News and Information about the Test of Electronics in Research & Design, Production, Maintenance, and Installation.
08 January 2026 – With the release of SpecWin Pro 5.0, a comprehensive software for all spectrometers from Instrument Systems, the company presents a series of significant enhancements that further improve accuracy, flexibility, and efficiency in spectral light measurement. The update will primarily focus on the goniometer module, which has been expanded with several powerful new functions. A notable addition is the new Sequence Calculator, which is of particular interest to luminaire manufacturers: It facilitates the calculation of multiple goniometric measurement sequences recorded with different orientations of the device under test (DUT). This allows complete characterization of luminaires with bidirectional or complex radiation characteristics.
Read more: Software for precise and efficient Light Measurement
18 December 2025 — With the new R&S NRP150T thermal power sensor, Rohde & Schwarz expands the frequency range of its R&S NRPxT series to 150 GHz. The R&S NRP150T is the first RF power sensor to cover all of the automotive radar frequency bands, including a new higher frequency band. Here, the ADAS/AD community is working with standardization authorities to define new frequencies up to 148.5 GHz for advanced radar sensors. Beyond automotive applications, the sensor supports power measurements in diverse fields such as satellite communication, inter-satellite links, and radio astronomy, facilitating exploration of higher frequency ranges.
Read more: RF Power Sensor with gapless DC to 150 GHz Coverage
17 December 2025 – Pico Technology announced the release of PicoScope 7 Software version 7.2. This significant update introduces powerful new features and enhancements designed to improve waveform capture, analysis and measurement confidence, making the control of PicoScope instruments faster, clearer and more efficient for engineers and technicians worldwide. The new features in PicoScope 7.2 incorporate suggestions from the PicoScope user community, alongside innovative thinking from Pico Technology's engineering team, to address the practical challenges faced in electronic test and measurement.
10 December 2025 - Keysight Technologies announced a new series of high-power ATE system power supplies, expanding its power test portfolio with three automated test equipment (ATE) product families: the RP5900 Series Regenerative DC Power Supplies, the EL4900 Series Regenerative DC Electronic Loads, and the DP5700 Series System DC Power Supplies. These next-generation solutions provide high density, bi-directional and regenerative capabilities, and intelligent automation software, helping engineers validate designs more efficiently and accelerate time to market.
08 December 2025 - Anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, or process optimization without AI specialists? Now, with TwinCAT Machine Learning Creator (MLC), even process experts without any AI expertise can create their own AI models and use them immediately in the control environment. Beckhoff introduces now a new feature: You can train AI models with image data for vision applications, and also signal sequences and time series.
