Test & Measurement World - November 1, 2004

Northridge, CA. Veuve Clicquot or Bud Light? Even if price is no object, your tastes might run toward the brew instead of the bubbly. With loudspeakers, though, choice isn't a matter of personal taste. High cost doesn't guarantee high performance, but people of varying tastes in music, home decoration, drinks, and favorite movie munchies are remarkably similar in what they want from a loudspeaker.

• Automotive and Aerospace Test Report
• Aircraft Diagnostics
• On-wing diagnostics monitor engine performance
• Editor's Note
• Editor's note: Autotestcon showcased integration
• Satellite Test
• Test software monitors remote satellite station
• Test Report
• Wind tunnel control
• Power system control module
• Temperature-cycling system
• Solar simulation lab
• Telemetry modules will monitor missle
• Tektronix to sponsor Cornell in DARPA Challenge
• Software aids design of race vehicles
• Calendar

• Departments
• Editor's Note
• Wine and song
• News Briefs
• News Briefs
• Show Highlights
• Show Highlights: Wescon 2004; Autotestcon 2004
• Viewpoint
• DFT with a manufacturing emphasis

• Features
• ATE
• Signal management
• Inspection
• Camera concepts come clear
• Optical Test
• Optical test needs tuning
• Project Profile
• Flexible net

• Machine-Vision and Inspection Test Report
• Editor's Note
• Editor's note: Appearance can be deceiving
• Image Analysis
• Gigabit Ethernet handles real-time inspection
• Optical Inspection
• Using AOI to verify IPC compliance
• Test Report
• Multiple-camera support
• Fast ID readers
• DVT offers free OPC server software
• NI debuts vision board for PCI Express
• Small, rugged camera
• Benefits of color line-scan cameras touted
• Unit-Level Traceability
• Tracking processes and products

• Product Update
• Switch system includes DMM
• Boundary-scan tool adds processor emulation
• Simulation tools grow
• Editors' Choice
• BERTs analyze high-speed devices
• Pin card offers 3.6-Gbps scalability
• Products in Brief
• High-power supplies
• Mask metrology system
• Web Exclusive Products
• Thermocouple simulators
• ANSI C development environment
• 185-W switching supplies
• Multifunction acquisition cards
• FTTx/CWDM optical tester
• Economical power supplies
• DSO bandwidth jumps again
• Elementary stream analyzer
• Enhanced ID readers and vision sensors
• Multi-head camera system
• RF signal-strength analyzer
• Slow-motion video camera
• PXI relay multiplexer
• 4.2-megapixel camera
• Die marking system
• Machine vision camera
• Digital I/O cards
• SATA/SAS analysis probe
• Switch matrix system
• Ethernet analog-output modules
• Infrared camera
• Three-phase analyzers
• Ethernet-ready power supplies
• Lead-free test points
• Multifunction documenting calibrator
• Open-frame switchers

• Tech Trends
• Bench-Level Test
• USB gains acceptance
• Manufacturing Test
• They hack; we cough

• Test Digest
• Instruments
• Measuring crosstalk in differential signals
• Webcast
• Improving low-level measurement integrity