KIPiS articles

Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #6
On October 4-5 in Prague Agilent Technologies held its annual press-tour. About 33 editors of specialized technical editions from 15 different countries visited this event. Read an interview with Benoit Neel, VP & General Manager EMEA Field Operations, and Jim Armentrout, EMEA Marketing Manager, Agilent Technologies, in this issue.

Author(s):  Bryanskiy L.
Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #5
The expression «cut the Gordian knot» means to find a non-trivial, bold and simple solution to a complex, confusing issue. It is unlikely that someone could say how many Gordian knots arose in practical metrology, especially in the development of national standards of units and scales of measurement. Each «know-how» — proposed and implemented – is another Gordian knot untied. The author tells about these «knots» in this article.

Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #5
For accurate and fast level measurements in rectification columns and in any other high tanks without impulse lines and capillaries and regardless of the ambient temperature Emerson provides unique solution with digital architecture.

Author(s):  Afonskiy, Alexander, Guskov Andrey
Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #5
The electromagnetic background especially in office environment is constantly changing. How to conduct measurements of electromagnetic environment correctly? What equipment to use? You can find solution to these and some other issues in recommendations given in this article.

Author(s):  Smith, Trevor
Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #5
Wireless communication becomes a standard feature in emerging devices and the demand for wireless interfaces is agitated even more by low-cost components. In the debugging process of systems with wireless interfaces, development engineer has to analyze analog, digital and radio signals. The article describes the capabilities of Tektronix MDO4000 oscilloscope with combined analysis features enabling to analyze analog, digital and radio frequency signals which changes are interrelated over time.

Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #5
The growing number of technical colleges and universities around the world acknowledges the increasing interest in the engineering profession and education development in this area. Nowadays the measurements become more complex and their implementation requires integration of multiple devices. Professors are considering combining instruments in a single laboratory facility capable of using a computer to perform a wide range of tasks, including measuring, analyzing and storing data, etc. This article describes the principles and ways of implementing this task.

Author(s):  Afonskiy, Alexander
Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #5, KIPiS 2011 #6
As was previously considered Tektronix and Agilent Technologies are the ones to set trends for the oscilloscopes. And everything else is just a copy or attempts to repeat characteristics. But in summer 2011 an oscilloscope with a brand new design appeared on the test and measuring techniques market. This article provides a description and main characteristics of a new model of AKTAKOM digital oscilloscope with unique «hybrid» design.

Author(s):  Afonskaya, Tatiana , Afonskiy, Alexander
Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #5
August 21-25, 2011, Washington, DC (Gaylord National Convention Center, National Harbor, MD, USA) hosted an international symposium of metrology which gathered more than 2,000 people. The motto of the symposium «50 Years: Reflecting On The Past — Looking To The Future». Review of this event also includes an interview with Victor Sapritskiy, Doctor of technical sciences, Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Photometry in VNIIOFI.

Author(s):  Bryanskiy L.
Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #4
It would seem that metrologists and instrument manufacturers are not supposed to cheat. Because of the kind of their work. Serious and no jokes. But what actually happens? There are different versions of "tricks" and most common are associated with measurement error definition.

Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #4
This article highlights various aeronautical radio navigation signals such as VHF omnidirectional radio range (VOR), instrument landing system (ILS) for glide slope (GS) and localizer (LLZ), as well as marker beacon (MB). R&S® test and measurement solutions for avionics navigation equipment are introduced based on application scenarios, including calibration, research and development, field tests, and transceiver testing.

Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #4
For over sixty years, Tektronix offers measuring, control and monitoring technologies and solutions for design, productivity increase and significant reduce of release time of products on the market. As world’s leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes Tektronix has introduced four new oscilloscope models of DPO/DSA70000D series with a bandwidth of 33 GHz and the highest accuracy in the industry.

Author(s):  Vandenberg, Wayne
Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #4
Satellites are high complexity devices that require sophisticated test equipment and procedures. Solar Array Simulators are specialized DC power sources designed specifically to emulate the dynamic I-V output characteristics of a real photovoltaic array. This article describes the unique characteristics that should guide the choice of the SAS. The sections of this article describe the characteristics of a solar array, the emulation techniques used by the Agilent E4360 SAS, and considerations for systems integration.

Author(s):  Afonskiy, Alexander
Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #4
At the beginning of 2011 the family of Aktakom digital storage oscilloscopes has been broadened with 12 new models. When analyzing characteristics of these models a modern trend of oscilloscopes evolution can be traced – the increase of screen width, slim profile, high functionality and high connectivity. The article provides a comparison between different series and models of Aktakom oscilloscopes.

Author(s):  Afonskiy, Alexander, Afonskaya, Tatiana
Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #4
In June we had the opportunity to visit the main office of Agilent Technologies, located in Santa Rosa, California, USA. In addition to administrative buildings, there are also research laboratories and manufacturing of certain Agilent’s products.

Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #3
From 19 to 21 April 2011 in Crocus Expo, Moscow, the biggest in Russia and Eastern Europe International Forum on the electronics industry ExpoElectronica took place. The numbers presented in current article shows the significance and great interest among specialists in the forum.

Author(s):  Afonskaya, Tatiana , Afonskiy, Alexander
Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #3
On May 2-5, 2011 San Jose in Silicon Valley (California, USA) hosted the Embedded Systems Conference. ESC unites the largest communities of engineers, developers, technologists, business leaders and suppliers of materials and equipment in one place and that rightfully makes it the leading event for the electronics industry. From this article you will learn about the most interesting moments of the event.

Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #3
For more than sixty years, engineers have turned to Tektronix for test, measurement and monitoring solutions to solve design challenges, improve productivity and dramatically reduce time to market. Current article announces the release of initial Tektronix products using IBM’s 8HP SiGe technology which are expected later this year.

Author(s):  Dr. Andrew Schaefer
Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #3
The effective number of bits (ENOB) is a way of quantifying the quality of an analog to digital conversion. A higher ENOB means that voltage levels recorded in an analog to digital conversion are more accurate. In an oscilloscope the ENOB is not just determined by the quality of the analog to digital converter but by the instrument as a whole. This article explains how to measure the oscilloscope ENOB and shows results for the R&S®RTO for different settings.

Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #3
The transfer of large amounts of data and spiraling transmission rates, needed for services such as video on demand to ensure ever increasing Internet bandwidth, are driving speed increase in infrastructure and components. Signals break through one performance barrier after another. The article tells about functional capabilities of Agilent’s arbitrary waveforms generators.

Author(s):  Afonskiy, Alexander
Issue:  KIPiS 2011 #3
In the previous issue of our magazine we talked about the release of four new series of AKTAKOM analog digital generators based on the technology of direct digital synthesis (DDS). Characteristics and features of three budget series models AHP- 1105, AHP-1110 and AHP-1115 were discussed. Current article tells about three other series of AKTAKOM DDS generators and their detailed characteristics.