Test & Measurement World - April 1, 2009

Chronic pain sufferers may soon find relief, thanks to advances undertaken by the St. Jude Medical Neuromodulation Division. Those who benefit from the company's latest product--the Eon Mini device--will owe a portion of their gratitude to Eddie Abshire, who brought to the project his skills in testing embedded software and hardware as well as his tenacity in identifying and solving system problems. Because of his accomplishments, Abshire was voted Test Engineer of the Year by our readers.

• Departments
• Editor's Note
• A base of innovation for 2009
• News Briefs
• News briefs
• Test Voices
• Alternative circuits
• Viewpoint
• Race quickens on scope performance

• Features
• Awards
• T&MW announces award winners
• RF Production Test
• RF engineers automate tests
• Test Ideas
• Test Ideas: Serial port tests digital circuits

• Machine-Vision and Inspection Test Report
• Editor's Note
• Cutting costs, boosting performance
• Highlights
• Highlights
• Machine-Vision and Inspection Report
• Power over Camera Link enables smaller systems
• Thermal imaging finds faults quickly
• Machine-vision software improves
• Frame grabbers thriving in inspection

• Market Trends
• Used Test Equipment
• Used test equipment: A bright spot in an ever-bleak economy

• Product Update
• Featured Products
• Signal analyzer uses RF techniques on optical signals
• PCI Express card delivers digital I/O
• Diagnostic tool detects terminal bugs
• Vision Research 1-Mpixel camera runs at 3400 fps
• Radio test set offers EIA/TIA-603 compliance option
• Portable logger accepts analog and digital inputs
• Test software allows remote updates

• Tech Trends
• Instrumentation
• PCI card slots are still available

• Test Digest
• Audio Test
• HDMI audio devices need rigorous tests
• FPGA Test
• Simulate, emulate, or hope for the best?

• Viewpoint
• Race quickens on scope performance (continued)