Test & Measurement World - November 1, 2008

For the past 25 years, engineers at Mercury Computer Systems have designed processor boards and systems for military applications, but yesterday's design and test methods no longer work.

• Departments
• Editor's Note
• Bringing science to life through art
• News Briefs
• News Briefs
• Show Highlights
• MIL/aerospace show highlights test systems and software
• Test Voices
• Customer-focused EMC
• Viewpoint
• Vision market hinges on ease of use

• Features
• Instrumentation
• Troubleshoot intermittent signals
• Semiconductor Test
• Digital signal compression in mixed-signal ATE
• Test Ideas
• Test Ideas: Isolate your clock source

• PXI Test Report
• Guest Commentary
• PXI changes how manufacturers deploy ATE
• Highlights
• Highlights
• PXI Report
• Chassis layout is key to success with PXI Express
• RF instruments challenge PXI versatility
• Products
• Pickering introduces high-current switches
• Adlink debuts 19-slot PXI chassis

• Product Update
• Featured Products
• Universal T1/E1 card
• Aries debuts 6.5-mm center probe test socket for test and burn-in
• Entry-level fiber-optic test tools
• Software performs WiMAX site surveys
• Turn your PC into an MSO
• OEM version of USB module
• Thermometer handles different probes
• Peak power meters offer high sampling rate
• Expanded dual-channel DSO line

• Tech Trends
• Design, Test and Yield
• Disciplines merge, but who pays?
• Machine Vision
• Starting point for vision success

• Test Digest
• Book Review
• Book links test and signal integrity
• Semiconductor Test
• Analog effects complicate digital test
• Webcast
• LXI instrument classes and applications

• Viewpoint
• Vision market hinges on ease of use (continued)