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Test engineers are always facing the issue of a non-compatible driver with their new instruments or newly updated firmware.

AMCAD team is working closely with major instrument manufacturers to update the drivers as soon as the new firmware is released. With a Support contract for your IVCAD software, new driver updates are sent regularly ensuring the proper control of your instruments.

Our support team works very day with our customers and the different equipment suppliers to upgrade IVCAD as a function of the new instruments aIn addition with the variety of measurement plugin proposed, IVCAD is a unique software suite for RF transistor characterization which embedd more than 1000 instrument drivers.

New Drivers available

The most intensive work between two successive releases is certainly the number of instrument drivers supported by the solution. Our support team works very day with our customers and the different equipment suppliers to upgrade IVCAD as a function of the new instruments available on the market. An updated is also provided for existing hardware for which significant firmware updates are applied.

  • New models supported:
    • LadyBug USB Power Meter: LB480A.
    • R&S oscilloscope: RTM3000, RTA4000.
    • Keysight Power Supply: Added Agilent 3352xB models.
    • R&S RF Source: Added SMM 100A model
  • Features:
    • Added option tooltips to have more information about the option.
  • Improvements:
    • Keithley Generic PS: added options regarding forced / fixed range.
    • Keysight Genetic RF source: added recall state option.
    • Keysight Genetic VNA: added internal hardware check before controlling it.
    • Keysight Generic VNA: added Source Attenuation in advanced options.
    • R&S Generic VNA: added ZNA50 and ZNA67.
    • Keysight VNA Generic: Added option of rear panel output (Port2 to rear).
    • Keysight VNA Generic: Added option of 2nd source redirection to OUT1.
    • Keysight VNA Generic: Added option to use the VNA to generate one tone only even with 2 Tones capabilities (external coupler + 2nd RF Source).
    • Keysight VNA Generic: Reworked pulse option recognition and capabilities assessment.
    • Keysight RF source: Removed max frequencies boundaries checking.
    • CopperMountain VNA: Added option to wait after source turned on for power to achieve the correct level.
    • CopperMountain VNA: Added option to disable Auto Dynamic Range.
    • CopperMountain VNA: Added FAST CW support.
    • R&S VNA Generic: Added REF out 100MHz output control on ZNA.
    • Velox/ProberBench: Reworked move commands (now working properly), added some additional checks to avoid exceptions and added possibility to control Velox directly using MessageServer process (also add network control over it).
  • Bug fixes:
    • Boonton PowerMeter: removed *OPC? queries as this made the power meter crash.
    • Generic Multimeter: put default delay back to 0ms (previously forced to 1 for Fast CW measurements with Keithley DMMs).
    • Keysight Genetic PS: fixed addition of 3352XB models.
    • Keysight Genetic PS: fixed waveform selection in instrument.
    • Keysight Genetic RF source: removed power boundary left on some models.
    • Keysight Genetic RF source: fixed waveform management.
    • MTune: fixed issue with s-parameters at harmonic 4.F0. There were never read.
    • R&S Generic RF source: fixed external ref command.
    • R&S Generic RF source: fixed waveform management.
    • R&S Generic RF source: fixed trigger output for SMBV100B.
    • R&S Generic RF source: fixed alternative PMOD (waveform signal for pulsed generation).
    • R&S Generic RF source: fixed pulsed option parsing.
    • R&S Generic VNA: fixed ZVA modulators initialization.
    • R&S Generic VNA Generic: fixed trigger initialization.
    • R&S Generic VNA Generic: fixed 2Tones capability issue.
    • R&S Generic VNA Generic: compensated VNA error term inversion (Load Match).
    • R&S Generic VNA Generic: replaced pulse check error by warning.
    • R&S NRP2: fixed triggering for pulsed measurements with NRX.
    • R&S NRP2: updated automatic range selection for NRX.
    • Mtune: Fixed getSpar function at harmonic for harmonic Load-Pull measurement.
    • Velox/ProberBench: Fixed wafer mapping when configuration is not standard.
    • Keysight VNA Generic: Fixed Fast CW with Harmonics.
    • Keysight VNA Generic: Pulsed settings for auto PRF, auto attenuation and filters.
    • Keysight Infiniium & InfiniiVision: Fixed option parsing issue.
    • RnS Generic VNA: Fixed reset Cal issue.
    • Tektronix Oscilloscope: Fixed option parsing issue.
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