The Agilent HP 8166A is a multi-channel mainframe designed to host all types of HP Agilent's 815xx and 816xx plug-in modules. 8166A is the larger mainframe in the 816xA product family. Suitable modules include DFBs, Fabry-Perot, attenuators, tunable laser sources, and optical power meters. The mainframe can host up to 17 modules. It can be controlled remotely via GPIB.
Features.
17 slots for 816xxx series modules
Parallel testing of multi-channel components
Graphical display for instant control
GPIB interface
Parallel and serial ports
The Agilent 8166A mainframe provides an economical test solution that can host up to 17 modules, such as power supply modules, compact tunable lasers, or fixed laser sources. This setup is used for optical component testing.
The Agilent 8166A optical wave multichannel system can be easily integrated into a test environment using a plug-and-play driver on the GPIB or using configurable hardware input and output trigger ports.
All modules of the Agilent 8163A optical wave multimeter family can be used in any combination in a multichannel system.