Rick's Picks—100 Hot Products of 2012

The end of the year brings the opportunity to look back at the many new products and product enhancements introduced in 2012.

Here are my choices for 100 notable products introduced between December 1, 2011, and December 1, 2012, arranged into these categories: ATE, Communications Test, Compliance Test, Data Acquisition and Sensors, Instruments (other than oscilloscopes), Oscilloscopes (with their own category), Power, and Software.

You'll find more information on these products by browsing through the print magazine or clicking on the links. (See also my commentary on a year's worth of technology coverage, and a look toward the future.)

Let me know what I have left out.

ATE

Advantest, T5511 DRAM Test System Corelis, QuadTAP/CFM JTAG Hardware Platform CSZ, HALT and HASS Chambers with EZT-570i Touch Screen Controller EADS North America Test and Services, Racal Instruments 1257A RF Interface Units FormFactor (Microprobe), Vx MEMS Probe Cards with >1 A/Probe, 90-µm-Pitch Capability Ironwood Electronics, TSL-ST-01A Thermal Socket Lid JTAG Technologies, JT 2149/DAF Mixed-Signal Measurement Module LTX-Credence, Diamondx Semiconductor Test System Multitest, MT9510 Pick-and-Place Test Handler Multitest, Triton Quad Tech contactor Pickering Interfaces, 40-199 Fault Insertion Modules Pickering Interfaces, 40-549 and 40-551 Power Matrices Saelig, Aim-TTi I-Prober 520 XJTAG, PXI XJLink2 Boundary Scan Modules   Communications Test   Aeroflex, S-Series Signal Generators/Analyzers Aeroflex, 3920 Radio Test Set with Support for P25 Phase II TDMA Aeroflex, TM500 LTE-A Test Mobile with eICIC Support Agilent Technologies, E5515E 8960 Series 10 Wireless Communications Test Agilent Technologies, N4010A Bluetooth Low-Energy Test Set Agilent Technologies, 44-GHz EXA Signal Analyzer Anritsu, µOTDR modules for the Network Master MT9090A Platform Anritsu, MT8870A Universal Wireless Test Set Spirent Communications, TestCenter C100 Test Appliance Platform Teledyne LeCroy, SDAIII-CompleteLinQ Serial-Data-Analysis Package University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory, UNH-IOL Test Tools   Compliance Test   AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation, Multi-Star MT06000 80-MHz to 6-GHz Multitone RF Test System Associated Research, OMNIA II Model 8254 Safety Compliance Analyzer ETS-Lindgren, N600X Series Filters Leader Tech, Multi-Cavity Slot-Lok Pro Shield Rohde & Schwarz, R&S ESR EMI Test Receiver   Data Acquisition and Sensors   ADLINK Technology, PXIe PXES-2590 Chassis Plus DSA and Digitizer Modules Data Translation, VibRunner Data Acquisition Hardware Platform Data Translation, DT9862S USB DAQ Module Kistler, CDS-GPS Datalogger Linear Technology, LTC2995 High-Accuracy Temperature Sensor National Instruments, NI CompactDAQ System with Intel Core i7 Dual-Core Processor Newport, zSeries Wireless Sensor System Omega Engineering, OM-WEB-TC Series Thermocouple Devices with Web Server Omega Engineering, OM-CP-STATE101A Battery-Powered Data Logger Omega Engineering, OM-CP-RTDTEMP101A Series Precision RTD Data Loggers VTI Instruments, SentinelEX Series WinSystems, ISM-TRM-COMBO Signal-Conditioning Board   Instruments   AEMC Instruments, Models 6550 and 6555 Megohmmeters Agilent Technologies, 86108B Precision Waveform Analyzer Agilent Technologies, 6-GHz X-Series Signal Generators Agilent Technologies, E4982A LCR Meter Agilent Technologies, M9381A 3- or 6-GHz PXI Vector Signal Generator Agilent Technologies, U1273AX OLED Handheld Digital Multimeter ADLINK Technology, HDV62A Full HD HDMI Video and Audio Capture Card Anritsu, MG3710A Series Vector Signal Generators B&K Precision, 4005DDS Function Generator Chroma Systems Solutions, 17200 Programmable Battery Life-Cycle Testers Geotest-Marvin Test Systems, PXI Chassis Geotest-Marvin Test Systems, GX2065 6.5-Digit PXI DMM Geotest-Marvin Test Systems, 64-Channel PXI GX1649 Arbitrary Waveform Generator Goepel electronic, PXI 6161 Communications Controller Guzik Test and Measurement, AXIe ADC 6000 Series Digital Acquisition and Processing Module Keithley Instruments, 2657A High-Power System SourceMeter Keithley Instruments, Enhanced S530 Parametric Test Systems Mentor Graphics, T3Ster Hardware and FloTHERM Software National Instruments, NI PXIe-8115 Controller National Instruments, Vector Signal Transceiver National Instruments, NI PXIe-1085 All-Hybrid-Slot Chassis Rigol Technologies, DSA815 1.5-GHz Spectrum Analyzer Rohde & Schwarz, R&S VTC Video Test Center Saelig, Xminilab Board-Level Instruments Stanford Research Systems, SG380 Series RF Signal Generators Tektronix, TLA6400 Series Portable Logic Analyzers Teledyne LeCroy, WaveStation Series Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generators   Oscilloscopes   Agilent Technologies, 200-MHz U1620A Handheld Oscilloscopes Agilent Technologies,