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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Products: Energy
Charger ICs, backup units, power supplies, and more.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Scientists at the University of Birmingham have succeeded in creating an experimental model of an elusive kind of fundamental particle called a skyrmion in a beam of light. The breakthrough...

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Application Briefs: Software
The Opti-Scan inspection system can measure surfaces and edges in 3D.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Fiber laser machinery, polishing pitch, beam collimators, and more.
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Products: Software
Microwave measurement receivers, oscilloscopes, longwave infrared cameras, and more.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Better detection of microwave radiation will enable improved thermal imaging, electronic warfare, radio communications, and radar.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Applications include avionics, data storage, process control, reconfigurable manufacturing lines, and civil and structural engineering.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Diamonds’ atomic flaws are converted into atomic sensors that watch a quantum world of materials under extreme pressure.
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Briefs: Wearables
Speakers such as Amazon Echo and Google Home can monitor regular and irregular heartbeats without physical contact.
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INSIDER: Test & Measurement

JILA scientists have boosted the sensitivity of their decade-old frequency comb breathalyzer a thousandfold, enabling it to detect additional biomarkers of disease...

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Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Motors, suspension arms, slit couplings, and more.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Rugged laptops, DC-DC converters, CMOS sensors, and more.
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Q&A: AR/AI
New lithium-ion batteries that can be charged in 10 to 15 minutes at a roadside charging station.
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Briefs: Motion Control
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
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Products: RF & Microwave Electronics
Power supply ICs, temperature sensors, DC-DC converters, and more.
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Products: Semiconductors & ICs
Infrared lens testers, fiber optic transceivers, spectral radiometers, and more.
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Briefs: Wearables
Flexible carbon nanotube fibers woven into clothing gather accurate EKG and heart rate.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The comb detects even the smallest amounts of greenhouse gases in the air or look for disease in human breath.
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Blog: Energy
Tech Briefs readers ask two industry experts about the effectiveness of CT scans when you want a deeper look at a battery.
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Products: Communications
Battery-pack test systems, data management, connector clips, and more.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Laser-distance sensors, light monitoring, flow meters, and more.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The instrument identifies, quantifies, and characterizes contamination, even on irregularly shaped surfaces.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This method could help firefighters find victims inside buildings and could track hypersonic objects such as missiles and space debris.
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Briefs: Motion Control
Vibration-absorbing resonators could better soundproof walls and make vehicles more streamlined.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
DATAQ® Instruments announced the Model DI-4730 high-voltage isolated data acquisition system.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A system uses tiny magnetic beads to rapidly measure the position of muscles and relay that information to a bionic prosthesis.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
CEO Keith Moore tells Tech Briefs about the unique challenges facing testing engineers in aerospace.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Power distribution units, pressure sensors, connector straps, and more.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
With an optical microscope, spectra can be acquired from a sample area smaller than a micron.
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