T&M and Monitoring

KIC announces that it has been awarded a Global Technology Award in the category of Test Equipment and Services for its MVP profile fixture. The award was presented to Brian O’Leary, KIC’s Americas Sales Manager, during a Tuesday, October 26, 2010 ceremony that took place during SMTA International at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, FL.

AirMagnet, now part of Fluke Networks, today released new versions of its leading AirMagnet Survey PRO 8.0 (including the AirMagnet Planner module) and AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO 9.0. Both products now include the company’s new multi-adapter solution, which delivers dramatic enhancements to the wireless LAN (WLAN) designing and troubleshooting process by going beyond just collecting greater amounts of data, to integrating that data into features that help speed the performance and accuracy of site surveys, and deliver the industry’s most in-depth client roaming analysis to ensure wireless continuity.

Acculogic, Inc. introduces the new single-sided low-cost version of its successful Flying Scorpion FLS900-series. The FLS940Sxi Flying Prober delivers the short programming times and high fault coverage of traditional bed-of-nails in-circuit test for prototype, ramp-up and low-volume/high-mix test applications.

Giga-tronics (NASDAQ:GIGA) announced that Giga-tronics Incorporated and Advanced Test Equipment Rentals (ATEC) partnered to offer lease and rental of Giga-tronics’ high-end RF and Microwave Test and Measurement equipment.

Datest Corp., a leading provider of advanced, efficient and quality in-circuit testing solutions, has installed the new dual-sided SPEA 4060 Flying Probe System at its facility in Fremont, CA.

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The latest MX471 CAN bus module from HBM features four independent CAN bus interfaces and integrates seamlessly into the QuantumX universal measurement system. This enables CAN messages to be synchronously acquired and stored for all analog or digitally measured quantities such as torque, force, strain, displacement, pressure, rotational speed and temperature.

The new SureTest® installation tester from IDEAL INDUSTRIES NETWORKS DIVISION is easy to use, very compact and ergonomically designed. Through clever use of new, lighter components and materials, as well as fewer (four) batteries, the device weighs just 765g, around 50 per cent lighter than most competing testers on the market – a genuine advantage if an electrician is testing for long periods.

Stemmer Imaging can offer a compact new low cost, high definition board camera for use in a wide range of markets. Measuring 42 x 42 x 34 mm and weighing just 40 g, this high performance camera can be readily mounted in awkward positions or on moving objects.

The International Society of Automation (ISA) announces the publication of Control Loop Foundation—Batch and Continuous Processes, by Terrence Blevins and Mark Nixon.