Rohde & Schwarz presents its cutting-edge take a look at options for embedded programs

Embedded programs are the inspiration of in the present day’s digital gadgets, spanning sectors as various as client electronics, telecommunications, industrial, medical, automotive and aerospace functions. Making certain seamless operation is important, which implies that engineers encounter advanced challenges as they design more and more compact embedded programs and align them with in the present day’s necessities for effectivity, security, reliability and interoperability. Rohde & Schwarz affords complete take a look at and measurement options to fulfill these challenges and can current its highlights on the embedded world Exhibition & Convention 2024 in Nuremberg, Germany.

Rohde & Schwarz is showcasing its state-of-the-art take a look at and measurement options tailor-made to the embedded business on the embedded world Exhibition & Convention. On the firm’s sales space 4-218 in corridor 4 of the Nuremberg Exhibition Middle, guests can have the chance to realize insights into embedded design testing, together with testing of digital designs and interfaces, energy electronics, electromagnetic compatibility, wi-fi connectivity and in-vehicle networks.

One-box take a look at resolution helps new Bluetooth® Low Vitality take a look at options

One spotlight would be the R&S CMW wideband radio communication take a look at platform (R&S CMW500, R&S CMW270) overlaying the brand new Low Vitality (LE) characteristic Bluetooth Channel Sounding (CS). CS extends the positioning capabilities of low vitality gadgets primarily based on excessive accuracy distance measurements. The R&S CMW platform affords absolutely featured RFPHY take a look at capabilities utilizing the phase-based ranging (PBR) precept. Excessive-performance inside sign mills and analyzers permit repeatable high-quality machine verification.

The R&S CMW platform additionally helps Bluetooth® Low Vitality over-the-air (OTA) receiver and transmitter measurements, as outlined within the upcoming Unified Check Protocol (UTP) take a look at mode. The OTA take a look at functionality permits simple RFPHY testing of gadgets that should not have a bodily take a look at connector. The brand new Bluetooth core specification defining the CS and UTP modes is predicted to be launched later this 12 months.

The R&S CMW platform is a complete, absolutely automated take a look at resolution for verifying the bodily layer capabilities Bluetooth Low Vitality and Bluetooth Basic with the addition of LE audio measurements. Guests can expertise the brand new LE take a look at modes dwell on the Rohde & Schwarz sales space.

Eight-channel MXO 5 oscilloscope units new sign evaluation requirements

One other spotlight is the MXO 5 oscilloscope from Rohde & Schwarz, the world’s first eight-channel oscilloscope that may detect 4.5 million acquisitions and a complete of 18 million waveforms per second throughout a number of channels. The MXO 5 exhibits extra of a sign’s exercise than another oscilloscope in each the time and frequency domains. With a simultaneous acquisition reminiscence of 500 Mpoints throughout all eight channels, it affords twice the usual reminiscence of aggressive fashions. As the primary eight-channel oscilloscope with digital triggering, it units a brand new commonplace for sign evaluation. Additionally it is the primary oscilloscope to supply 45 000 FFTs per second. Guests to the Rohde & Schwarz sales space can have the chance to see this progressive instrument in motion, testing system-on-chip (SoC) energy designs with multiphase buck converters.

Testing sign integrity in high-speed digital designs

Excessive-speed digital interfaces play a pivotal function in digital designs. Rising information charges and integration densities are a problem for designs on the IC, board and system ranges. Guests to the present can study highly effective instruments for system verification and debug, in addition to compliance testing for sign integrity in interfaces, PCBs and interconnects, straight from consultants within the subject. Demo setups on the Rohde & Schwarz sales space embody USB 3.2 sign integrity debugging with receiver equalization emulation and superior eye diagram evaluation with the R&S RTP164B oscilloscope, in addition to protocol decoding with the MXO 4 oscilloscope.

As well as, guests will discover a resolution for absolutely automated (pre-)compliance testing and verification of high-speed cables (IEEE 802.3bj/by/cd/ck and PCIe 5.0/6.0) utilizing the R&S ZNrun automation take a look at suite, an R&S ZNA or R&S ZNB vector community analyzer and the R&S OSP320 open change and management platform. The multiport bodily layer evaluation of a PCIe 6.0 compliant cable is carried out by precisely de-embedding the sign with the R&S ZNB43 vector sign analyzer.

R&S CMX500 with new Wi-Fi 7 R&D capabilities

The brand new Wi-Fi 7 commonplace helps as much as 16×16 MIMO with 320 MHz large channels and 4096 QAM modulation, offering extraordinarily quick and secure connections. When creating Wi-Fi 7 gadgets, the RF TX and RX traits have to be measured beneath real-world circumstances in signaling mode. The R&S CMX500 multi-technology multi-channel signaling tester is now obtainable with built-in Wi-Fi 7 take a look at capabilities. Check environments with a number of RF chains are significantly vital in Wi-Fi 7, the place multilink operation (MLO) is a key characteristic. The tester’s flexibility, assist for a number of radio applied sciences and embedded IP take a look at capabilities make it a flexible resolution for a variety of Wi-Fi 7-specific exams, reminiscent of 2×2 MIMO, 6 GHz band with out-of-band discovery, coexistence and E2E take a look at capabilities.

Fixing take a look at challenges for UWB verification and FiRa Consortium certification

Correct ranging, low energy consumption, excessive safety and reliability – these are the options of ultra-wideband (UWB) expertise options that make it appropriate for a lot of safe ranging functions, particularly as a digital key. At embedded world 2024, Rohde & Schwarz will current the R&S CMP200 radio communication tester with built-in UWB take a look at capabilities for fixing UWB take a look at challenges in mass manufacturing in addition to in R&D.

Analyzing and debugging electromagnetic emissions

As a result of all digital controllers are prone to carried out or radiated electromagnetic emissions, many completed digital merchandise fail their first EMC compliance take a look at. Day by day spent debugging, isolating and correcting the EMI downside will increase the time to market. As a pacesetter in EMC testing, Rohde & Schwarz will current options that combine EMI testing into the product design course of. Guests can learn to use the highly effective R&S RTO6 oscilloscope for EMI debugging or the R&S FPL1000 sign and spectrum analyzer for EMC pre-compliance testing.

EMC compliance testing

Rohde & Schwarz affords the R&S ESW EMI take a look at receiver for closing EMC compliance exams. With the brand new R&S ESW-B1000 wideband choice, the R&S ESW can broaden its FFT bandwidth to as much as 970 MHz to measure the whole CISPR frequency Bands C and D in a single operation. The large bandwidth helps to intercept sporadic interference and allows greater reliability and repeatability in business and MIL-STD exams. The extraordinarily excessive measurement velocity opens up new prospects for compliance testing in addition to for emissions evaluation and debugging. The R&S EPL1000 EMI take a look at receiver affords quick, correct and dependable EMI compliance measurements as much as 30 MHz at a aggressive value within the full CISPR 16-1-1 compliance receiver class for each machine builders and conformance take a look at homes.

Battery simulation and energy consumption testing

Battery life is normally probably the most vital specs for battery-powered gadgets. Guests can discover the R&S NGM200 high-precision DC energy provide in a battery testing and simulation setup. The applying software program facilitates battery discharging, in addition to the repeated discharge and recharge of rechargeable batteries. Steady monitoring and recording of open circuit voltage and voltage beneath load are integral options. The DC energy provide may be remotely managed from a PC with the applying software program put in.

One other take a look at setup permits guests to make use of varied smartwatch apps to watch how GPS impacts energy consumption in actual time. A brand new evaluation software helps builders analyze energy consumption information collected with the R&S NGU energy provide. These supply measure items can be utilized for battery modeling and simulation. They measure the present consumption of battery-powered gadgets in all phases and through the transition from sleep to energetic mode, which is vital for design engineers.

Element testing: excessive velocity VCO tester and an LCR meter with sweep software program

Rohde & Schwarz will current its R&S FSPN high-speed part noise analyzer as much as 50 GHz in an illustration take a look at setup with a VCO machine beneath take a look at. Geared up with two low part noise synthesizers and a real-time cross-correlation engine for elevated measurement sensitivity, it’s preferrred for characterizing delicate synthesizers and oscillators in R&D. As well as, Rohde & Schwarz will showcase its R&S LCX200 LCR meters with custom-made impedance measurement capabilities which might be appropriate for all discrete passive parts as much as 10 MHz. Utilizing the R&S LCX sweep software program software, they’ll even per­kind sweep measurements displaying quite a few charts. The MFIA impedance analyzer from Zurich Devices AG (a subsidiary since 2021) will even be on show. The MFIA supplies impedance evaluation for each high and low impedance parts and has a measurement mode for rapidly monitoring impedance adjustments in gadgets beneath take a look at.

These and different take a look at options may be discovered on the Rohde & Schwarz sales space 4-218 in corridor 4 on the embedded world Exhibition & Convention from April 9 to 11, 2024 in Nuremberg, Germany. For extra info go to: www.rohde-schwarz.com/embedded-world