Products of the Week: August 28, 2023

Aug. 28, 2023

Here's this week's selection of some of the most interesting new products that have been launched of late.

Battery Simulator Application Addresses Wireless, Automotive, and Industrial Systems

Tektronix launched KickStart Software version 2.11.0, including enhancements to the Battery Simulator Application. With the ability to support the 2400 Graphical Touchscreen Series Source Measure Units (SMUs) and the 2600B Series SMUs, the Keithley KickStart Battery Simulator App enables users to easily generate battery models, simulate batteries, and perform battery-cycle tests for consumer wireless IoT devices, automotive, and industrial applications. The enhanced app supports various Keithley SMUs, and negates the need for using a 2380 electronic load to create a battery model and a 2281S battery simulator.

The solution yields real-time table and graph views that have been created for instant data visualization and collection, showcasing dynamic and static battery models of battery VOC, Vt, SOC, ESR, current, and capacity. Along with features such as battery simulation and discharge-model generation, the KickStart Battery Simulator App has the capacity for up to eight total instruments that can be controlled simultaneously, enabling battery testing through multiple charge and discharge cycles with access to a myriad of test cutoff conditions.

Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Microwaves & RF

Alix is Editor-at-Large for Microwaves & RF.

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the U.S. military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications, most recently as Editor-in-Chief of Power Systems Design.

Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.