Articles - Measurement - 10

Stephen Evanczuk, Electronic Products Digi-Key A tire-pressure-monitoring system (TPMS) provides early warning of abnormal tire pressure or failure. Used separately or in conjunction with other vehicle electronic systems, a TPMS serves an essential ...

Steve Sandler, Charles Hymowitz, AEI Systems Inc. Electronic Design Instead of your trusty old oscilloscope, try using a spectrum analyzer to measure the noise sources that degrade ADC performance Noise from the power supply, linear regulators, and ...

Stanford Research Systems Function generators have been around for a long while. Over time, these instruments have accumulated a long list of features. Starting with just a few knobs for setting the amplitude and frequency of a sinusoidal output, ...

J. Jayapandian, K. Prabakar, O.K. Sheela Electronic Design Laser power is usually measured with a thermocouple/thermopile or with photo diodes. But thermopile-based laser power meters depend on the heat the laser generates in the sensor and are ...

Dwight Byrd and Thomas Kugelstadt, Texas Instruments Different testing standartds for ESD exist, and which one you use affects your design challenge ESD (electrostatic discharge) the sudden and momentary electric current that flows between two ...