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News Release from: Nanotronix | Subject: mTDR070
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 20 May 2003
New approach adds accuracy to cable
fault location
Nanotronix has developed an ultrafine time measurement technology that can accurately measure length and pinpoint faults in cable networks.
Nanotronix has developed an ultrafine time measurement technology that can accurately measure length and pinpoint faults in cable networks The technique is used in the company's mTDR070 metallic time domain reflectometer
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The mTDR series harnesses the best of metallic cable testing and measurement technologies and features with the industry's lowest cost of ownership.
Nanotronix's TDR instruments provide easy-to-use accurate measurement tools for locating faults or measuring span length for any type of metallic cabling, including copper twisted-pair, coaxial or Category 5/6 LAN wiring.
With a combination of intelligent, user-friendly and flexible software interface, increased portability and a wide range of applications, the mTDR series now delivers advanced performance features that can readily appreciated by top service technicians and organisations seeking to capture the power of length and fault measurement capabilities with highest accuracy, assurance and acceptance.
The mTDR070 is a high-end TDR instrument designed to meet today's most demanding network cabling problems.
Advancing beyond the numeric readout, the mTDR070 displays the actual waveform or "signature" of the cable.
Keeping to its traditional ways, the mTDR070 displays the actual waveform or signature of the cable thereby enabling engineers and technicians to pinpoint any impedance reflections along the length of the cable.
Features include: range from 3.2m to 16km; resolution variable from 1cm to 50m; measurement accuracy of +/-0.01m +/-0.1% of reading for coax cable; two active cursors with individual control; eight selectable pulsewidths for different ranges; automatic event search; storage for up to 100 waveforms; a 320 x 240pixel backlit LCD; efficient power management; waveform zoom capabilities; and the unit is CE certified.
The mTDR070 meter is primarily designed for applications requiring waveform analysis of discontinuities, both large and small, along the length of the cable.
With its extreme accuracy, the mTDR070 reaches beyond the limitation of numeric readout TDRs where only the distance to the first major fault will be indicated and not the smaller faults farther along the larger fault.
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