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Keithley Releases New Edition of Switching Handbook

News Release from: Keithley Instruments GmbH
06/05/2008

Keithley Instruments has released the sixth edition of its Switching Handbook: A Guide to Signal Switching in Automated Test Systems. At more than 180 pages, this newest handbook covers the fundamentals of the switching function in test and measurement applications, providing useful, tutorial information on how to optimize switching test systems.

The handbook is available for no charge at http://www.keithley.info/switchhandbook

The handbook is divided into seven sections and discusses topics such as:
· The switching function and switching components
· Issues in switch system design
· Switch configurations by signal type
· Applications

It also features three appendices, including a glossary of commonly used switching terms, switch card and switch module selector guides, and a discussion of safety considerations.

This edition also includes information on the Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter and Plug-in Card Family, Keithley's next-generation platform of switching and integrated digital multimeter (DMM) test solutions. The Series 3700 offers high quality, instrument grade switching for a wide variety of applications, including the performance demands of high channel count applications, with its ability to control up to 576 multiplexer channels in an industry-leading six-slot, 2U form factor. A high-performance integrated DMM option provides fast, low-noise measurements with resolutions up to 7½-digits at a price lower than typical 6½-digit DMMs.