Test & Measurement

Measuring Instruments

Explore a range of technical briefs and articles digging deep into advanced measuring instruments and devices. Find the latest developments that design engineers are using to meet their design challenges.

Products: Software
New on the Market: September 2021
Articles: Nanotechnology
Spectroscopy Using an Optical Microscope
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Monitoring Additive Manufacturing with an Optical Microphone
Products: Imaging
New Products: September 2021 Photonics & Imaging Technology
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Standard Digital Camera and AI to Monitor Soil Moisture
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CEO Keith Moore tells Tech Briefs about the unique challenges facing testing engineers in aerospace.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Mapping Performance Variations to See How Lithium-Metal Batteries Fail
Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists have identified the primary cause of failure in a state-of-the-art lithium-metal battery.
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An Immersive Solution for Thermally Safer EV Batteries
An R&D project indirectly leads to potentially greater power density, EV range, and battery life.
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Measuring Moon Dust to Fight Air Pollution
NASA’s need to contain hazardous lunar dust led to technology that senses other pollutants.
Application Briefs: Imaging
Data Recorders Aid Earth Dust Mission
The Earth Imaging Spectrometer instrument is heading to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2022.
Briefs: Data Acquisition
Generation of Polystyrene Latex Spheres with Incorporated Fluorescent Dyes
Microspheres are used in wind tunnel experiments to monitor airflow, to stain biological samples, and in time-delayed drug release.
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High-Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Monitoring Meteorological Parameters
The system uses infrasonic acoustics for weather monitoring and for drone or UAV activity.
Briefs: Aerospace
GPS-Enhanced Onboard Navigation System (GEONS)
The open-architecture flight software package provides solutions for onboard orbit determination.
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System for In-Situ Defect Detection in Composites During Cure
This system enhances processing via real-time, non-destructive defect tracking.
Question of the Week: RF & Microwave Electronics
Will Mobile Radar Replace the Stethoscope?

Our June issue of Tech Briefs highlighted a radar system that enables touch-free monitoring of heart sounds. A significant advantage offered by radar, according to the system’s inventors, is the fact that the values are recorded digitally and are thus not subjective, allowing human error to be...

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Researchers at KU Leuven have succeeded for the first time in measuring brain waves directly via a cochlear implant.
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A Better Way to Measure Acceleration
Researchers have developed a millimeter-thick accelerometer.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Monolithic Optical Parametric Oscillator for Laser Spectrometer
Applications include remote sensing, laser spectroscopy, and gas analysis.
Q&A: Data Acquisition
Q&A: Team of Robots Maps Composition of an Environment
New autonomous robotic devices can survey hazardous or difficult-to-reach sites faster than humans.
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Software Improves Accuracy of 3D-Printed Parts
The software could help reduce cost and waste for companies using additive manufacturing to mass-produce parts in factories.
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Radar Enables Touch-Free Monitoring of Heart Sounds
Mobile radar devices could replace standard stethoscopes.
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Smartphone-Based Medical Tests
A smartphone, combined with nanoscale porous silicon, enables inexpensive, simple, home diagnostics.
Articles: Test & Measurement
Preventing Heat-Induced Image Warping in Machine Vision Line Scan Cameras
A heat source near the optical path can introduce image warping that locally shifts the position of the image content. Learn how to fix the flaw.
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Designing Large Diameter Aspheres
What you need to know before you incorporate large diameter aspheres into your optical systems.
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Making Laser Processes More Sustainable
Thanks to new innovations in measurement technologies, manufacturers and users now have a wide range of options for proactively measuring the laser beam.
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Testing 800G Direct Modulated Optical Signaling
Test technologies are available as technologies evolve to 800Gbps and 1.6Tbps for next-generation data center architectures.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Carbon-Based Air Quality Sensor
This affordable, scalable sensor could be a vital tool in the fight against air pollution and its associated health risks.

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