EE-Evaluation Engineering articles from October 2008

EE-Evaluation Engineering archives from October 2008

It's fast and mostly green.(Editorial)
October 1, 2008... From more than 300 nominees, the editors of MIT Technology Review have selected this year's group of young innovators--35 men and women under the age of 35 who have made some significant accomplishments in a wide range of fields from medicine...

Single-output power supplies include security features.(PRODUCT BRIEFING)(Agilent Technologies Inc.)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... The U8000 Series of single-output, nonprogrammable DC power supplies provides a 90-W to 150-W power range and integrated overvoltage and overcurrent protection features. During test setup, users can save and recall up to three memory states,...

Scopes provide quick access to all controls.(PRODUCT BRIEFING)(LeCroy Corp.)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... The WaveAce[TM] Series Digital Oscilloscope is available in two-channel models with bandwidths of 60 MHz, 100 MHz, 200 MHz, and 300 MHz, all with color displays. It also incorporates a maximum sample rate of 2 GS/s and up to 8 kpoints/ch...

Diagnostic tools developed for mixed-signal cards.(PRODUCT BRIEFING)(Huntron Inc.)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... The Tracker[R] 2800 Series for mixed-signal circuit cards is designed to complement conventional test instruments in the debug and troubleshooting process. Using the power-off test method known as Tracker Signature Analysis, it eliminates the...

Plug-in cards expand Switch/Multimeter line.(PRODUCT BRIEFING)(Keithley Instruments Inc.)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Two cards have been added to the company's Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter platform. The Model 3724 FET Relay Multiplexer Card has scanning speeds of >1,000 channels/s including measurement, switch-only scan rates > 1,200 ch/s, and 200-V,...

Tackling next-generation RF SOC test.(IC ATE)
October 1, 2008... Developing an automated production test solution for current and next-generation complex RF SIP/SOC devices is an increasingly difficult task. Both the test program and the device interface board (DIB) that mounts between the ATE system and the...

Extended analyzer capabilities blur distinctions.(SIGNAL ANALYZERS)(Tektronix Inc.)
October 1, 2008... Signal analyzer is a generic name for many types of test instruments. Among them are a spectrum analyzer, a vector signal analyzer (VSA), and a real-time spectrum analyzer (RTSA). There are differences among the capabilities that each of these...

Fault injection for non-boundary scan devices.(DESIGN FOR TEST)
October 1, 2008... Boundary scan is well established in the industry, a fact strengthened by major ATE companies like Agilent Technologies and Teradyne that have added boundary scan capabilities to their in-circuit testers. The next step is to increase its...

The drive for improved performance.(WIRELESS TEST)
October 1, 2008... Mobile communications networks truly have changed the way we live. Many years ago, lots of dimes and a memorized list of public phone locations were critical to a big-city salesman's success. You had no other way to inform a client that you...

Satellite testing demands RF link emulation.(AEROSPACE/DEFENSE TEST)(radio frequency)
October 1, 2008... With the global emphasis on counter-terrorism, the need for surveillance in geographic areas that are inaccessible or too dangerous to put military personnel on the ground and the push for electronic information gathering, satellite-based...

An alternative to sigma clipping in shaker testing.(ENVIRONMENTAL TEST APPLICATIONS)
October 1, 2008... Many shaker controllers for random vibration testing are based on the well-established FFT data processing algorithm. A test specification is given in the frequency domain in terms is given in the frequency domain in terms of power spectral...

Exploring AOI and X-Ray.(X-RAY INSPECTION)(automated optical inspection)
October 1, 2008... Manufacturers of advanced PCB assemblies know that simultaneously producing cost-competitive products and meeting the quality expectations of customers are vital to their success. Driven by advancing board complexities and the desire to improve...

Systems EMC design and analysis.(EMC TEST)(electromagnetic compatibility)
October 1, 2008... Part 1 I' m working on a new system that does everything for everyone. I' 11 take one of those, and one of those, and two of these. Do you have it from some other supplier in blue? Our sales/marketing department wants to offer it in blue....