MSC now offers highly flexible, high performance Digitally Controlled Oscillators (DCXOs) from SiTime. These devices are ideally suited for use in telecommunications, wireless, networking and other applications where a high level of frequency accuracy is important.

Whereas conventional VCXOs require an external voltage to control the frequency, SiTime’s DCXO family of products enable users to digitally control the output frequency. Therefore, a pull range from ±25 ppm to ±1600 ppm (parts per million) is achieved and the frequency resolution is 1 ppb (parts per billion).

The DCXOs provide superior pull range linearity of less than 0.01% which is 1000 times better than conventional quartz crystal VCXOs. Furthermore, unlike traditional VCXOs designs, external D/A converters are not required with the use of DCXOs, resulting in a reduction of the number of components needed for the circuitry.

SiTime’s MEMS-based DCXOs provide developers with completely linear and low-noise solutions, which not only feature high accuracy and flexibility but also robustness and an unprecedented reliability.

The DCXOs come in three industry standard package sizes (3225, 5032 and 7050) and can optionally be operated with a supply voltage of 1.8 V, 2.5 V to 3.3 V. The first version, the SiT3907, is provided with LVCMOS outputs. Versions with differential outputs should come onto the market in the course of the next year.

RS Components and Tektronix, have announced an exclusive five year free-of-charge warranty promotion to support the Tektronix MSO/DPO 2000 range of oscilloscopes, targeting applications such as embedded design, mixed signal design, video design, education and training, and automotive electronics. This exclusive offer is available to customers across the UK and Europe on all purchases of products in the MSO/DPO 2000 series ordered online through RS until 31 December 2011.

Normally available to purchase at a cost of up to €362, the free warranty provides electronic design engineers with the assurance of minimum downtime during the repair process, and guarantees priority status at the depot, ahead of on-demand repairs. Online tools are provided to enable the customer to quickly order a repair and to track its progress. Tektronix operates global service coverage, which means that replacement parts and tools can be accessed and despatched immediately at no additional cost to the customer.

During the promotion, customers ordering any oscilloscope from the MSO/DPO 2000 range through the RS website at www.rs-components.com/tektronix will be supplied with a media code which the customer must use when purchasing from the MSO/DPO 2000 range, in order to be eligible for the free five year warranty.

Fred Knowles, Head of Product Management – Electronics at RS Components said, “This exclusive promotion in conjunction with Tektronix is yet another demonstration of RS’s commitment to nurture strong partnerships with leading industry suppliers to deliver first class service and value-for-money to our customers.”

Nigel Bentley, Channel Partner Manager, Tektronix said, “I am really pleased that RS has taken the initiative with this excellent campaign and offered its customers this extended five year warranty using the Tektronix multi-vendor service solution which we operate with global coverage. Our customers will be better served from this initiative from two truly high service providers.”

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element14 (formerly Farnell), the industry’s first fusion of commerce and community supporting engineers and purchasing professionals worldwide, today announced the expansion of their 130,000 strong inventory with the addition of Tektronix precise and intuitive oscilloscopes. These high performance and easy-to-use solutions provide the maintenance and repair, and electronic design engineering sectors as well as aspiring engineers in schools with effective tools to measure and evaluate their designs.

As manufacturing industries around the globe continue to shift their operations to the Asia Pacific, this trend has created a rich ecosystem of technological sophistication that supports the production of a wide spectrum of electronics. As a result, design support and maintenance engineers are constantly challenged to find versatile analysis solutions that are capable of evaluating complex systems. There is also an increased demand for simpler tools so that engineers are able to apply these solutions more easily and proficiently across several product categories, thus improving time to market while supporting the development process from concept to end of life.

“As the world’s leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes, Tektronix is in the business of helping design engineers solve their day-to-day challenges,” said David Carew-Jones, Vice-President of Marketing, Service Solutions Organisation, Tektronix. “We do this by designing products that are easy to use and provide the highest level of precision, and it is important that our customers have the easiest access to the tools they need to do their job. Therefore, we are delighted with this partnership we have with element14 in Asia as their extensive network and logistical expertise help to ensure that engineers throughout the region can get easy access to our latest technology.”

“As the electronics manufacturing sector continues to expand in the Asia Pacific, there is also a corresponding growth in the number of electronic engineers the region. element14 understands that evaluating the validity of designs is an essential phase of design cycles,” says Marc Grange, Head of Product Management, element14, Asia Pacific. “New engineers can learn and build up their proficiency through Tektronix analytical tools which are specifically designed for learning purposes. In addition, element14 also offers 24/5 online technical support, relevant technical information and a complete suite of design software to help professionals, hobbyists and students to overcome any challenges.”

Easy-to-master measurement solutions with unparalleled precision and performance

One of the Tektronix oscilloscopes that element14 offers is the TSD1000C-EDU series that is designed for first time users. It features an intuitive interface that has dedicated per-channel vertical controls, auto set-up and auto ranging, making the oscilloscopes simple to operate to reduce the learning time.

Top-in-class precision and reliable performance

Captures signals accurately with at least 10X over-sampling on all channels, all the time with Tektronix’s proprietary sampling technology

Advance triggers – rising/ falling edge, pulse width, and video – to help identify and isolate the signals of interest

Advanced math capabilities and sixteen different automated measurements

Integrates USB port to enable users to save their instrument settings, screenshots and waveform data easily

Comes with an Education Resource CD that contains a library of information and guidance tools

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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced it has stock on Fox Electronics’ new line of application-specific XpressO oscillators optimized for Fibre Channel configurations.

This new product is now available for purchase on Digi-Key’s global websites and will be featured in future print and online catalogs.

The Fibre Channel oscillators are pre-configured to precise application-specific requirements in an industry-standard 7 mm x 5 mm package. The Application Specific XpressO line is the first to combine Fox Electronics’ patented breakthrough XpressO technology with the specific characteristics required to meet the demanding needs of specific Fibre Channel applications without the wait associated with custom products. XpressO technology offers fast delivery of low jitter, small package size and multiple frequency and output options at a low cost. Designed and developed by Fox Electronics, XpressO oscillators utilize a family of proprietary application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) with a key focus on noise reduction.

Additionally, these oscillators offer a frequency stability of ±50 ppm and are available in 106.25 MHz, 159.375 MHz and 212.50 MHz models. HCMOS and LVPECL outputs are available on the 106.25 MHz model, LVPECL for the 159.375 MHz model, while LVPECL and LVDS outputs are available on the 212.50 MHz models. These new XpressO oscillators offer a tri-state enable/disable feature, allowing the user to turn the output on and off. Output enable/disable time is less than 100 nS.

Each XpressO crystal oscillator model features an operating temperature range of -40°C to +85°C and a storage temperature range of -55°C to +125°C. At 12 kHz to 20 MHz, typical phase jitter is 0.75 pS RMS for the 106.25 MHz and 159.375 MHz and 0.86 pS RMS for 212.50 MHz. Start up time is 10 mS. The new XpressO oscillators feature gold over nickel termination finish.

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Farnell launches exciting new range of Agilent Technologies digital-storage oscilloscopes

Farnell, the leading multi-channel distributor, has announced it will offer Agilent Technologies’ new DSO1000 series of digital-storage oscilloscopes with ex-stock availability for free next day delivery as soon as the six model family first launches.

The agreement means that Farnell customers will have immediate access to the new scopes that offer bandwidths of between 60MHz and 200MHz and deliver features only usually found on more expensive equipment. The DSO1000 series is available with two or four channels and is housed in an enclosure measuring just 127mm (5in.) deep and weighing less than 3.2kg (7lb).

Farnell has been a stockist for Agilent’s broad range of industry leading products for two years. The successful partnership has seen Agilent become one of Farnell’s leading test and measurement brands.

With the support of local language websites and sales locations throughout Europe, Farnell is able to provide its customers, wherever they are, with excellent sales and support to help them choose the most appropriate products for their applications.

The new Agilent oscilloscopes include features to allow more signal viewing and the ability to display 23 automatic measurements; up to 21 of them simultaneously. With up to 20kpts of memory per channel, the DS01000 series also allows engineers to use the full sample rate of the scope – up to 8 times longer than other scopes in its class.

Commenting on the launch, Andrew Fawcett, Farnell Product Manager for test equipment said: “This agreement will give our customers instant access to the brand new and exciting DS01000 product range. Agilent has been a fast growing and valued addition to our product portfolio since we launched just over two years ago. Their brand strength and product depth has allowed us to offer new and exciting product categories to meet the exact test and measurement needs of our customers.”

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Tektronix has launched a lower-cost version of the highly successful MSO series of mixed-signal oscilloscopes combining two or four analogue channels with 16 digital channels

Tektronix has launched a lower-cost version of the highly successful MSO series of mixed-signal oscilloscopes combining two or four analogue channels with 16 digital channels.

The MSO2000 Series are digital phosphor oscilloscopes with bandwidths of 100 MHz or 200 MHz and two or four channels, and are significantly cheaper than the other MSO instruments in the Tektronix range.

Despite their low cost, instruments in the MSO2000 Series incorporate 1M points of usable record length on all channels, serial trigger and decode analysis options, and a variable low-pass filter that also allows the user to see signal details to the oscilloscope’s full bandwidth.

The WaveInspector navigation and search facility enables details to be located and zoomed using intuitive smart controls. The display uses a widescreen colour TFT which allows more information to be seen than a standard 4:3 display.

Digitally oriented features include bus display, bus decoding and events table. Serial triggering is provided for popular serial interfaces including I2C, SPI, RS-232/422/485/UART, CAN and LIN. Triggering can be done on packet content such as start of packet, specific addresses, specific data content or other unique identifiers.

TTi, as a Platinum distributor for Tektronix, holds all of the MSO2000 models in stock along with all options and accessories.

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High Quality Oscilloscopes, Arbitrary/Function Generators, Accessories Now Available for Test and Measurement Needs

Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, today announced it has inked a distribution agreement with Tektronix, a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement, and monitoring instrumentation.

Mouser’s Tektronix portfolio includes high quality oscilloscopes, arbitrary/function generators, and other essentials for engineers’ design benches.

“Adding Tektronix to our line card allows us to expand our offerings to include another world renowned and trusted brand,” said Barry McConnell, Mouser Vice President of Product Marketing. “Tektronix’s advanced test and measurement technologies are incorporated into their products for design, debug, compliance test, education, training, manufacturing test, and quality control applications. Design engineers turn to Tektronix for their proven, reliable products and we are pleased to stock them for same-day shipping.”

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High performance LeCroy oscilloscope sets the standard for fast debug

The latest LeCroy WaveSurfer oscilloscope, with the best raw performance in the 1GHz bandwidth segment, is now available in the UK from Aspen Electronics. The new MXs-Type 1GHz ‘scope features a 5GS/s per channel sampling rate, high signal fidelity and a large display in a small footprint. Developed to provide ease of use and faster design validation, it is offered at an excellent price for such high performance.

Additional features of the WaveSurfer MXs include 10million points/channel memory depth and advanced triggering functions, including HDTV trigger, for tracking down rare events and glitches in a wide range of design and development applications. An advanced maths package, including one million point FFTs, comes as standard. The instrument is compatible with optional low-speed serial triggering and decode packages for analysis of I2C, SPI, UART, RS-232, CAN, and LIN protocols. It can also be configured with LeCroy’s 36 channel mixed signal oscilloscope options.

The instrument is slim, just 6in deep, but features a 10.4in touch screen, capable of presenting easy to read transparent overlays, search/zoom capabilities, and tabular displays. Each oscilloscope is supplied with a full set of analysis tools as standard, including WaveScan™, an advanced search and analysis feature, WaveStreamTM, a fast viewing mode, and LabNotebook™, a unique tool for documentation and report generation.

The all-powerful WaveScan feature provides the ability to locate unusual events in a single capture, or scan for an event in many acquisitions over a long period of time. Engineers can select from nearly 20 search modes, such as pulse width, frequency, rise time and duty cycle, apply a search condition and scan for unusual events. In a single acquisition, WaveScan will clearly identify the failure and list the values in a table, ready for further analysis and debug.

The WaveSurfer MXs is the ideal instrument for benchtop use in research and development, design, product verification and most general-purpose applications in virtually all industry sectors.

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