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Test & Measurement

Learn what's trending in test, measurement, and monitoring technologies. Explore the latest products, applications, and technical briefs covering advanced measuring instruments, monitoring systems, devices, and instrumentation.

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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
2D materials can be packed together more densely than conventional materials, so they could be used to make devices that run faster and perform better.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Despite recent supply-chain disruptions, semiconductor buyers are increasingly spoiled for choice when it comes to chip manufacturers.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The work shows the real-world viability of their easy-to-use and inexpensive methods of testing.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Thorough vehicle dynamics tests provide the data that will inform the final setup of the chassis and the characteristics of the control systems.
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Blog: Design
A flapping-wing robot that can land autonomously on a horizontal perch using a claw-like mechanism.
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Q&A: Test & Measurement
Researchers have developed a theory that predicts the limits to which metals can be subjected to cyclic stress before failing.
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Blog: Design
A counterintuitive way to protect atomically thin electronics: adding vibrations to reduce vibration issues.
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Special Reports: Energy
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Vehicle Electrification - January 2023
Innovation is happening at a rapid pace in the e-mobility space. Read this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering and Truck & Off-Highway Engineering to learn about...

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Device detects pulse rate and blood oxygen saturation in real time.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The device is 100 percent electrically controllable regarding the colors of light it absorbs, which gives it massive potential for widespread usability.
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Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This measurement technique is particularly useful for, but not limited to, samples containing organic compounds.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Discussing the basic design concepts of a UV-visible-NIR range microscope-spectrometer in several different configurations.
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Special Reports: Unmanned Systems
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ADAS/Connected Car - December 2022
In this compendium of articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering and Autonomous Vehicle Engineering magazines, see how advances in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, lidar and radar, and...

Articles: Test & Measurement
This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
See the new products on the market, including power inductors, vibration sensors, a field TV connector, and more.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
MMS was developed as an add-on to NASA Ames-patented Inductive Monitoring System (IMS), which estimates deviation from normal system operations.
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Articles: Motion Control
The integrated measuring system (IMS) has demonstrated notable cost savings and improved design efficiencies in linear motion automation applications.
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Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A developer needs confidence that the compiler will not introduce errors into the design.
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Articles: Test & Measurement
Battery packs, whether made of prismatic, cylindrical, or pouch cells, are cooled by common automotive thermal management systems.
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Blog: Energy
Power electronics are critical for renewable energy. They require special design and testing to ensure that they will reliably perform their critical duties.
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INSIDER: Energy
Imagine a technology that can convert, amplify, limit, filter, control, and transform electricity in countless ways to supply power to the electrical grid. These are power electronics, and the...
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Blog: Design
The drawing machine uses pens with ink containing conductive material or regular mechanical pencils with varying graphite content.
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Extreme miniaturization of infrared (IR) detectors is critical for their integration into next-generation consumer electronics, wearables and ultra-small satellites. Thus far, however, IR detectors have...
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Articles: Test & Measurement
These 12 products are the nominees for the 2022 Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year.
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Special Reports: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Medical Robotics - November 2022
"Millirobots" swimming in your bloodstream...soft robots you can print on demand...cobots hard at work in the test lab. Read about these and other innovative technologies in this compendium of recent articles...

Special Reports: Motion Control
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Automotive Test & Simulation - November 2022
In this compendium of articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering magazine, learn about the latest simulation and test technologies for ADAS, EV batteries, NVH, vehicle cybersecurity, and...

Products: Power
New products on the market in November 2022, including automotive relay, power inductors, RFID Read/Write modules, and more.
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Articles: Materials
The 3D printing industry has grown quickly over the last decade with average compound annual growth rates of around 27 percent leading to a market size of $17.7 billion in 2022.
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