Articles - Measurement - 9

Tak Tsang, Agilent Technologies Machine Design It’s no secret that electrical overloads and physical abuse can shorten the life of a handheld meter. But some instruments can withstand far more mishandling than others. Today it is possible to ...

Sam Davis Power Electronics Described as The nerdiest thing you can put on your wrist.” The Oscilloscope Watch has the features of a modern watch (time, calendar, alarm, etc...) along with those of an oscilloscope, waveform generator, logic ...

Karthik Kadirvel, Texas Instruments ECN Personal battery-powered devices range from single-cell devices such as cell phones to multi-cell devices such as electric cars. Range anxiety is a common issue among all battery-operated electronics. Users ...

Introduction In Industrial motor or servo control applications, accurate current measurement is a critical as part of the control loop. Not only has the current measurement need to be as accurate as possible, it also needs to be safe and reliable. ...

TIAs are the most powerful type of time measurement instruments. In addition to the functions provided by traditional “frequency counters”, “time interval counters” and “universal counters”, TIAs include new ...

Jason Seitz, Texas Instruments EDN In today’s industrial automation and process-control applications, sensors that measure process parameters such as pressure, temperature, toxic gas, and pH are abundant. These sensors make industrial ...

Prasad Dhond Texas Instruments Introduction Sub-metering applications such as smart plugs and appliance energy meters enable consumers to understand and control their energy-usage patterns. Other sub-metering applications such as server power ...

Derek MacLachlan, Keithley Instruments Test Measurement World Part 1 Step 3 This step addresses building the test system and verifying its performance, including a number of techniques that can be used to improve measurement quality. Once a system ...

Derek MacLachlan Staff Applications Engineer Keithley Instruments, Inc. Accurate measurements are central to virtually every scientific and engineering discipline, but all too often measurement science gets little attention in the undergraduate ...

Part 1 ESD immunity The system-level ESD-immunity test simulates the ESD of a human onto an electronic component (Figure 7a). Electrostatic charge on a human can develop in low relative humidity, on low-conductivity carpets, and on vinyl garments. ...