Product news and application stories covering bench and modular instrumentation used in electronics testing.
Test Ideas: Serial port controls ADC By Yury Magda, Consultant, Cherkassy, Ukraine - 10/01/2008
Engineers often need simple measurement circuits that connect to a PC. When you don't have the resources to buy a digitizer for low-speed signals, you can build one yourself with just two ICs connected to a PC's serial port. More
Agilent representative elected to VESA board of directors 10/06/2008
Agilent Technologies has announced that Brian Fetz, DisplayPort program manager for Agilent's Digital Test Division, has been elected to the VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) board of directors.
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Book links test and signal integrity Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor - 10/02/2008
Signal integrity has become synonymous with high-speed serial data links, and this book strengthens the "link" between the two. In truth, the book’s subtitle is more descriptive of its contents that the main title because the bulk of the text covers test equipment, test processes, and physical-layer standards compliance.
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McPherson test station characterizes phosphor materials 10/01/2008
Used for rare earth and nanophosphors, luminescent materials for white LEDs, displays, general lighting, and scintillator applications, McPherson’s phosphor test station performs deep-ultraviolet excited, real-time measurements.
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Magnetic field sensors [sic] Brad Thompson, Contributing Technical Editor brad@tmworld.com - 10/01/2008
We’re immersed in the earth’s magnetic field, but most of the time we’re unaware of its presence unless we see a spectacular auroral display, or a solar-event-induced field imbalance disturbs the power grid, or we use a compass to find our way home.
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USB 3.0 is coming Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor m.rowe@tmworld.com - 10/01/2008
USB 2.0 has become a data bottleneck. USB 3.0, with its 5-Gbps bit rate, will change that. If you plan to develop USB 3.0 products and you’re not currently testing other high-speed buses such as PCIe Gen2 or SATA-3, start making a case to your manager for a faster oscilloscope.
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Calibration at Disney World 10/01/2008
The 2008 NCSLI symposium began with a keynote address by Dr. Richard S. Davis with the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. Davis explained why the kilogram, the last standard of the International System of Units, is still an artifact. “It’s only a matter of time until we redefine the kilogram,” he said.
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ROWE'S AND COLUMNS Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor, Test & Measurement World October 4, 2008 The world needs another SI unit
The International System of Units (SI), defines the meter as the basic unit of length... More
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