Keysight Introduces PathWave Advanced Power Application Suite to Accelerate Battery Testing and Design
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) has introduced the PathWave Advanced Power Application Suite, a software platform designed to accelerate battery testing and design processes. This suite integrates three separate applications into a unified platform: IV Curve Measurement software, Advanced Power Control and Analysis, and Advanced Battery Test and Emulation.
The new platform aims to simplify battery testing and emulation by allowing engineers to generate dynamic current waveforms in real-time and seamlessly export data for battery profiles. Key benefits include:
- More accurate and repeatable tests
- Seamless data transfer between applications
- Flexible licensing based on connected instruments
- Streamlined workflows supporting more simultaneous channel outputs
This integration is designed to enhance usability, accelerate development cycles, and speed time to market for battery-related products.
- Integration of three separate applications into one unified platform
- Simplification of battery testing and emulation processes
- Potential for more accurate and repeatable tests
- Seamless data transfer between applications
- Flexible licensing model based on connected instruments
- Streamlined workflows supporting more simultaneous channel outputs
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Keysight's new PathWave Advanced Power Application Suite represents a significant advancement in battery testing technology. By integrating three separate applications into a unified platform, it addresses key pain points in the industry:
- Streamlines complex workflows, potentially reducing development time and costs
- Improves data accuracy and repeatability, important for reliable battery design
- Enhances usability with seamless data transfer between applications
- Offers flexible licensing, allowing scalability based on instrument needs
While this is a notable product launch, its immediate financial impact may be . The real value lies in its potential to accelerate Keysight's position in the growing electric vehicle and renewable energy markets. Long-term, this could drive revenue growth in Keysight's Electronic Industrial Solutions Group, which accounted for
Investors should monitor adoption rates among key customers and any shift in market share within the battery testing segment. The success of this suite could indicate Keysight's ability to capitalize on the transition to electric powertrains and sustainable energy solutions.
- Integrates three separate applications into one unified platform to accelerate development cycles and speed time to market
- Eliminates the need for complex workflows and time-consuming processes which can lead to error prone results
Keysight’s PathWave Advanced Power Application Suite is a comprehensive software solution that seamlessly integrates three separate applications into one unified platform. (Graphic: Business Wire)
Engineers are faced with increasing test challenges when it comes to battery design. Working with different batteries and creating custom models requires extensive testing. In addition, multiple instruments and software tools are needed, leading to complex setups, difficulties with data synchronization, and time-consuming workflows. This makes it difficult for engineers to replicate designs, increasing time to market.
Keysight’s PathWave Advanced Power Application Suite addresses these challenges by simplifying battery testing and emulation. Engineers can generate a dynamic current waveform in real time and seamlessly export data for battery profiles. In addition, with a comprehensive range of software solutions integrated, the platform is designed to enhance usability and accelerate development cycles.
Key benefits include:
- More accurate and repeatable tests: With three tools combined into a comprehensive test environment, engineers can simplify workflows, gain more accurate insights, and replicate designs.
- Seamless Data Transfer: Enables data to be exported between power control analysis and battery testing without switching between applications.
- Flexible Licensing: Licenses can be purchased based on the number of connected instruments.
- Streamlined workflows: The solution supports more simultaneous channel outputs, streamlining complex workflows and maximizing productivity.
Carol Leh, Vice President, Electronic Industrial Solutions Group Center of Excellence, Keysight, said: “The introduction of the PathWave Advanced Power Application Suite marks a milestone in battery testing technology. It enables engineers to achieve greater accuracy, repeatability, and safety to meet the challenges of tomorrow's power solutions faster.”
Resources:
- Product page: PathWave Advanced Power Application Suite
- Product page: PathWave IV Curve Measurement software
- Product page: PathWave Advanced Power Control and Analysis
- Product page: PathWave Advanced Battery Test and Emulation
About Keysight Technologies
At Keysight (NYSE: KEYS), we inspire and empower innovators to bring world-changing technologies to life. As an S&P 500 company, we’re delivering market-leading design, emulation, and test solutions to help engineers develop and deploy faster, with less risk, throughout the entire product life cycle. We’re a global innovation partner enabling customers in communications, industrial automation, aerospace and defense, automotive, semiconductor, and general electronics markets to accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Learn more at Keysight Newsroom and www.keysight.com.
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