Vibration and its measurement are filled with vagaries that can make a seemingly simple task a daunting one instead. A new Vibration Measurement Application Note from Lion Precision…
Raytek enhances the MI3 Temperature Measurement System
Raytek has enhanced its modular MI3 system by adding new communication boxes for integrating the digital temperature sensors into the control level. In addition to Profibus and Modbus…
Rohde & Schwarz Develops Integrated End-to-End Test Solution
Rohde & Schwarz has developed the integrated end-to-end test solution that examines the impact applications have on smartphones and the network using IP and protocol statistical analysis. Equipped…
The new dimension of a revolutionary sound imagining device
LMS started with a vision: What if a device could materialize the sound field around an object? Thinking out of the box, results were achieved that was unimaginable…
Mobile technology’s influence on data acquisition trend
If there were an overarching theme – Moore’s Law would be it. As DAQ devices have grown more intelligent, these devices can do more than acquire and save…
Length Gauge for Measurement Now Available from HEIDENHAIN
HEIDENHAIN is proud to announce the ACANTO 30xx, the newest product in HEIDENHAIN’s line of high accuracy length gauges. The ACANTO 30xx features a 30 mm measuring stroke,…
Moore’s Law holds true for DAQs
Forty-five yrs ago, Gordon Moore predicted that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit would double every 18 months or so. The approximation predicted that the amounts…
Tektronix Donates to Advanced Engineering Programs at OSU
Tektronix, Inc. announced that the Tektronix Foundation has made a sizeable donation totaling $75,000 to fund three advanced laboratory and engineering programs at Oregon State University. This most…
Hexagon Metrology Releases Fixturing System in the U.S. Market
Hexagon Metrology announced Swift-fix, a fixturing and work holding system for the metrology and manufacturing industries, is now available in the U.S. market. The system works with a…
HEIDENHAIN’s Encoder Testing Software Now Available
Used in conjunction with HEIDENHAIN’s PWM 20 diagnostic tool, the new ATS (Adjustment and Testing Software) software provides a powerful and easy-to-use platform to diagnosis encoder faults and…
Video: Engineering slide chart from Great Innovations
In this product demonstration is an engineering slide chart from Great Innovations. For you Design Engineers, this handy tool can help you with your measurements, be it in…
Honeywell broadens portfolio into sensors and controls
Honeywell International Inc. invents and manufactures technologies such as energy efficiency, clean energy generation, safety and security, globalization, and customer productivity. With approximately 132,000 employees worldwide, including more…
Coordinate Metrology Society Launches Level-One Certification Program for Portable 3D Metrology
The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) announced the launch of the industry’s first Level-One Certification for Portable 3D Metrology. The first examinations will be held at the 29th annual…
Renishaw wins sixteenth Queen’s Award for revolutionary measurement system
Renishaw announces that it has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2013 in the Innovations category for its revolutionary REVO five-axis multi-sensor probing system. The REVO is used…
Video: Tektronix MSO2024 Oscilloscope Product Review
For the sake of this demonstration, I will be looking at the frequency anomalies, using a DPO circuit board and MSO2024 Oscilloscope courtesy of Tektronix. Previously, I wrote…
Tektronix Donates Oscilloscope to Beaverton High School
Tektronix announced that it has donated a TDS1000B Series oscilloscope to Beaverton High School. The 100 MHz two-channel oscilloscope will be used by science, physics and engineering students…
Brunson Instrument Releases the Brunson EasyConnect Instrument Mounting System
Brunson Instrument Company announced the availability of the Brunson EasyConnect instrument mounting system, the newest addition to their extensive line of instrument stand accessories. Using the Brunson EasyConnect,…
Reduce electrical costs, downtime with electronic measuring instruments
Phoenix Contact’s new EMpro measuring devices detect, monitor and analyze electrical characteristics, such as voltage, current, power, consumption, harmonics and network asymmetries, of machines and systems. This data…
Why calibrate your oscilloscope?
Many oscilloscopes come out of the box already calibrated. When I received my scope from Textronix, there was a Certificate of Traceable Calibration included with my product. This…
Contoured, modular ergonomic grip
The Contour Grip is a modular ergonomic grip that incorporates controls on the front, side and back. Its ergonomic design was created with feedback from experts in the…
Brunson Instrument Highlights Motorized Vertical Tooling Bar at Control Show in Germany
Brunson Instrument Company announced they will feature a large-scale motorized vertical tooling bar (MVTB) with a new small footprint design at the Control Show, an international trade fair…
Student Loan forgiveness petition
As promised in my blog, I have an update on student loans. There is an online petition to reconstruct the current student loan repayment system. These changes entitled,”The…
Keithley Adds High Power Wafer-Level Testing to Automated Characterization Suite Software
Keithley Instruments announces enhancements to its Automated Characterization Suite (ACS) software that support its expanding family of high power semiconductor characterization solutions. The ACS package is optimized for…
Keighley Laboratories Achieves Nadcap Merit Accreditation
The Technical Services division of Keighley Laboratories has achieved world-class Nadcap accreditation for a Materials Testing Laboratory (MTL), a status recognised by the majority of global aerospace primes…
Temperature Transmitters Receive ATEX Certification for Use in Hazardous Locations
Acromag’s ST130 Series temperature transmitters recently received ATEX approval for use in explosive atmospheres. These thermocouple and RTD transmitters are USB-configured, loop-powered and provide a proportional 4-20mA output….