Overview of a new compact and portable $x$-pinch radiation source generator (200-ka, 200-ns) for physics and industry applications.

The $x$-pinch radiation source generator has many proven applications in plasma backlighting, phase-contrast imaging of biological species, and more. We will briefly overview our new compact and portable $x$-pinch driver recently designed and tested at the Idaho Accelerator Center [1]. The up-to-date $x$-pinch radiation data will be presented and discussed. Our $x$-pinch driver is very easy to operate, require no or minimum maintenance, and can be easily relocated where a compact and portable $x$-pinch radiation source is wanted. [1]. R.~Shapovalov and R. Spielman, ``Shirt-Circuit test data of a new 2-LTD-Brick $x$-pinch driver at the Idaho Accelerator Center,'' in Proc. of Pulsed Power Conference (submitted), Austin, TX, May 2015.