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# [Ball Systems' Custom, Handheld Analyzer For Proprietary Communications Bus Testing Featured In Military Embedded](https://www.ballsystems.com/blog/ball-systems-custom-handheld-analyzer-for-proprietary-communications-bus-testing-featured-in-military-embedded)

 Written by [Pat Turley](https://www.ballsystems.com/blog/author/pat-turley) | Aug 30, 2018 7:42:00 PM

Ball Systems designed a small [custom handheld test platform](https://www.ballsystems.com/custom-handheld-analyzer-for-proprietary-communications-bus-testing-case-study-ball-systems) based around the NI single-board RIO deployable embedded device, adding additional circuitry and packaging. Ultimately, the team developed a tool that fully evaluates bus health, performance, layout, power, and bandwidth utilization and providing a consistent and reliable problem diagnosis.

The result is a portable, battery powered system that performs high level bus functions including:

- Bus device inventory
- Bus delay testing
- Address scanning
- Bus monitoring
- Bus traffic storage
- The ability to simulate a downstream bus to an upstream controller

The system also performs physical layer testing including:

- Cable resistance measurement
- Bus bias voltage measurement
- Bus power (voltage and current)
- Signal margin measurement

You can read the full article “Test and measurement sector grapples with standardization, complex systems” at [Military Embedded](http://mil-embedded.com/articles/test-measurement-grapples-standardization-complex-systems/).

For more information about our [aerospace and defense](https://www.ballsystems.com/industries/aerospace) test systems, check out our [project gallery](https://www.ballsystems.com/resources/project).

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