LeCroy Introduces CANbus Analyzer

Jan. 9, 2006

LeCroy Corp. has unveiled a specialized oscilloscope for testing CANbus circuitry and interfaces. The Vehicle Bus Analyzer (VBA) displays complete CANbus physical layer and protocol stack information and can display details on multiple CANbus devices. The instrument offers sampling rates of 5 GSamples/s on all four channels with as much as 1 GHz bandwidth. The analyzer, whcih can also display associated non-CANbus signals, included advanced CANbus triggering functions. The instrument has a starting price of $18,990 US dollars. For more information, visit the LeCroy web site at www.lecroy.com.

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.