Keysight Introduces Smart Bench Essentials Connected Instruments

Keysight Technologies, the electronics test and measurement company that was spun off from Agilent in 2014, has launched a new portfolio of Smart Bench Essentials (SBE) lab bench instruments. These new solutions are targeted at remote access labs and teaching institutions that require a unified, powerful graphical interface with integrated data management and analysis, that can be configured, controlled, and monitored from a single screen, also allowing sharing instruments and data remotely with peers.

Tektronix announced the availability of TekDrive, the first native oscilloscope-to-cloud software solution to facilitate global data collaboration directly on an oscilloscope, PC, phone or tablet. Created to enable ultimate ease and accuracy in data accessibility and collaboration at a time when people have to work remotely, TekDrive provides engineers the ability to instantaneously share and recall data directly on an oscilloscope, eliminating the need for cumbersome data-sharing practices.

This fifth article in the series explores the ODEON Room Acoustics Software, from the Danish company with the same name. Richard Honeycutt looks at the improved calculation methods and analysis capabilities of the sofware, incorporating an impulse response measurement system integrated to the software allowing easy comparison of calculated and measured responses. This article was originally published in audioXpress, July 2014.

From March to August 2014, in its Sound Control column dedicated to acoustics, Richard Honeycutt reviewed and wrote a series of articles on the evolution of predictive acoustics and acoustical modeling software, including a review of some of the available tools. This fourth article in the series discusses Enhanced Acoustic Simulator for Engineers (EASE), an engineering design and analysis software for optimizing acoustics. This article was originally published in audioXpress, June 2014.

Futuresource Consulting, a specialist research and knowledge-based consulting company, delivers its analysis on the home audio market trends and technological developments at the 2015 International CES. Futuresource notes the growth of wireless multi-room audio (MRA) solutions, estimated to reach 43% this year, and comments on high-resolution audio developments.