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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Blog: Test & Measurement
A reader asks, "For AV testing, what are the respective role of simulation, closed course, and public road testing?"
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Facility Focus: Test & Measurement
In 2020, the EPA marks 50 years of preparing for, responding to, preventing, and mitigating natural and manmade disasters.
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Q&A: Test & Measurement
A nanoLED has up to 1,000 times the brightness of conventional submicron-sized LEDs.
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Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Accelerometers, actuators, hexapods, and more.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This method could benefit next-generation electronics.
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Briefs: Unmanned Systems
This system has a capacity of more than 1,500 times the volume of a typical testing facility.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This method can be used in astronomy, surveillance, and optics manufacturing.
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Briefs: Aerospace
The response time of kinetic inductance bolometers can be greatly enhanced by electrothermal feedback for devices that are both sensitive and speedy.
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Blog: Software
The new approach could help pave the way for smaller battery packs and greater driving range in electric vehicles.
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INSIDER Product: Imaging
Machine Vision Cameras Teledyne DALSA (Waterloo, Canada) announced its new Falcon4-CLHS M4480 and M4400 cameras, based on the Teledyne e2v Lince 11.2M monochrome sensors. The new Falcon4-CLHS interface cameras have been...
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Products: Imaging
Foam gasket tapes, data analytics software, ceramic tape, and more.
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Facility Focus: Energy
Stennis now is testing RS-25 rocket engines for the Space Launch System (SLS) that will carry humans back to the Moon.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Predictive maintenance is poised to become much more widely adopted, and that will help to boost productivity in a time when we really need it.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Smart sensors for hazardous areas monitor essential assets, such as motors and pumps.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Safety-critical MEMS, absolute pressure sensors, thermal imaging cameras, and more.
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Articles: Imaging
The COVID crisis is propelling the camera industry toward disruptive transformation.
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Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Thin films and engineered surfaces are used in a myriad of applications including semiconductor electronics, data storage, and precision optics. In many cases, surface roughness and...
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Products: Test & Measurement
High-temp infrared emitter, single-frequency SWIR lasers, hazard testing systems, and more.
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Special Reports: Materials
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Test & Measurement - September 2020
See how the latest test tools and methodologies are enabling new applications in aerospace, electronics, robotics, healthcare, and other key industries. This compendium of recent articles is presented by the...

Special Reports: Defense
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Aerospace & Defense - September 2020
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology, you'll learn about the technology driving the Mars 2020 rover, how NASA will use GPS to navigate...

Briefs: Test & Measurement
This technology provides rapid results, improving hospital workflow and patient care.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The material was designed specifically for biomedical or wearable technologies, since sweat and volatile organic compounds evaporate away from the skin.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Bioactive inks printed on wearable textiles can map conditions over the entire surface of the body.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Laser light induces ultrasonic vibrations in a sample that can be used to image cells, blood vessels, and tissues.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
See how one company reached out to NASA with an offer to develop a custom sensor for the Mars 2020 mission rover.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Self-powering, color-changing humidity sensors are applicable to various fields including smart windows, health care, and safety management.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Designed to assist in robotic surgeries, biomedical devices can be printed in and on the human body.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have made it possible to remotely determine the temperature beneath the surface of certain materials using a new technique they call depth...
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Products: Motion Control
Positioning devices, vibration transmitters, brushless DC motors, and more.
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