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LeCroy launch NEW entry level WaveAce oscilloscopes range.
Test and Measurement budget cutback? PDS Instruments have the solutions.
How Green are your Black and White products? Find out with the PM1000+
PDS Instruments on tour as part of the Aerospace Roadshow in September 2008
Voltech ATi and DC1000 June Promotion
PDS Instruments Trade-In program
Krohn-Hite appoint PDS Instruments as their exclusive UK distributor
LeCroy launch NEW MXs series of oscilloscopes
PDS Instruments launch versatile bench top DMM
Voltech launch NEW PM1000+ power analyser
Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) to be introduced in to F1 for 2009 but how will it be tested?
Tabor Best-In-Test Honorable Mention for 2008
Worlds first touch screen 120MHz precision impedance analyser
Tabor appoint PDS Instruments as UK Distributor
PM100 New Lower Pricing - PDS now lowest price UK supplier.
Exhibition Program for 2008
Instrumentation North April 2008 PASSED
National Electronics Week (NEW) June 2008 PASSED
Instrumentation Scotland and Offshore September 2008
LeCroy appoint PDS Instruments as UK Distributor
Ultra-Portable 1kVA Benchtop Unit Announced
If you work in the Aerospace Industry in the UK then we could be coming to your site soon as part of the Aerospace Testing Roadshow. The sites we will be visiting with the tour are...
Monday 1st September - Goodrich Actuation Systems [Wolverhampton]
Tuesday 2nd September - Goodrich Power Systems [Pitstone]
Wednesday 3rd September - Rolls Royce [Derby]
Thursday 4th September - Lockheed Martin (INSYS) [Bedford]
Monday 8th September - Selex S&AS UK [Luton]
Tuesday 9th September - BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and Qinetiq [Farnborough]
Wednesday 10th September - Augusta Westland Helicopters, Honeywell and GKN Aerospace [Yeovil]
Thursday 11th September - Lockheed Martin UK [Havant]
Friday 12th September - BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin [Yeovil]
Monday 15th September - Airbus, BAE Systems, MBDA and Selex [Filton]
Tuesday 16th September - Rolls Royce [Filton]
Wednesday 17th September - Thales [Templecombe]
Thursday 18th September - Atlantic Inertial Systems [Plymouth]
Friday 19th September - EADS [Newport]
The Aerospace Roadshow will feature a range of companies that supply equipment and services to the Aerospace Industry so we hope to see you in September if you work on one of these aerospace sites. Can't see your company on the list? Then please get in touch and we can always arrange to come and see you directly.
Good news!
Voltech have ATi Transformer Testers and DC1000 Bias Supplies in stock now for fast delivery.
In fact, they have too much stock and can offer a limited quantity to customers at fantastic prices:
ATi GOLD for the price of an ATi STANDARD - Normal price £7,995, Promotion price £5,330* that's a saving of £2,665 or 33%
ATi STANDARD for the price of an ATi BASIC - Normal price £5,330, Promotion price £3,995* that's a saving of £1,335 or 25%
This offer is for a strictly limited quantity of 30 sets world-wide on a first-come, first-served basis. It’s likely these 30 ATi's will sell in 6 to 8 weeks and we will not be able to repeat the offer.
Bonus offer!
Purchase any** Voltech product in June and get £500 discount on a DC1000 25A bias unit. That makes a DC1000 just £2,575. An ideal add on to go with your new ATi!
*Prices shown exclude VAT and £25 UK shipping charge. All prices are correct at time of publication but are subject to change.
**Item must have a UK list price of £125 or more.
Got old equipment sat on the shelf just gathering dust? Need to replace an old item but finding it hard to get your budget approved? Simply must have the latest kit to replace your aging equipment? Then look no further... PDS Instruments will consider any test equipment or power supplies for trade-in from any manufacturer. The trade-in can be redeemed as cash, credit (for future purchase) or as a discount on new equipment purchased at the time of trade-in. All you need to do is get in touch with us and let us know what the equipment is, what condition its in (photo's always help) and we will then get you a trade-in valuation.
The valuation costs you nothing so what are you waiting for? Why not find out what gems you have sat on your equipment shelf?
PDS Instruments are proud to announce their appointment as Krohn-Hite's new exclusive UK distributor. Krohn-Hite, based in Brockton Massachusetts, were established in 1949 and have been producing high quality products ever since. Krohn-Hite produce an extensive range of filter products, wide band amplifiers as well as high precision DC and AC voltage / current sources and calibrators. For further information on Krohn-Hite products please visit our Krohn-Hite products page.
LeCroy have launched a series of new additions to the WaveSurfer family with introduction of the MXs series. The MXs series offer several key advantages over the original Xs series in that they include the advanced math pack and lab note book which are only available as options on the Xs series. The MXs also have 10Ms/ch of memory which is 4 times that offered as standard on the Xs series. You can find more information on the MXs series on our LeCroy MXs information page.
The NEW B4200 DMM from PDS Instruments offers a versatile suite of DMM functionality in a compact format with excellent pricing. For more details you can look at the B4200 information page.
So, you need test equipment or a power source but you only need it for a week or a month? Well in that case it seems uneconomical to buy equipment for the job so why not rent it? PDS Instruments offer a selection of test instruments and power sources for rental so why not check out the rentals list to see what equipment is currently in the rentals pool? Recently added items include Tabor Waveform generators, the Voltech PM1000+, Portable Calys Calibrator from AOIP, DMM's and DC power supplies.
PDS Instruments are pleased to announce the new Voltech PM1000+
With more and more emphasis been put on environmentally friendly products and homes Voltech have stepped up to the mark to release a low cost bench top Power Analyser with sophisticated energy consumption measurements and low-power standby measurements.
The PM1000+ measures power from milliwatts to Megawatts, providing accurate power and harmonic data from the smallest of devices on standby to Electrical wind turbines.
As power consumption varies over time the PM1000+ provides comprehensive integration features suitable for Energy Star measurements and low power measurements in accordance with IEC62301.
Packed with features never seen on this size of power analyser before, the PM1000+ builds on over 20 years of Voltech’s know-how to provide a sophisticated, accurate and easy to use power analyser.
The PM1000+ available from PDS Instruments provides a propriety operating mode to measure standby power over the minimum possible duration.
With its colour display the PM1000+ can clearly display waveform and harmonic bar-charts, instantly revealing every detail of the product under test power consumption characteristics.
With USB, RS232 and GPIB interfaces data transfer and storage is fast and easy.
By David Sheath – PDS Instruments Ltd
Formula One, the ultimate glamour sport, is not an industry traditionally associated with being all that ‘green’. However, in 2009 a rule change in F1 will mean that every car that rolls out on to the starting grid will have to feature a Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS). Basic information on what will be required to match up to these new KERS regulations is already publicly available through the FIA.
There still seems to be much debate in and around the industry as to exactly how this will be implemented. Some discussion suggests that a flywheel system would allow for the storage of energy in a mechanical fashion. However, there are wide reaching safety implications with such a system that make this seem like an outside chance in the safety conscious world that is modern F1. The more likely scheme to be adopted is something based on that found in existing hybrid road cars i.e. The kinetic energy recovered and converted during braking will be stored in a ‘reservoir’ (battery or capacitor) and then used to power some kind of electric motor that will work in conjunction with the engine during subsequent acceleration. The idea being that a similar performance level could be achieved in terms of acceleration but at the same time reducing the amount of fuel burnt to achieve that performance.
One feature of the 2009 F1 KERS regulation is that, regardless of the potential energy that can be generated from braking, only a limited amount of energy 
can be stored and fed back into the system to aid acceleration. This is presumably for safety reasons and to encourage the energy saving that this regulation is aimed at, rather than having KERS become another area of F1 upon which the teams spend millions in order to gain that extra 1% over the competition. This does raise the question of how a KERS system is tested for energy recovery. In terms of measuring the electrical power saved and reused, the easiest way to measure this is with a power analyser such as the Voltech PM6000. Some teams in F1 are already using or looking at this route to investigate fledgling KERS systems and as this year develops, and work on 2009 cars begins in earnest, it is only a matter of time before more F1 engineers look at the implications of KERS and the testing and development that is associated with it.
Using a power analyser, such as the Voltech PM6000, it is possible to perform a complete electro-mechanical analysis of the energy generated, stored and used. This kind of detailed analysis will allow the KERS units to be checked for efficiency and regulatory compliance which are both critical factors in F1.
The system drawn above shows a simplified block overview of a typical test rig for a KERS. By using the capabilities of a system like the PM6000 it is possible to produce efficiency measurements onboard the analyser by using the in built math features to calculate efficiency (energy in/energy out). With the addition of external data capture for torque and speed, it is also possible to analyse the relationship between axle speeds and energy generated to look more closely at mechanical, as well as electrical losses, within the system.
As development of such systems progress in F1 it is likely that this technology will permeate to other forms of motor sport, GT racing and Le Mans spring to mind as obvious candidates, and then go full circle back in to the wider automotive industry. F1 has long been a trend setter in automotive technological advances, and it looks likely that it will spark a whole new interest in developing KERS for mass consumption. So one day, in the not too distant future, we are all likely to be driving more efficient cars inspired by their thoroughbred cousins in the F1 paddock.
You can download this article as a PDF file by clicking here.
Thanks to those of you that visited us at the NEW show. If you didn't get a chance to see us this time around then keep checking back to see when we're next at an exhibition or register with us and we'll keep you up to date with exhibitions and our latest product news and offers.
Tabor Electronics Pulse Master Series Receives Test and Measurement World's Best-in-Test Honorable Mention for 2008 - 7th January 2008
PDS Instruments are pleased to announce that the Tabor Electronics Pulse Master Series received Honorable Mention recognition in the prestigious Test and Measurement World's Best-in-Test awards for 2008. The Pulse Master Series was cited for bringing significant technological advancement to market in introducing its new Pulse-On-Chip technology, offering the best price-performance ratio of Pulse Generators, in a compact, cost-effective package.
Models PM8571 and PM8572, the premier members of the new Pulse Master Series, are super high-performance single and dual channel pulse/ pattern generators that execute command emulators to nearly all new, as well as discontinued, Pulse Generators on the market, solving all TPS programmers' replacement challenges.
To add to their remarkable, high-performance pulse features, the new Pulse Master models are capable of generating the complete range of standard, arbitrary and sequenced waveforms needed in today's laboratories, all conveniently housed in a small, 2U 1/2 rack-sized box. These efficient Pulse Master models reach groundbreaking integration levels, establishing them as market leaders in the areas of size, price and performance, for any possible application.
This is the third time in a row that Tabor products have been nominated and won an award for excellence.
All Tabor Models are available from PDS Instruments Ltd.
PDS Instruments Ltd “The Power supply and Test Equipment Specialists” are pleased to introduce the Wayne Kerr 6500B series of Precision Impedance Analysers.
The Wayne Kerr 6500B series available from PDS Instruments continues to build on Wayne Kerr’s reputation as a market leader in the design and manufacture of Precision Impedance Analysers available in 7 models all offering the same 0.05% basic accuracy with maximum frequency ranges of 20Hz to 5MHz, 10MHz, 15MHz, 20MHz, 30MHz, 50MHz and 120MHz.
With its large TFT touch screen, intuitive interface, clear graphic display, high measurement speed and maximum frequency range of 120MHz, the 6500B is a big step forward in the world of Precision Impedance Analysers.
The 6500B can sweep frequency, drive level or DC Bias and display 2 chosen parameters (Z, Ø, C, D, L, Q, R, X, G, B or Y) graphically on the large colour LCD display making characterisation of components and materials a simple process.
The Wayne Kerr 6500 series is available from PDS Instruments in the UK.
PDS Instruments Ltd “The Power supply and Test Equipment Specialists” are pleased to announce that they are the new UK distributor for the Tabor Electronics range of Waveform Generation products.
Tabor Electronics are based in Israel and have been manufacturing high end test equipment since 1971 under the Tabor brand and as an OEM for world class test and measurement equipment companies.
Tabor Electronics produce a wide range of highly specified function and arbitrary waveform generators. Units are available with various different sample rates (up to 1.2GS/S) to provide units with varying frequency capabilities. Several software suits are also available to allow PC control and arbitrary waveform generation. Waveforms captured on LeCroy (and other) oscilloscopes can be used as source files to generate waveforms on the Tabor Wonder Wave range. All Tabor units come with at least a 3 year warranty and Wonder Wave units come with 5 years!
PDS Instruments already sell the LeCroy Oscilloscopes and see the Tabor Products as a perfect match to their existing product lines.
PDS Instruments met with Jonathan Netzer of Tabor Electronics at the end of November 2007 to finalise the details of the contract and have some product training.
If you have waveform/function/pulse generation application then call the team at PDS to discuss it. Demo units are available now so if you need to see a demonstration or try a Tabor unit out for a few days then please do get in touch.
PDS Instruments are now offering the ever popular PM100 power analyser from Voltech at the lowest price in the UK. Our price comparison below shows the recommended UK list price from Voltech and the prices from one of the UK largest electronics suppliers Farnell.*
PM100 price comparison:
| Quantity | Voltech List Price | Farnell Web Price | PDS Price |
|---|---|---|---|
1-2 |
£1,040 |
£988.62 |
£980.00 |
3-4 |
£1,040 |
£948.48 |
£940.00 |
5+ |
£1,040 |
£924.77 |
£915.00 |
All prices shown are price per unit excluding VAT.
For more information on the PM100, click here to visit our PM100 page.
If you find new PM100's being sold cheaper elsewhere then just let us know and we'll match the price and give you a further £10 off per unit!
* Comparison prices taken from Voltech's UK price list and Farnell's website on 16th November 2007.
Updated 18th April 2008
Thank you to those of you that came to see us at Instrumentation North in Leeds. If you didn't get a chance to visit us there then why not visit us at one of the other UK exhibitions that we will be attending this year.
Instrumentation Scotland and Offshore in Aberdeen is new show for PDS Instruments but we hope to see you there on stand 304. We will be there representing our full range of instrumentation products. If you would like to arrange to meet at the show to discuss a specific requirement then please feel free to contact us before hand on 0800 043 0831 or email us at info@pdsinstruments.co.uk
LeCroy is a leading provider of oscilloscopes that are well known and used across a wide range of industries for everything from design to production testing. Since LeCroy founded, in 1964, they have focused on creating products that improve productivity by helping engineers resolve design issues faster and more effectively.
PDS Instruments were approached by Art McFall, Distribution Sales Manager for LeCroy, at the recent NEPCON exhibition. Following discussions about the wide range of products and solutions that PDS Instruments provide their end users LeCroy realised that adding their products to PDS's portfolio could only stand to benefit all concerned (LeCroy, PDS Instruments and their end users). PDS Instruments will be carrying the WaveJet and WaveSurfer range.
PDS Instruments expect to take delivery of demo units in mid August so will be out and about providing demonstrations from then on. So if you need an oscilloscope and want to see what solution LeCroy oscilloscopes can offer you then please do not hesitate to contact us.
California Instruments Corporation announces the release of the EC1000S to our line up of compact AC power sources. The EC1000S is one of our most versatile products, offering a large 5.7" LCD, powerful measurement capabilities, limiter settings, sequencing, and a USB interface, bundled with our Instrument Control Software; all in a small compact unit weighing less than 20 lbs (9.5kg).
Download the full specifications for EC1000S series.
