILITY RANK: 6

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AUDIO PRECISION
HDMI, Blu-ray audio test solution is industry first
eeProductCenter's Rich Pell says: "Audio Precision has introduced the APx585 multichannel audio analyzer with HDMI, claimed to be the industry's first audio analyzer capable of testing HDMI and Blu-ray audio. According to the company, the instrument speeds the measurement of HDMI audio quality on devices such as surround sound receivers, set-top boxes, HDTVs, and DVD and Blu-ray Disc players."

USABILITY RANK: 7

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AZIMUTH SYSTEMS
Channel emulator line targets 4G wireless technologies
eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "Azimuth Systems Inc. has announced an expanded channel emulator product line designed to address the needs of emerging 4G wireless broadband technologies including LTE, IEEE 802.16m, UMB and other technologies that will be deployed in the 700-MHz spectrum."

USABILITY RANK: 9

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IXIA
10 GbE load modules deliver higher density, lower power consumption
eeProductCenter's Gina Roos says: "Ixia has introduced its 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) IP testing solution for high-density next-generation data center infrastructures, which it claims as the industry's highest density and most affordable. Leveraging Ixia's converged testing applications, IxLoad and IxNetwork, the new 10 GbE IxYukon load module is said to deliver the highest scalability, flexibility and affordability for testing."

USABILITY RANK: 8

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ADVANTEST
Advantest doubles dynamic test handler throughput
eeProductCenter's Ismini Scouras says: "Advantest Corp. has announced its M6242 dynamic test handler that provides throughput of 42,200 units per hour for high-volume production test of memory devices such as DRAM. The M6242 supports memory device packages such as BGA and CSP, and its advanced handling capabilities enable a throughput of 42,200 units per hour, which is more than double that of the company's earlier model, the M6241."

USABILITY RANK: 10

In case you were wondering, here's how Ultimate Products works: Our editors select up to 10 of the most significant products posted at www.eeProductCenter.com during the calendar quarter. Then, using an electronic balloting process, we submit the products with the accompanying editorial reviews to selected, qualified readers. Those readers score the products by technical significance and
USABILITY on a scale of 1 through 5, with 5 being the highest score. The product ranked No. 1 in each category was judged as most technically significant for that category. Relative
USABILITY rankings and selected reader comments are also reported. More than 1,000 of you helped to choose these products. As always, we are grateful for your enthusiastic participation.

Patrick Mannion
Editor-in-Chief, Techonline Network and eeProductcenter.com
pmannion@cmp.com