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Emerson Process Management has expanded its Advanced HART® Diagnostics Suite on the Rosemount® 3051S Series of Instrumentation for pressure, flow and level measurement. Expansion of diagnostics beyond transmitter electronics brings greater insight into process measurement, enabling operators to optimise the availability, efficiency and reliability of their plants.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced the U1270 Series handheld digital multimeters (DMMs), setting new levels of performance in industrial handheld DMMs. This series offers a wide range of measurement capabilities; including feature sets that are found only in higher end industrial handheld DMMs.

The new MT8222B BTS Master™ ñombines LTE, WiMAX, HSDPA/W-CDMA, CDMA/EV-DO and GSM/EDGE measurement capability in durable lightweight handheld instrument. Combining the inherent advantages of the BTS Master platform with new measurement capability, the MT8222B provides field engineers and technicians with a lightweight, handheld analyzer.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) introduced the Agilent M9186A PXI isolated single-channel voltage/current source, a modular voltage-current source for use in automotive electronics test applications.

The new R&S NRP-Z85 and R&S NRP-Z86 are the first wideband sensors to measure power from 50 MHz to 40 GHz without requiring a base unit. Instead of a base unit, the sensors are connected to a PC via a USB interface. These sensors are ideal for a variety of applications in the development and maintenance of microwave and radar systems as well as in the design and production of microwave components.

New RSA5000 series offers double the acquisition bandwidth of any signal analyzer in comparable price range and best real-time capabilities. Featuring advanced time, amplitude, and DPX™ trigger functions combined with swept DPX, the RSA5000 Series delivers discovery and capture of intermittent and rapidly changing signals and up to 85 MHz bandwidth.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced it has acquired certain assets of Signametrics, a manufacturer of PXI, VXI, PCI and USB digital multimeters (DMMs), and modular switching products. These test and measurement products are commonly used in manufacturing production and automotive test systems.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced its Infiniium 90000 X-Series oscilloscopes was named Test Product of the Year at Elektra 2010, the European Electronics Industry Awards.

National Instruments adds two models to industry-leading offering of 20 PXI and PXI Express chassis. Engineers can use the NI PXIe-1078 nine-slot and NI PXIe-1071 four-slot chassis to take advantage of the latest PXI Express modules and controllers with the flexibility of backward compatibility with existing PXI modules.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) introduced eight new measurement applications for its PXA X-Series signal analyzer. The measurement applications cover a range of industry standards in cellular communication, wireless networking, digital video and other general purpose applications.