Test & Measurement
Microfluidic tech enables point of need testing applications
PoN testing is not a new concept but the improvement of microfluidic technologies is changing the playground and opens up new possibilities. “Point of need testing market segment will represent more than one third of the overall in IVD industry by 2021”, announces Yole Développement (Yole) in its latest medical technologies technology & market report titled “Point-of-Need Testing: Application of Microfluidic Technolog...
Ultra-small resistances and the methods of measuring them accurately
Measuring resistance is usually quite straightforward. You take the Device Under Test (DUT) connect both wires from the Digital Multimetre (DMM) to it and read the result on the screen. Guest blog by Phil Ebbert, VP of Engineering, Riedon.
Power supply added to line of test instruments
A new 80W Power Supply has been added to Global Specialities line of educational and industrial test instruments. The 1412 80W triple range DC power supply is a compact and light weight unit that has a multi-range selectability; it’s just like having three power supplies in one.
Key automotive infotainment test challenges
Vehicle – infotainment systems Automobiles have experienced rapid growth in the amount of in-vehicle electronics in recent years and a key area where these electronics are playing a vital role is in the infotainment system of the vehicle.
Automation platform supports aviation testing requirements
It has been announced by Vector Software that the embedded systems development company, Syncore Technologies, has selected the VectorCAST test automation platform to support the DO-178B/C software testing requirements on several Saab flight systems.
Screening toxic chemicals by mimicking mammal senses
University of Leicester researchers have developed a new approach for analysing toxic chemicals in complex samples that mimics the way mammals smell and taste. The technique could reduce the need for laboratory animals in biomedical research and other areas of chemical testing. In the study a fluorescent assay combines a mixture of environmental-sensitive fluorescent dyes and human skin cells that generate fluorescence spectra patterns ...
Seminars aim to ease RF skills shortage
Interlligent RF & Microwave Solutions is stepping up its efforts in the UK and Ireland by offering a series of training seminars to help companies get to grips with the technologies driving the fast growing wireless and 5G segments. The two day seminars and courses which can be tailored to meet a customer’s specific needs, cover topics like moving up to mm-waves aimed at engineers used to working on lower frequency projects, the fu...
Thermal imaging camera shows up PCB component hot spots
A leading Dutch embedded electronics specialist – 3T - is using a FLIR thermal imaging camera to detect hot spots of less than 125 x 125 microns in size that may indicate a PCB component is likely to fail. When something goes wrong in a PCB, whether it is improper soldering of a circuit or a failing component, the PCB will heat up.
Tool box takes on semiconductor test challenges
Semiconductor technology is resulting in more sophisticated devices with higher degrees of integrated functionality. As a consequence there are a multitude of different parameters that now need to be tested, with every stage in the overall development and production process requiring the use of distinct pieces of instrumentation. Microlease has responded by introducing its Semiconductor Tool Box.
Fast ISP flash configuration delivered for ARM-Based FPGA SoCs
XJTAG has extended the capability of its high-speed In-System Programming (ISP) technology, XJFlash by bringing the benefits of XJFlash to memory devices connected to the processor sub-system of dual ARM-Cortex-A9 based FPGAs. Using XJFlash speeds up programming times by as much as 20 times faster than existing solutions when configuring memory attached to the processor sub-systems of the industry’s leading FPGA SoCs, such as Xilinx Zynq an...