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1. Audio

2. Military and Government

3. Positioning, Navigation and Timing

4. RF & Cell Site Technology and Antenna Systems

5. Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing

6. Wireline Communications (Optical Fibre, Data etc.)


 

 1. Audio

 Fundamentals of Audio Test

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In test and measurement, evaluating the performance of audio devices has many complexities. From electric and acoustic units of measurement, to test signals and essential measurements, there are many factors to assessing an audio signal. For those who want to enhance their understanding of what is special about audio test, this webinar is for you.

Duration: 1:11:40

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Applicable Products: Audio Analysers

 MEMS Mic Testing with APx517B

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New to MEMS mic testing? Or new to using APx for MEMS mic measurement? Join us for a 1-hour webinar from Audio Precision focused on this application and the use of a PDM-configured APx517B Acoustic Analyzer as the test system. During this session, Daniel Knighten will show the proper configuration of both hardware and software and provide an overview of key measurements for MEMS microphone test.

Duration: 1:07:32

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Applicable Products: Audio Analysers

 Hearing Aid Audio Test

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With multiple audio components—including a microphone array, power amplifier, DSP, loudspeaker and more—integrated into a tiny, battery-powered system with both acoustic input and output, hearing aids are truly unique devices from an audio test perspective. In this webinar, we’ll discuss some of the challenges involved in testing air conduction hearing aids according to industry standards for both R&D and QA.

Duration: 52:17

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Applicable Products: Audio Analysers

 Automotive Bluetooth Audio Test

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During this session, we will discuss best practices in evaluating Bluetooth audio signals with APx audio analyzers. The webinar will provide an overview of test equipment, options, setup, and measurement demonstrations in APx500 software.

Duration: 1:05:20

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Applicable Products: Audio Analysers

 Introduction to Measurement Microphones

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During this webinar, we will describe Basic Microphone Theory and give you and introduction to measurement microphones.

Duration: 1:13:41

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Applicable Products: Audio Analysers

 Acoustical Test of Laptops and Tablets

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During this webinar, we will provide you with the basic theory behind acoustical tests of these devices as well as highlight the most important challenges you might experience.

Duration: 1:04:06

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Applicable Products: Audio Analysers

 

 2. Military and Government

 Conquering Radar Signal Generation

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What are the challenges related to the creation and generation of complex radar signals and what are the tools to help make this task more efficient? Gain these insights and learn how to avoid common traps when creating and generating complex signals with this hour long webinar.

You’ll learn:

  • Why radar signals are particularly difficult to create and generate.
  • Methods that will help reduce the complex issues of writing & debugging one’s own signal generation code.
  • How specific waveform generation tools can improve efficiencies and speed up the overall testing time.
  • The benefits of how specific software can remove the time required to learn all the features of the hardware used.

Let us help you decode radar signal generation with our informative webinar from Tektronix.

Duration: 24:40

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Applicable Products: AWG70000

 

 3. Positioning, Navigation and Timing

 Introduction to Precision Time & Frequency

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Defence and commercial industries worldwide need precision timing to support critical network operations. Network accuracy, security, compliance, and best practices all require the resilient time synchronization provided by Orolia’s portfolio of network time servers & solutions. But, what’s it all about? Vicom and Orolia are pleased to present this one hour online webinar targeted at those who are new to precision time and frequency systems

You’ll learn about:

  • Time
  • Frequency
  • Oscillator comparisons
  • GPS disciplined clocks
  • Time distribution
  • Frequency distribution
  • Stabillity and Accuracy
  • NTP (Network Time Protocol)
  • PTP (Precision Time Protocol)

Duration: 65:04

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Applicable Products: PNT Products

 

 3. RF & Cell Site Technology and Antenna Systems

 Designing Combiner Systems

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TX RX engineers use a proprietary, computer-aided design tool that streamlines the design process, even when complex frequency issues are involved, to quickly create solutions customized to meet unique needs.

Duration: 26:46

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Applicable Products: Contact Us

 Tx Antenna Power and Rx Antenna Remote Monitoring

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The transmit antenna power monitor and receive antenna monitor remotely observe and measure land mobile radio (LMR) system performance parameters. This decreases the need for preventive maintenance visits to LMR sites and increase the ability to address degrading trends before end users become aware.

Duration: 32:52

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Applicable Products: Contact Us

 Customization & Versatility of TX RX Combiner/Multicouplers

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TX RX will discuss their ability to create custom, complex combiner and multi coupler designs. For example, one of their competitive advantages is their ability to mix different cavity types and sizes to get the best performance for the dollar, rather than use all 6” and/or off-the-shelf cavities.

Duration: 25:09

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Applicable Products: Contact Us

 Milled Filters

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The webinar topics include a general overview of different RF filter types, an introduction to milled filters and their typical uses, the design process for milled filters, examples of milled filter designs, a discussion of their uses in duplexers, and the major advantages and disadvantages of choosing this filter type.

Duration: 31:45

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Applicable Products: Contact Us

 RF Basics

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The webinar topics include a general overview of RF principles related to LMR: Wave theory, antenna overview and isolation, intermodulation distortion, spectrum overview (i.e., VHF, UHF, 7/800 MHz and 900 MHz), and an introduction to cavity filters.

Duration: 31:45

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Applicable Products: Contact Us

 OneAdvisor-800 All-in-one tool for RF, Coax & Fiber Testing

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The VIAVI ONA-800 is designed to meet the evolving needs of field technicians to test RF, Coax & Fibre Replacing multiple independent tools and significantly reducing total cost of ownership. Vicom and VIAVI are pleased to present a one hour webinar on the ONA-800.

Duration: 1:00

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Applicable Products: OneAdvisor-800

 

 4. Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing

 Simplify Component Selection with Robust DC Characterization

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Watch this webinar to get tips for measuring 2- and 3-terminal semiconductor devices and for using Source Measure Unit (SMU) instruments during the design process.

Duration: 32:56

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Applicable Products: SMUs

 

 5. Wireline Communications

 A Simple Guide to Fibre Optics, Tools and Testing for All Applications

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Watch this webinar for the chance to acquire new skills or brush up on existing knowledge. We cover basic fibre testing techniques, tooling and best practices in order to get the most out of your testing.

Duration: 58.19

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Applicable Products:  Optical Fibre Construction and Test Equipment

 Introduction to Ethernet Testing

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Watch this webinar for the chance to acquire new skills or brush up on existing knowledge. We cover basic ethernet tests, tooling and principles in order to get the most out of your testing.

Duration: 1:00:11

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Applicable Products:  Optical Fibre Construction and Test Equipment

 Path to a Fibre-Rich Future - DWDM in Access Networks

Webinar

Agenda:

  • Understanding the various types of WDM in use
  • Review of DWDM and its components
  • Implementation of best practices for DWDM network I&M
  • Overcome common testing challenges associated with DWDM networks
  • Understanding the testing tools required for DWDM I&M.

Duration: 45.06

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Applicable Products:  MTS-5800

 Characterising Coherent Optical Systems

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Learn about the coherent modulation being considered for 400G networks, the key building blocks of a coherent test system, how to optimize measurement accuracy and the benefits of customizable analysis for non-standard testing in this Tektronix webinar.

Duration: 42.49

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Applicable Products: AWG70000