Agilent Technologies’ Series of Handheld Oscilloscopes Named Elektronik Magazine’s Product of the Year

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced that its series of handheld digital oscilloscopes was voted the No. 1 Product of the Year by readers of Elektronik, one of Europe’s key electronics magazines. Other nominees in the test and measurement category included National Instruments and LeCroy.

Introduced six months ago with industry-leading capabilities, the Agilent U1600A Series gives new meaning to high-performance versatility, addressing the need for portable oscilloscopes across a broad range of demanding industries. Key features include its wide 4.5-inch LCD color display, 125 KB/s channel memory depth, 200 MHz real-time sampling rate, and multiple waveform functions -- FFT, zoom and waveform math.

“We are honored to receive this prestigious award,” said Ee Huei Sin, vice president and general manager of Agilent’s Basic Instruments Division. “This recognition by users and industry experts reinforces that making measurements and analysis -- on-the-go and with no lack in performance -- is increasingly in demand in the electronics market today. And, we are proud that our U1600A Series is the benchmark for high-quality, feature-rich handheld scopes.”

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Designed to address portability in multi-industrial automation, process control, facility maintenance and automotive-service industries, the Agilent U1600A Series provides high-performance versatility with two releases: the U1602A (20 MHz bandwidth) and the U1604A (40 MHz bandwidth). Benefits include:

-3-in-1 solution -- Full-featured oscilloscope functionality, plus 6,000 count DMM and data-logging functions;
-4.5-inch LCD color display for easier viewing of both channels simultaneously;
-real-time sampling rates of up to 200 MSa/s for effective capture of signal anomalies, deviations and glitches; and
-125 Kbytes memory storage for post-data analysis of waveforms.