Keysight- A Modern Workbench for Education and Innovation

Basic instruments are the backbone of any engineer’s bench—and the quality of those instruments shapes the quality of your products. Keysight Smart Bench Essentials (SBE) is a thoughtfully designed family of instruments that work together to streamline how you teach, design, and test electronics.

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Who Smart Bench Essentials is for

  • Educational labs: Modernize your teaching lab with connected instruments, intuitive interfaces, and digital learning tools designed for students and instructors.

  • Development engineers: Gain precise, reliable measurements for product development in consumer, automotive, healthcare, and semiconductor applications.

  • Test and validation teams: Speed up validation with robust hardware and powerful software for automation, visualization, and data analysis.

Two tailored solutions: Education and Plus

Smart Bench Essentials Education

Built for teaching labs and aspiring engineers

  • Collaborative learning: Test, analyze, and share results across the room or around the world with connected instruments.

  • Intuitive experience: A signature 7-inch color display and straightforward user interface make it easy to learn and operate.

  • Compact, cost-effective performance: Leverages years of Keysight measurement expertise in a low-cost, compact package.

  • Remote-ready: LAN/USB connectivity for real-time remote control and data logging.

Smart Bench Essentials Plus

Elevated performance for demanding development and test

  • Higher resolution and accuracy: Up to 10× more DMM resolution and accuracy for precise low-level signal characterization.

  • More power on tap: 4× more power supply output capacity to drive larger loads with stable, low-noise power.

  • Advanced signal generation: 5× more waveform generator bandwidth for longer, more complex signal patterns.

  • Exceptional visibility: 64× higher oscilloscope vertical resolution to reveal subtle voltage variations and small signals.

Software that accelerates insight

PathWave BenchVue

  • Simple setup: Configure instruments quickly and consistently.

  • Rich visualization: View I/V data, capture screenshots, and log data with ease.

  • Automated tests: Build automated test sequences without complex programming.

Digital Learning Suite

  • Lab control: Manage engineering lab resources and instrument access centrally.

  • Data visualization: Streamline measurement visualization and analysis for students.

  • Higher utilization: Improve lab resource usage and reduce workflow time.

PathWave Test Automation

  • Flexible sequencing: Create and manage test plans visually.

  • Faster development: Boost development efficiency and speed time-to-market.

  • Custom flows: Build customized test sequences quickly and easily.

Build your Smart Bench Essentials configuration today—choose Education for teaching labs, Plus for advanced development, or combine both to create a scalable, future-ready test environment.

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