Sensors & Test

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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Special Reports: Test & Measurement
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Test & Measurement - February 2021
Sensors to search for ancient life on Mars...nano-thermometers that could revolutionize temperature measurement...a major advance in semiconductor testing. These are just a few of the technologies you'll read...

Articles: Software
Once confined to the role of machine visualization, modern unified HMI software now delivers better user interfaces, containerization, and remote device management.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Applications include detection of explosives, navigation, and aerospace altitude sensing.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A smart fiber being tested on the International Space Station could be used to develop space dust telescopes and allow astronauts to feel through their pressurized suits.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Disconnect terminal blocks, oscillioscope probes, test modules, and more.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This system treats light-responsive disorders or deficits such as eating disorders, sleep problems, hormone-sensitive cancers, and cardiovascular disorders.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
These nanomaterial strain sensors are ten times more sensitive when measuring minute movements compared to existing technology.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This system provides low-cost, reliable 3D LiDAR images in nearly any lighting condition.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Learn about the kinds of wireless meters that can provide precise test data.
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Facility Focus: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Some of the technologies coming from the UT labs include COVID antibody tests, self-watering soil, and the "DRACO" robot.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Wafer-Scale Membrane Release Process
This process fabricates thin dielectric membranes with high mechanical yields.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
This device fits on a computer chip but can analyze infrared light in the same way as a conventional spectrometer.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The method could be key to designing more efficient batteries for specific uses such as electric cars and airplanes.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Inficon’s lithium-ion battery cell test can detect a leak many times smaller than current methods identify.
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Question of the Week: Test & Measurement
Will We Make Vibration-Free Helicopters?
A Tech Briefs TV video features a test technology from the Army that’s informally known as a “Shaker.” The Multi-Degree of Freedom (MDOF) system will study the causes of vibrations in a helicopter’s many components and subcomponents. The Army researchers hope to use the conclusions of their study to...
Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
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Vehicle Electrification - January 2021
See how Ford, Volkswagen, Cadillac, and other manufacturers are pushing the boundaries of battery & EV design to compete with Tesla in a rapidly growing market, plus learn about the latest EV testing...

Special Reports: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Optics & Photonics Innovations - January 2021
An ultrafast camera that takes up to one trillion pictures per second...using light alone to levitate objects and propel spacecraft...the groundbreaking optics enabling the world's most powerful...

Briefs: Test & Measurement
The system enables measurement of active or passive microstrip line devices with DC probing capability.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This simple and inexpensive design achieves high-quality ozone measurements.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This system provides low-cost monitoring for machine health with audio-based artificial intelligence.
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Application Briefs: Aerospace
See how Space Dynamics Laboratory built the electronics for a three-camera suite onboard OSIRIS-REx.
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Articles: Test & Measurement
As ICs continue to become smaller and chip complexity increases, manufacturers still need to ensure reliability to their customers.
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NASA Spinoff: Test & Measurement
The technology could allow deep-space exploration without running out of propellant.
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Briefs: Medical
Combined with smartphone technology, the device becomes a portable system that can track, monitor, and diagnose infections.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The device could reduce the need for painful biopsies by 50 percent.
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Briefs: Wearables
This patch offers noninvasive and continuous monitoring of various biomarkers for a range of physiological conditions.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers have created the prototype for a handheld device to measure a biomarker for cancer. The device works much like the monitors that people with diabetes use to test their blood-sugar levels...
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Briefs: Imaging
The system turns faces into thermostats, providing more comfort with less energy.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Applications include monitoring the temperature of processor chips in superconductor-based quantum computers, which must stay cold to work properly.
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