DesignCon gets underway next week in Santa Clara with a 14-track technical program beginning Tuesday January 19 and exhibits open Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.
Hewlett-Packard founded the show in 1995 and subsequently turned the management over to an independent organization (now UBM). Keysight Technologies, the spinoff via Agilent Technologies that inherited HP’s electronics test-and-measurement business, maintains a significant presence at the event.
This year, Keysight said it will exhibit Advanced Design System simulation software, high-performance oscilloscopes, BERTs, logic analyzers, arbitrary waveform generators, power-rail probes, and TDR solutions.
Highlights include SIPro and PIPro EM analysis solutions for ADS 2016, crosstalk software analysis tools for oscilloscopes, the latest PLTS 2016 (physical later test system) software, USB Type-C solutions, a new logic analyzer module with options up to 4-Gb/s state mode and 10-GHz timing mode, and PAM-4 measurement application software for sampling and real-time oscilloscopes. The company will also exhibit a multichannel BERT solution based on a 14-slot AXIe mainframe for multilane testing. The BERT uses the latest version of the M8070A system software, version 3.0.
Also touting BERT technology is Anritsu. The company said it will introduce a solution that integrates its MP1800A BERT with a new 64-Gbaud 2-bit DAC with MUX. Anritsu said it will be the first solution on the market that supports 112G PAM-4 generation and BER tests with accurate jitter injection. It targets engineers working on high-speed next-generation designs to accurately verify their components, devices, and systems used in 400GbE, CEI-56G, and Fiber Channel applications.
Other exhibitors will highlight such diverse products as power supplies, connectors, displays, and high-speed low-loss materials. For example, SL Power will exhibit its TE Series supplies for test-and-measurement applications. The supplies exceed efficiency level VI requirements per the U.S. Department of Energy and comply fully with the Heavy Industrial levels of various EN61000-4-x standards for EMC. The company will also highlight its ME60 Medical Series AC/DC power supplies for home healthcare devices.
Focus Display Solutions will be on hand to tout the expanding of its distribution channels through Allied Electronics. In partnership with Allied Electronics, FDS offers multi-interface color TFT modules, low-power LCDs, touch-panel technology, low-cost/in-stock TFTs, and character and graphic displays for new project designs.
Sanmina, an EMS provider of design and manufacturing solutions, will showcase the latest technologies critical to meeting the increasing bandwidth and data-storage requirements of its customers in telecommunications, network computing, and the storage and computing industries, among others. The company will highlight PCB and backplane technology advances and comment on datacenter rack integration trends.
Yamaichi said it will introduce the CFP8 connector, a new pluggable optical module form factor established by CFP MSA for 400GbEthernet. The connector is capable of up to 16 channels of 28-Gbaud electrical signals for CDAUI-16 and CDAUI-8, and it also support 56-Gbaud electrical-signal demand for future requirements.
i3 Electronics will showcase its advanced printed-circuit-board and semiconductor packaging technology for the industrial, commercial, medical, and aerospace industries. In addition, the company will provide information its advanced laboratory services and current induced thermal cycling (CITC) test technology.
In addition, Huber and Suhner will unveil a new range of high-speed RF test components and assemblies and VNA test leads, Robson Technologies Inc. (RTI) will unveil its new 753 Series pneumatic test press and highlight a variety of other test solutions, and Ventec International Group, a manufacturer of polyimide and high-reliability epoxy laminates and prepreg materials, will unveil its new “tec-speed” brand of high-speed/low-loss materials.
Technical program
The DesignContechnical program consists of 14 tracks covering all aspects of electronic design, from chips to boards and systems—including more than 100 technical paper sessions, panels, presentations, and tutorials. Key topics include signal integrity, power integrity, jitter, crosstalk, test and measurement, parallel and memory interface design, ICs, and semiconductor components. Visit www.designcon.com/santaclara/scheduler/list for more information.