Best in Test Awards

The Best in Test awards recognize excellence in electronics test and measurement. The winners were honored at a ceremony on January 31 at DesignCon 2012 in Santa Clara. Read the 2012 Best in Test award announcement press release here.

The winners of the 2012 Best in Test awards are:

• ATE/Production Test: RFEM, Aeroflex
• Bus and Logic Analyzers: Beagle USB 5000 SuperSpeed Protocol Analyzer, Total Phase
• Data Acquisition: USB-2408 Series, Measurement Computing
• Design for Test/Boundary Scan: SFX-TAP16/G, GOEPEL electronic
• Embedded Test: TR5001T Tiny ICT, Test Research
• Functional Test: TOSCA Testsuite, TRICENTIS Technology & Consulting
• LTE Test: VR5 HD Spatial Channel Emulator, Spirent Communications
• Machine Vision/Inspection: TR7600 SII Automated X-Ray Inspection System, Test Research
• Multimeters: iDVM iPhone and iPad Enabled Wireless Multimeter, Redfish Instruments
• Optical and Network Testers: IxLoad Attack, Ixia
• Oscilloscopes: MDO4000 Mixed Domain Oscilloscope, Tektronix
• PHY Test: PVA-3000 PhyView Analyzer, Sifos Technologies
• RF/Microwave Test: URT-5000 Software Defined RF Player and Signal Generator, Averna
• Semiconductor Test: T5773 NAND Flash Package Tester, Advantest
• Signal Analyzers: PXIe-5665 VSA, National Instruments
• Signal Sources: M8190A Arbitrary Waveform Generator, Agilent Technologies
• Source-Measure Instruments: B2900A Series Precision Source/Measure Unit, Agilent

The 2012 Test Product of the Year is the MDO4000 Mixed Domain Oscilloscope from Tektronix. The MDO4000 is the first oscilloscope on the market to include a built-in spectrum analyzer that allows design engineers to look at time-correlated analog, digital, serial, and RF data and gain a complete system view of their devices.

The 2012 Test of Time award winner is Spirent TestCenter from Spirent Communications, a unified performance test platform that can sustain growth across many fast-growing industries, including virtualization, cloud computing, mobile backhaul, enhanced packet core, and high-speed Ethernet. Introduced in 2005, TestCenter is employed by network equipment manufacturers, service providers, and enterprises that are employing the Layer 2-7 IP and Ethernet technologies required to deliver any application over any network and on any device.