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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Test & Measurement - February 2022
From space vehicles to the modern battlefield to the human body, test innovations are improving device and system reliability while speeding time to market. Read about the latest advances – including the...

Briefs: Imaging
Applications include aircraft-mounted and space-based interferometers, electronics fabrication, and military optics.
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Products: Energy
Charger ICs, backup units, power supplies, and more.
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
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: Test & Measurement
The Opti-Scan inspection system can measure surfaces and edges in 3D.
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Products: Materials
Fiber laser machinery, polishing pitch, beam collimators, and more.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Microwave measurement receivers, oscilloscopes, longwave infrared cameras, and more.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Better detection of microwave radiation will enable improved thermal imaging, electronic warfare, radio communications, and radar.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Applications include avionics, data storage, process control, reconfigurable manufacturing lines, and civil and structural engineering.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Diamonds’ atomic flaws are converted into atomic sensors that watch a quantum world of materials under extreme pressure.
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Briefs: AR/AI
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: Motion Control
Motors, suspension arms, slit couplings, and more.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Rugged laptops, DC-DC converters, CMOS sensors, and more.
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Q&A: Energy
New lithium-ion batteries that can be charged in 10 to 15 minutes at a roadside charging station.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Power supply ICs, temperature sensors, DC-DC converters, and more.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Infrared lens testers, fiber optic transceivers, spectral radiometers, and more.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
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: Test & Measurement
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: Test & Measurement
Battery-pack test systems, data management, connector clips, and more.
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Products: Test & Measurement
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: Communications
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: Aerospace
Vibration-absorbing resonators could better soundproof walls and make vehicles more streamlined.
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Products: Data Acquisition
DATAQ® Instruments announced the Model DI-4730 high-voltage isolated data acquisition system.
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Briefs: Motion Control
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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