Monitoring

Technology Leaders: Sensors/Data Acquisition

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: RF & Microwave Electronics

RFID-Based Rotary Position Sensor

Innovators have developed an RFID-based system for sensing the angular position of rotating systems. The RFID-Based Rotary Position Sensor can be used as a position/orientation sensor or implemented in a...

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.

Briefs: Test & Measurement

Ultra-Sensitive Flow Microsensors

The sensors could be used in medical applications such as neuroscience and metabolism processes.

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Disease-Sniffing Device Rivals a Dog's Nose

The miniaturized detector mimics the process dogs use to detect cancer and other diseases by smell.

Briefs: Test & Measurement

Extreme Low-Frequency Hydrophone

Applications include monitoring of earthquakes and tsunamis as well as manmade infrasonic sources such as boats.

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Device Measures Toxic Lead in Minutes

The portable lab-on-a-chip detects many contaminants in water supplies.

Application Briefs: Test & Measurement

I/O Module Enables Remote Data Capture

See how makers of an automated truck wash system added a monitoring option for customers.

Q&A: Test & Measurement

Q&A: Platform Converts Headphones from 'Dumb' to 'Smart'

Rutgers researcher Xiaoran Fan developed a "HeadFi" method that uses ordinary headphones as sensors.

Products: Test & Measurement

New Products: May 2021 Battery Technology

Battery analyzers, uninterruptible power supplies, adhesives, and more.

Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Product of the Month: May 2021 Tech Briefs

A smart temperature transmitter delivers measurements via Bluetooth.

Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion

Smart Stent Detects Narrowing of Arteries

The stent monitors even subtle changes in the flow of blood through the artery.

Blog: Software

Readers Select 2020 Products of the Year

This year's winners included industrial-automation software, simulation tech, and digital storage oscilloscopes.

Briefs: Photonics/Optics

Optimal Information About the Invisible

Researcher are finding ways to estimate a target location when light gets deflected by a disordered structure.

Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Quality 4.0: How Wireless IoT Sensor Networks are Reshaping Manufacturing

The ability to identify hidden patterns, predict future issues, forecast usage and costs, and derive insights from IoT sensor data will reshape the industrial process forever.

Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Autonomous Sensor Technology for Real-Time Feedback About Refrigeration and Heating

The sensor monitors the oil circulation ratio in real time for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems.

Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Integrated Building Systems for Healthcare Facilities

A "smart building" platform incorporates hardware, software, and cloud analytics to form a digital "backbone."

Briefs: Materials

New Flexible and Highly Reliable Sensor

Real-time health monitoring and sensing abilities of robots require soft electronics, but a challenge of using such materials lies in their reliability.

Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping

New on the Market: March 2021

Vision software, thermal sensors, ceramic pastes, and more.

Briefs: Test & Measurement

System Standardization Streamlines Industrial Designs

Equipment designers can simplify design efforts and adjust controller platforms as needed when they standardize on electronic input/output products.

5 Ws: Test & Measurement

5 Ws of the Smartphone Camera COVID-19 Test

With a smartphone camera, a new diagnostic test provides a positive or negative COVID-19 result in 15 to 30 minutes.

INSIDER: Test & Measurement

New Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing Approach Could Keep Fusion Power Plants Running

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...

Briefs: Test & Measurement

Method Tracks What Happens Inside Batteries

The method could be key to designing more efficient batteries for specific uses such as electric cars and airplanes.

Facility Focus: Software

Facility Focus: University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering

Some of the technologies coming from the UT labs include COVID antibody tests, self-watering soil, and the "DRACO" robot.

Articles: Data Acquisition

Integrating QC Measurement Data into Manufacturing Systems

Learn about the kinds of wireless meters that can provide precise test data.

Products: Electronics & Computers

New on the Market: February 2021

Disconnect terminal blocks, oscillioscope probes, test modules, and more.

Briefs: Test & Measurement

Sensing Magnetic Fields

Applications include detection of explosives, navigation, and aerospace altitude sensing.