Test and measurement equipment underpins the product design process, enabling engineers to verify their design is working in the way they want. If not, these essential devices help them to find out where the problems lie.
In this section, New Electronics keeps design engineers up to date with the Test and Measurement market, bringing a range of information about the products and their application.
Dubbed "the world's biggest eye on the sky", the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), aims to help scientists find extrasolar planets that are orbiting other stars, answer fundamental questions regarding planet formation and better understand the nature and distribution of dark matter and dark energy. The E-ELT project was undertaken by the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
When selecting and using electronic components in space they will need to be reliable and capable of surviving the harsh conditions they'll experience over an extended period of time.
Smart home technology has been promising much, for so long, but helped by new wireless standards and the use of voice technology is it now beginning to deliver?
The in-vehicle infotainment experience is set to change drastically over the next few years.
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As passenger numbers rise, airports will struggle to cope. Here, Bethan Grylls explores how AI is being used to enhance security.
"Software-defined testers will be critical in keeping up with the evolution in automotive design," said Jeff Phillips, Head of Automotive Marketing at National Instruments (NI) in an interview with New Electronics last year.
The wearables market may have slowed but developments in sensing technology and AI suggest we haven't seen anything yet.
As the industry gets ready for this year's show, New Electronics delivers a sneak preview.
MIT researchers have developed a sub-terahertz-radiation receiving system that could help steer driverless cars when traditional methods fail.
With the rollout of 5G expected to ramp up in the coming year, a complete spectrum of test & measurement solutions will be required, according to Meik Kottkamp.
VCSEL technology encourages progress in biometric solutions such as mobile 3D sensing, according to Bianka Schnabel.
Manufacturing test is an important part of product development and an incomplete test can result in defective parts being delivered to customers. These test escapes - the bad parts that escape test - result in parts being returned especially when target defect rates below one defective per part million (DPPM) are the goal of manufacturers.
Since the introduction of 2G, there has been a rising demand for data. 5G has been hailed the answer to the ever-growing pressure on network capacity as the demand for better and quicker devices continues to increase and we start to see more 'things' become connected.
A 24 GHz Demorad radar solution to support contactless sensors is being used in the emerging industrial mass market.
Bethan Grylls reports on the latest technology to emerge from this year's electronica which was the biggest to date.
Timing can be tricky in embedded systems. Shortly after it touched down on the surface of Mars in 1997, NASA's Pathfinder lander started to malfunction, triggering a watchdog timer that engineers tried to fix with system resets.
When it comes to developing devices with IoT connectivity you need to be flexible.
By 2020, for every human, there are expected to be 26 smart devices and if that forecast from Intel is accurate, that means around 200billion connected 'things'.
Current sensing remains a challenge and while most engineers use DCR current sensing it is notoriously inaccurate. So what can be done to improve accuracy?
According to both the Government and farmers, the future of farming is one in which small robots will have a crucial role to play.
With more trains running on the UK's railways, effective track maintenance has become essential.
Jitter can seriously degrade system operation but, as Lee Morgan explains, characterising and troubleshooting jitter on embedded systems has become a lot easier.
In this roundtable NE takes a look at the changing nature of test and measurement, and the impact that National Instrument's LabVIEW NXG has had on the engineering community.
Benchtop power supplies have had to evolve rapidly to provide the features needed to test PCBs integrating complex components.