Effective Nov. 3, Keysight began trading as an independent company on the NYSE. Officially a new company with a 75-year legacy, Keysight was founded in 1939 as Hewlett-Packard and then Agilent’s electronic measurement group. The company is now 100% focused on electronic design, test and measurement issues.
Keysight has been working with the automotive industry for over 20 years, offering products within its Automotive Powertrain and Hybrid solution set. The products in this area deal with Mechatronics, the combination of mechanical, electronics and software in a single unified system for industrial use by the automotive and transportation industries.
Electronic control units, or ECUs, are key to the control of vehicle performance, emissions, comfort and safety. This portfolio is key in testing ECUs in the manufacturing process.
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Now there’s a new offer, the TS-8989, which provides automotive test functionality that can be used in both research and development and manufacturing organizations. Because floor space is an issue in the manufacturing process and smaller form factor solutions are required, the new offer allows the functionality of previous 19-inch racks with a much smaller floor space requirement. It is the first combined PXI (PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation) measurement and high-current measurement tool. By focusing on a smaller modular form factor, the test set can now be used by R&D functions in addition to manufacturing teams.
Normally deployed at the bottom of the rack due to their weight, these test units placed at the top result in less need for longer cables, better dissipation of heat from the fan units and a more even distribution of weight within the rack.
