Bring high-frequency testing closer to the job – and improve productivity across engineering, production and field operations.
The 26.5 GHz Handheld VNA & TDR Adapter helps organisations reduce equipment duplication, accelerate fault diagnosis and extend advanced RF testing beyond the laboratory. By combining VNA analysis, high-resolution TDR, PASS/FAIL workflows and field-ready deployment on the TestPro platform, it creates practical benefits for users across the testing process.
Field & Test Engineers
Key priority: Diagnose Faster and Test with Greater Precision
- Perform high-frequency testing directly in the field
- Pinpoint faults with approximately 3.8 mm TDR resolution
- Use VNA and TDR capabilities on one platform
- Reduce reliance on separate laboratory instruments
- Simplify fault localisation with visual TDR event mapping
- Compare against known-good cables for faster troubleshooting
Outcome: Find faults faster, reduce diagnostic time and complete more testing at the point of need.
Project Managers
Key priority: Keep Projects Moving
- Resolve cable and connector issues sooner
- Reduce delays caused by sending assemblies back to the lab
- Gain clearer PASS/FAIL test outcomes
- Improve visibility of test progress and results
- Reduce rework and repeat site visits
- Support testing across multiple locations
Outcome: Shorten troubleshooting cycles and reduce delays to project completion.
Manufacturing & Operations Managers
Key priority: Improve Throughput and Test Consistency
- Introduce repeatable end-of-line test workflows
- Apply standard or custom PASS/FAIL limits
- Reduce dependence on subjective operator judgement
- Pre-load harness profiles for different products or platforms
- Improve traceability through structured test-result management
- Extend testing across production lines and multiple sites
Outcome: Increase testing consistency, improve throughput and strengthen production quality control.
Engineering & R&D Managers
Key priority: Expand Measurement Capability
- Access full 2-port S-parameter analysis up to 26.5 GHz
- Combine frequency-domain and time-domain analysis
- Use the same platform for bench and in-situ validation
- Investigate small impedance discontinuities with high-resolution TDR
- Export CSV and Touchstone data for further engineering analysis
- Support automotive, RF and high-speed interconnect development
Outcome: Gain broader engineering insight without relying on separate instruments for every test requirement.
Business Owners & Technical Directors
Key priority: Increase Equipment Utilisation and Reduce Duplication
- Add advanced RF capability to the TestPro platform
- Reduce the need for separate VNA and TDR instruments
- Extend high-frequency testing to more teams and locations
- Improve utilisation of existing TestPro investments
- Reduce delays associated with centralised laboratory testing
- Support production, R&D and field applications from one platform
Outcome: Deploy advanced testing more widely while reducing equipment duplication and improving return on test-platform investment.
OEMs & End Customers
Key priority: Improve Quality and Confidence
- Receive clearer, repeatable PASS/FAIL validation
- Identify cable and connector defects earlier
- Reduce the risk of latent signal-integrity problems
- Improve documentation and test traceability
- Accelerate fault resolution during production or commissioning
- Increase confidence in high-frequency cable and harness performance
Outcome: Deliver better-tested products and systems with fewer downstream faults and faster issue resolution.
