Test & Measurement World - October 1, 2006

Space is one hostile environment. There’s no air to breathe nor gravity to hold you down. Temperatures are frigid where the sun doesn’t shine and burning hot where it does. Anything that generates heat has no air to cool it. Companies who design and manufacture equipment destined for space must carefully calibrate their products to withstand the hostile conditions, and they must subject the products to rigorous test regimens before delivering them.

• Automotive and Aerospace Test Report
• Automotive and Aerospace Test Report
• Test lab ensures compliance
• Structural testing and calibration
• Editor's Note
• Conference spurs enthusiasm
• Highlights
• IEST releases conference program
• New service tests components
• Calendar
• PXI handles automotive test
• App note covers EMC test
• Products
• Diode laser
• Mezzanine card
• High-shock accelerometers
• Low-g accelerometer

• Communications Test Report
• Communications Test Report
• Switching in the automated lab
• Test metric tackles IPTV
• WiMedia test tools emerge
• Editor's Note
• Nonharmonic convergence
• Highlights
• Data-service revenues increase
• Credence and Integra deliver turnkey development and test
• Stratus acquires Emergent Network Solutions
• Anritsu provides HSUPA test case
• Wavecrest selects Inphi amps
• Products
• WiMax analyzer
• RF reference source
• Handheld spectrum analyzer
• RF vector signal generator
• GPS receivers
• SONET/SDH modules

• Departments
• Editor's Note
• Stereotype threats
• News Briefs
• News briefs
• Show Highlights
• Show Highlights
• Test Voices
• Keep the ink flowing
• Viewpoint
• How test answers the audio boom
• How test answers the audio boom (continued)

• Features
• ATE
• Test Compression
• Awards
• Vote for the 2007 Test Engineer of the Year
• Project Profile
• Vehicle buses get the light
• Semiconductor Test
• Silicon debug

• Product Update
• Featured Products
• Vector signal generator
• Ready-to-run DAQ software
• Waveform viewer
• RF reference source
• Stereo vision system
• Fax test tool
• SONET/SDH modules
• Post-AOI sorting
• Aeroflex adds software update to 2975 test set
• Time and frequency receivers
• USB data-acquisition modules take power from bus
• Digitizers offer three channel counts
• Genesys 2006.07 addresses ease of use
• Serialization support
• Insulation testers

• Tech Trends
• Machine Vision
• Protect your cameras
• Semiconductor Test
• Challenges run gamut from timing to DFM

• Test Digest
• Book Review
• A quick course in fiber optics
• Design for Manufacture
• DFM, DFY get EDA industry emphasis
• Instruments
• IEEE 1588 supports distributed test systems