SANTA CLARA, CA– Agilent Technologies Inc. introduces the first fully coded bit error ration solution. It is built around Agilent’s 3GPP LTE Wireless Library and MXA Signal Analyzer and uses 2x2 and 4x4 multiple input/multiple output technology.
The library provides preconfigured simulation setups supporting downlink- and uplink-coded BER, as well as transmitter measurements that include error vector magnitude and spectral emission mask.
The solution allows wireless-systems designers and verification engineers to quicken the development of evolving TDD-LTE designs. It complements Agilent’s same capability for the frequency division duplexing version of LTE and is predicted to speed development of mobile devices and base stations in China.
THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN – Digi-Key Corp. has signed a deal to distribute Tyco Electronics’ passive components worldwide.
The new deal is aimed at growing markets in Europe and Asia.
Previously Digi-Key distributed Tyco’s products on a regional basis.
Tyco supplies passive electronic components used in the automotive, computer, consumer electronics, communication equipment, appliance, aerospace and defense, industrial machinery and instrumentation markets.
WILSONVILLE, OR and KIRKLAND, WA– Mentor Graphics Corporation has opened the Mentor Graphics Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design Laboratory at Lake Washington Technical College’s Kirkland campus. The lab will be used to teach PCB design methodologies based on the Mentor Expedition tool flow.
MARLBOROUGH, MA– DownStream Technologies, LLC introduces BluePrint-4-PADS. This latest configuration of BluePrint-PCB is targeted to Mentor PADS Layout users. Users are able to simplify and automate the creation of documentation driving PCB fabrication, assembly and inspection processes. Features include drag and drop, as well as automatic formatting of PCB views. The configuration uses the PADS ASCII file for intelligent PCB view display. It contains built-in word processing and spell check. It can hyperlink between notes, callouts and details, and it is node-locked. There is support for drill tolerances, as well as unlimited PCB views on a single sheet. It has a free BluePrint document viewer download, and it has an automatic layer stack up detail creation.
SANTA CLARA, CA– Agilent Technologies Inc. has released a series of all-in-one solution kits designed to assist engineering and electronics teachers. Each kit contains undergraduate engineering coursework, teaching slide sets, problem-based student labs and measurement equipment meeting industry standards.
PARIS– AWR Corporation will receive the Electron d’Or Award for its AXIEM 3D planar electromagnetic (EM) software. Sponsored by Electronique Magazine, the award is recognizes products in 12 categories.
AWR received its award in the CAE category. An independent jury of experts in the electronics industry chooses recipients. To be considered, products must have been released within the previous 12 months.
