Industry news, industry trends, and applications covering test issues for the automotive, aerospace, and defense industries.
2008 Buyer's Guide 07/01/2008
Our 2008 Buyer's Guide contains more than 300 product and service categories, divided into five main sections with a total of 26 subsections. Each category includes hotlinked vendor names. More
PCB Auto teams microphone with high-temperature preamp 08/19/2008
PCB Piezotronics offers an IEC-compliant high-temperature acoustic measurement system that combines a prepolarized ICP microphone and preamplifier, eliminating the need for high-priced probe microphones.
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Wilcoxon's accelerometer delivers 500-mV/g sensitivity 08/19/2008
With its high output and broadband frequency response, the Model 786-500 accelerometer from Wilcoxon Research can be used for condition monitoring and predicitive maintenance of rotating machinery.
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IMI releases vibration monitoring instrumentation brochure 08/19/2008
PCB Piezotronics offers a short-form brochure highlighting its latest accelerometers, vibration transmitters, switches, meters, cables, connectors, and accessories for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance of industrial machinery.
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Mentor adds simulation to electrical design software 08/12/2008
The 2008.1 release of Mentor Graphics' CHS design software for electrical systems design and harness engineering provides electrical simulation inherently within the core Capital Logic and Capital Integrator tools.
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VMETRO expands options for VME/cPCI storage drive 08/12/2008
The VMDRIVE from VMETRO, a 6U storage unit that comes in VMEbus and CompactPCI bus versions, now offers rotating media options, as well as several larger capacity solid-state storage options.
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From 14-sample/s DAQ to 6.6-GHz PXI—with a helping of software 08/13/2008
Introductions by National Instruments at its annual NIWeek event included LabView version 8.6, WiFi and Ethernet data-acquisition devices, 6.6-GHz PXI RF signal analyzers and generators, and reconfigurable I/O (RIO) devices. The company, in conjunction with Lego, announced a new educational robotics product.
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Taking the Measure Rick Nelson, Chief Editor, Test & Measurement World August 28, 2008 What’s your battery IQ?
What features do you look for in a battery, and do you know which battery technologie... More