Exhibition Highlights
Rohde & Schwarz: T&M solutions for latest technologies
At electronica 2016, Rohde & Schwarz will showcase test solutions for
advanced technologies, including those for fifth-generation mobile
radio and wireless gigabit, along with state-of-the-art test systems
for embedded designs and automotive systems. Rohde & Schwarz
will present the first over-the-air (OTA) power measurement solu-
tion for 5G and wireless gigabit components. These wideband com-
munications technologies require the use of phased array antennas at
access points, base stations and in wireless devices. These antennas
use beamforming to control the direction of radiation of the trans-
mit antenna so as to maximize the power level at the receiver. The
new R&S NRPM OTA power measurement solution from Rohde &
Schwarz allows users in development and production to calibrate the
transmit antenna’s output power and test its beamforming function
using a simple test setup. The R&S NRPM operates in the frequency
range from 27.5 GHz to 75 GHz. A compact 19” EMC test box (R&S
TS7124) additionally allows shielded RF measurements. For mea-
surements on highly integrated embedded designs, Rohde & Schwarz
will present its R&S RTO2000 digital oscilloscope, which is designed
for multi-domain applications. The oscilloscope allows developers
to analyze the interaction between the various functional units of
these complex designs. The R&S RTO2000 displays the correlations
between time, frequency, protocol and logic analysis results like no
other oscilloscope can. The R&S RTO2000 and R&S RTE digital oscil-
loscopes can now be used in combination with the new, extremely
low-noise R&S RT-ZP1X probe to carry out power measurements
down to the millivolt range. Also on display is the R&S Scope Rider,
the first handheld oscilloscope with the functionality and touch and
feel of a state-of-the-art lab scope.
Infineon: AURIX TC3xx family fuels automated driving and
electromobility
Serving the requirements of automated cars and electric vehicles
Infineon launched the next generation of its AURIX microcontrol-
ler family. The TC3xx microcontrollers offer the highest level of inte-
gration on the market and real-time performance that is three times
higher than that available today. With its high-performing hexa-core
architecture and its advanced features for connectivity, security and
embedded safety, the AURIX family TC3xx is ideally suited for a wide
field of automotive applications. In addition to engine management
and transmission control, powertrain applications include new sys-
tems in electrical and hybrid drives. Specifically hybrid domain con-
trol, inverter control, battery management, and DC-DC converters
will benefit from the new architecture.
DATA MODUL showcases high-tech embedded modules
Based on the current Embedded product strategy, COM Express
products in the low power and high end divisions at DATA MODUL
are undergoing large-scale expansion. All the new Intel processor
platforms (following the Intel IOTG roadmap) are implemented
based on the COM Express module standard. These reference mod-
ules can immediately be used serially on baseboards or as building
blocks for customized single board computers. Two additional build-
ing block baseboard modules or customized ODM designs will be
available just in time for electronica: COM Express compact modules
with cutting-edge Intel Pentium/Celeron and Atom processors (code-
name Braswell) for low power applications and the Com Express
Basic module with Intel Core i3/i5/i7 and Xeon E3 6th generation
processors (codename Skylake) for the high performance division.
Among other things, this controller provides the defined feature set
specified by COM Express. Additional useful features are also real-
ized, turning this module into an Embedded module:
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