SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 14, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) will demonstrate its expanded High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) test solution portfolio at the CEA 861/HDCP PlugFest14, May 16-21, in Milpitas, Calif.
Agilent’s new HDMI test solution update allows engineers to test features recently introduced by the HDMI Test Specification 1.4a, such as the new 3-D video format support. In addition to the HDMI protocol compliance tests, the test solution also supports device characterization with complementary software from Agilent’s solution partner, BitifEye Digital Test Solutions.
Agilent and BitifEye have been involved with HDMI since the standard was first established. Agilent’s goal is to help companies meet compliance testing requirements and address the challenges presented by this technology. The company is committed to contributing its expertise to advance HDMI and to continue working with the industry’s Authorized Test Centers (ATCs) to offer a complete and reliable test platform. This effort will ultimately help manufacturers design and build better consumer electronics products. Almost every ATC uses Agilent’s HDMI test platform to test products, identify problems, measure data, and determine whether tests have passed or failed.
Benefits of the combined Agilent and BitifEye HDMI 1.4a test platform include:
- The addition of mandatory 3-D formats for broadcast content as well as the addition of the 3-D format referred to as Top-and-Bottom.
- Device characterization on the protocol level with BitifEye’s new HDMI frame generator for the Agilent N5998A protocol analyzer and generator, BIT-HDMI-FG-PAG. The N5998A enables the systematic variation of video formats, video content and control packages.
Agilent’s HDMI test platform includes:
- Infiniium 90000A Series oscilloscopes with the N5399A compliance test software. These products offer the deepest acquisition memory (1Gpts) and the first hardware/software integrated triggering system (InfiniiScan Plus).
- 81150A pattern generator. The generator provides clean and distorted HEAC stimulus signals for HEAC receiver testing.
- ParBERT 81250-based E4887A TMDS signal generator. This product includes cable emulators; it also provides TMDS clock and data signals with low intrinsic jitter, fast edges up to 7 Gb/s, and independent clock and data jitter insertion.
- N5998A protocol/audio/video generator and analyzer. The N5998A offers the only high-speed audio/video protocol generator and analyzer.
- N5990A test automation software platform. The N5990A is designed to automate overall HDMI compliance testing and for in-depth device characterization.
- N1080B test point access assemblies/fixtures and the E5071C network analyzer.
“We have a track record of developing tools that provide significant value on the physical, data-link and protocol layers of HDMI,” said Thomas Dippon, HDMI program manager at Agilent. “The flexibility of the test platform provides unprecedented product characterization capability. As an active member of the HDMI organization, Agilent continues to quickly implement the latest additions to the test specification. This helps our customers and partners meet the opportunities and challenges presented by HDMI.”
Additional information about Agilent’s HDMI test platform can be viewed at www.agilent.com/find/HDMI. High-resolution images are available at www.agilent.com/find/HDMI_images.
View the recorded webinar, “Be Ready for the Next-Generation HDMI Standard,” at www.agilent.com/find/dptwebcasts.
A backgrounder about HDMI technology and Agilent’s test solutions is available at www.agilent.com/find/hdmi_backgrounder.
U.S. Pricing and Availability
The Agilent HDMI test solutions are available now with the following starting prices:
- Infiniium 90000A Series oscilloscopes with the N5399B compliance test software, $100,000;
- 81150A pattern generator, $13,000;
- ParBERT 81250-based E4887A TMDS signal generator, $150,000;
- N5998A protocol/audio/video generator and analyzer, $49,995;
- N5990A test automation software platform, $10,000; and
- N1080B test point access assemblies/fixtures, $3,200.
Agilent’s Digital Test Standards Program
Agilent’s solutions for digital applications are driven and supported by Agilent experts who are involved in various international standard committees. We call it the Agilent Digital Test Standards Program. Our experts are active in the Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council (JEDEC), PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG®), Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA), Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO), USB-Implementers Forum (USB-IF), Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Alliance, Ethernet standards (IEEE 802.3), Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), and many others. Our involvement in these standards groups and their related workshops, plugfests, and seminars enables Agilent to bring the right solutions to the market when our customers need them.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world’s premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company’s 16,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $4.5 billion in fiscal 2009. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.
