Martin Rowe

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Participate in the T&MW reader survey

At T&MW , we’re always looking for ways to bring you the information that can best help you do your job. To do that, we need your input. We’ve put together a survey that asks things such as: What you do in test, How you ended up in test, What satisfies you about test, What frustrates you about test, and What challenges do you expect in the near future.... More

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Do awards matter?

In a press release dated March 28, 2012 , Frost & Sullivan named Agilent Technologies its 2011 Company of the Year for oscilloscopes. Agilent made some significant introductions, the 90000 X-series at the high end and the more basic 2000/3000 X-series at the mainstream end.The press release states “Agilent is able to provide unique application-specific solutions across multiple... More

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DesignCon2013 is in the works

Engineers gathered on May 2 and 3 in Santa Clara to begin planning DesignCon 2013. I was in on the meetings for the first time. The goal of the meeting was to hammer out the wording for the 2013 call for papers, which is nearly ready. Meeting leader Barry Sullivan, who has been running these meetings for about ten years, did so again. Sullivan ran through the 2012 call for papers with... More

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What's your LabView substitute?

There’s a rather lively discussion taking place on the LinkedIn Test & Measurement World group: “Can anyone recommend a good alternative to Labview that is easier to program.” The discussion has thus far produced 49 comments to date, with many group members suggesting Agilent VEE , ATEasy , and DASYLab as possible substitutes. One person, however, questioned... More

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20 years at T&MW

May 26 marks 20 years since I arrived at Test & Measurement World. Clearly, technology has changed over the last 20 years. Most of the changes in test have come about because of changes in consumer electronics, namely computers and the Internet. Speeds of processors and signals have increased while time to market has decreased. Through it all, engineers are still faced with too... More