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.

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Technology Leaders: Communications
Test technologies are available as technologies evolve to 800Gbps and 1.6Tbps for next-generation data center architectures.
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Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Rutgers researcher Xiaoran Fan developed a "HeadFi" method that uses ordinary headphones as sensors.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Battery analyzers, uninterruptible power supplies, adhesives, and more.
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Briefs: Materials
This affordable, scalable sensor could be a vital tool in the fight against air pollution and its associated health risks.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The sensors could be used in medical applications such as neuroscience and metabolism processes.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The portable lab-on-a-chip detects many contaminants in water supplies.
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Application Briefs: Data Acquisition
See how makers of an automated truck wash system added a monitoring option for customers.
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Products: Test & Measurement
A smart temperature transmitter delivers measurements via Bluetooth.
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Articles: Imaging
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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Products: Photonics/Optics
Fiber coatings measurement, single-frequency laser, optical filters, and more.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The miniaturized detector mimics the process dogs use to detect cancer and other diseases by smell.
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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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RF & Microwave Electronics - May 2021
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Aerospace & Defense Technology and Tech Briefs, read about how advances in RF electronics are enabling new applications in space and ground...

Products: Materials
Displacement sensors, metal 3D printers, shielding materials, and more.
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Special Reports: Aerospace
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Aerospace & Defense Sensing - April 2021
A microwave radiation sensor offers 100,000 times greater sensitivity...Nature-inspired sensors help autonomous machines to see better...New accelerometers aid the development of Electric Vertical...

Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion
Medical instruments equipped with a soft electronics system improve diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in minimally invasive surgeries.
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Blog: Test & Measurement
This year's winners included industrial-automation software, simulation tech, and digital storage oscilloscopes.
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Application Briefs: Automotive
With new vehicles, automotive manufacturers will need to closely monitor the current flowing to the motor.
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Products: Data Acquisition
Vision software, thermal sensors, ceramic pastes, and more.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Researcher are finding ways to estimate a target location when light gets deflected by a disordered structure.
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Briefs: Wearables
Real-time health monitoring and sensing abilities of robots require soft electronics, but a challenge of using such materials lies in their reliability.
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Briefs: Software
A mathematical framework can help engineers make informed decisions about which sensors to use and where they must be positioned in aircraft and other machines.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The technology could continuously monitor fluid flow in pipes on the International Space Station and prevent satellites from colliding.
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Briefs: Connectivity
Equipment designers can simplify design efforts and adjust controller platforms as needed when they standardize on electronic input/output products.
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
The pursuit of fusion as a safe, carbon-free, always-on energy source has intensified in recent years, with a number of organizations pursuing aggressive...
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INSIDER: Imaging
IR and UV Optics Edmund Optics (EO) (Barrington, NJ) has released Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) Wedged Windows, which are ideal for infrared (IR) applications, and TECHSPEC® Calcium Fluoride (CaF2) Aspheric Lenses, which have high...
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Special Reports: Motion Control
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Test & Measurement - February 2021
Sensors to search for ancient life on Mars...nano-thermometers that could revolutionize temperature measurement...a major advance in semiconductor testing. These are just a few of the technologies you'll read...

Articles: Data Acquisition
Learn about the kinds of wireless meters that can provide precise test data.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Disconnect terminal blocks, oscillioscope probes, test modules, and more.
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Briefs: Aerospace
The method could be key to designing more efficient batteries for specific uses such as electric cars and airplanes.
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