July 3, 2008

Test's split personality
Upbeat and downcast. The mood of the test field's giant companies swung both ways in the turbulent year of 2007. Companies selling general-purpose test equipment notched respectable sales, and those with test platforms that target fast-growing communications applications like WiMAX reported banner years. Read More

2008 Buyer's Guide now online
T&MW's 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.
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Professors engineer a new kind of robot
The day where robotic capabilities rival T2's T-1000, may be closer than you think. Read More

S-parameters are so yesterday
Textbook amplifiers operate in linear mode and are easy to analyze. Unfortunately, it’s often impossible or undesirable to operate real-world amplifiers in a linear mode. Read More

Microwave generators get pulse-train and
power-analysis options
Rohde & Schwarz has expanded the capabilities of its R&S SMF100A microwave signal generator with two new options: The R&S SMF-K27 option allows users to configure pulse trains for radar-specific developments and tests, and the R&S SMF-K28 option enables the R&S SMF100A to handle power analysis. Read More

WavePro offers wide screens, quick measurements
LeCroy has introduced a new line of WavePro general-purpose oscilloscopes, serial data analyzers, and disk-drive analyzers that feature a 15.3-in. wide-screen display and give you the option of adding a second screen of the same size. Read More

Verigy debuts Inovys Silicon Debug technology for V93000
Verigy has introduced the Inovys Silicon Debug technology to address the need for more efficient debug to accelerate time to volume production of new system-on-chip (SoC) devices. Verigy's new approach combines Inovys FaultInsyte software with the Verigy V93000 SOC test system. Read More

Vision Squad helps customers adapt flexible systems
A vision system's flexibility can be self-defeating if users can't adapt the capabilities to an application. What if a vendor provided a group of expert users to help? Enter the "Vision Squad" from Matrox Imaging.
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New challenges for July
Answer a challenge question correctly, and you could be eligible to win a prize.

Data-Acquisition Challenge:
Question: Which statement is true regarding the peak voltage?
Prize: TomTom ONE GPS
Sponsor: Data Translation

Oscilloscope Challenge:
Question: Which statement best describes chop and alternate modes?
Prize: TomTom ONE GPS
Sponsor: Yokogawa

Go to the Challenge Page

Industry calendar of events
Upcoming events include Semicon West (July), the EMC Symposium (August), Autotestcon (September), and the International Test Conference (October). For more information about these and other test-related events, visit our online calendar.

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