Test and Measurement Equipment Reference Materials
Reference Articles 901 - 946 of 946
-
Network Analysis and Circuits
Description: Intended as a textbook for electronic circuit analysis or a reference for practicing engineers, the book uses a self-study format with hundreds of worked examples to master difficult mathematic topics ...
-
Ratiometric Sensing Using the PIC16C774
Description: This application note shows how to use the PIC16C774 microcontroller (MCU) in a ratiometric sensing application. A block diagram of the application is shown in Figure 1. The design takes advantage of ...
-
Four-Channel Digital Voltmeter with Display and Keyboard
Description: The PIC16C71 is a member of the mid-range family of 8-bit, high-speed microcontrollers, namely, the PIC16CXXX. The PIC16C71 device's I/O ports have an improved sink/source specification. Each I/O pin ...
-
Gas and Water Metering with the PIC16F91X Family
Description: Electronic utility meters are an important step towards automating the utility metering process. Automated utility meters allow many new features that help reduce the cost of utilities to customers ...
-
Thermistor Temperature Sensing with MCP6SX2 PGAs
Description: This application note shows two designs that use a precise, negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor for temperature measurement. The thermistor is placed in a resistive divider to linearize ...
-
Agricultural Films Duration Under Accelerated and Natural Weathering
Description: In 1976, the total surface area covered with greenhouse films worldwide was approximately 600km2. In 1990, the corresponding surface area surpassed 2200 km2 and reached 7230 km2 in 2002. The ...
-
Artificial Grass Yarns - Improving Sports Performance
Description: Artificial Grass, also known as artificial or synthetic turf, is a grass-like, man-made surface manufactured from synthetic materials. It is most often used in sports arenas where sport games were ...
-
Atlas Fade-Ometer Identifies Cause of Degradation and Sets Standard For Firefighter's Turnout Gear
Description: Lion Apparel, a manufacturer of firefighting gear, needed to find the cause of the moisture barrier degradation in its firefighting turnout gear. They suspected the degradation was due to exposure to ...
-
Car Tires - Climatic Influences and Aging Behaviour
Description: Testing car tires is an integral part of car inspection, as the tires make the only contact with the road. The tires together with brakes and steering mechanisms are crucial for safety. Different ...
-
Material Testing - Your PET Bottle In The Best Possbile Light
Description: PET bottles are the shooting stars of the packaging industry, and the importance of polyethylene phthalate (PET) for a wide variety of applications continues to increase steadily. As PET is used more ...
-
Characterizing Heel Tissue to Develop a Dynamic Finite Element Model of the Foot
Description: There are 17 million people or 6.2% of the population in the United States who have diabetes. About 60% to 70% of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of nervous system damage that results ...
-
Characterizing Mechanical Properties of Cartilage In-Situ
Description: Articular cartilage is often characterized as an isotropic elastic material with no interstitial fluid flow during instantaneous and equilibrium conditions, and indentation testing is commonly used to ...
-
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Hydrogel
Description: Hydrogels, which are water-swollen cross-linked polymers, are becoming increasingly important in a wide array of biomedical applications. One of the earliest uses of hydrogels was in the development ...
-
Dynamic Testing Brings Running Into the Laboratory
Description: One of the biggest recurring expenses runners face is the cost of new running shoes. Runners who regularly log forty, fifty, or sixty plus miles a week can easily use up a pair of training flats in ...
-
Dynamic Testing Characterizes Frequency Dependence of Liver Tissue
Description: Sonoelastography imaging is being investigated as a method of imaging the creation of thermal lesions induced by high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) or radio frequency (RF) ablation. When ...
-
Dynamic Testing Characterizes the Viscoelastic Properties of Vocal Fold Tissue
Description: Mechanical properties of vocal-fold tissues are important in the study of the acoustics and biomechanics of voice production. Biomedical engineering researchers at MIT and voice scientists in the ...
-
Evaluation of Orally Disintegrating Tablets (ODTs) Using Precision Compressive Loading
Description: Orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs) are a new and exciting alternative to traditional tablet and liquid medication dosages. ODTs are a tablet form of medication that dissolves on the tongue, aided ...
-
Micromechanical Multicyclic Creep Tests of Human Cortical Bone
Description: Bone is a living organ whose structure and function are affected by various factors including mode and frequency of loading, age, and disease.1 It is a hierarchical composite material that is made up ...
-
Small Diameter Vascular Graft Elasticity Measurement in Response to Pulsatile Pressure
Description: There is currently a large demand for small diameter (< 5 mm) vascular grafts to replace diseased arteries of the coronary and peripheral vasculature. Particularly vascular grafts developed from ...
-
Test Research Leads to a Better Understanding of Tissue Engineered Cartilage
Description: Cartilage is a remarkably complex biocomposite material that exhibits outstanding compressive stiffness, toughness, strength, resiliency, and shock absorption. Diseases such as osteo-arthritis damage ...
-
Testing to Improve the Durability of Artificial Heart Valves
Description: Heart valve prostheses have been used successfully in heart procedures since 1960 resulting in an overall improvement in the quality of life of the patients. Currently, there are two kinds of valves ...
-
Tooth Fracture Studies Lead to Longer Lasting Teeth
Description: Recent examination of restored molars suggests that cyclic crack growth may contribute a greater understanding of restored tooth fracture. It was found that molars with typical amalgam restoration ...
-
Portable Leak Detection Instrument Improves Heat Rate at Electric Power Plant.
From: SDT Ultrasound SolutionsDescription: By using a ruggedized portable ultrasonic leak detector, Mr. Brian Thorp, PdM Technician for Seminole Electric has been able to provide quick leak detection and repair on an aging steam condenser, ...
-
RAD2 Remote Angle Display System from Rieker
From: Rieker, Inc.Description: Rieker Electronics introduces The RAD2 Remote Angle Display System with new rugged sensor options for line array positioning. This handheld battery powered digital LCD display box can be matched with ...
-
Best Methods for Safe Hipot Testing (.pdf)
From: Slaughter Company (SCI)Description: When working with electrical safety test equipment, instruments that output potentially dangerous voltages and currents, it is always important to regular review and encourage safe testing techniques. ...
-
Ground Bond or Ground Continuity Testing (.pdf)
From: Slaughter Company (SCI)Description: Most manufacturers familiar with safety testing are well aware that a verification of the ground circuit on electrical products is necessary for safety agency compliance. In fact, verifying that the ...
-
Teledyne Scientific Instruments: Direct Sampling MS and MS/MS for Real-Time Air Monitoring
From: Environics, Inc.Description: A number of investigators have shown the utility of direct sampling ion trap mass spectrometry (DSITMS) for on-line, real-time monitoring applications. While ion trap instrumentation continues to ...
-
Coating Thickness Measurement: The Fundamentals
From: Fischer Technology, Inc.Description: Coating thickness measurement is a concern for both finishers and for companies receiving finished components. Defective coatings lead to rust. As a result, product liability requires quality control ...
-
Reliability Testing for Telcordia (Bellcore) Test Requirements
Description: Many products in the telecommunications industry are required to meet various Telcordia (Bellcore) Generic Requirement (GR) specifications to establish product quality and reliability. Several of ...
-
Remote Control - Insight Into Remote Conditioning
Description: Automotive and electrical components that need be thermal-cycled come in many shapes and sizes, as do test chambers. But one size definitely does not fit all. Just try to force your half-buck fixture ...
-
Calibration Equipment: Justifying Your Purchase Decision
Description: The need to improve corporate bottom lines, measure tighter tolerances and comply with standards such as ISO 9000, QS-9000 and Z540-1 forces quality managers to continuously improve efficiencies. In ...
-
Utilizing Laser Technology in Dimensional Metrology Applications
Description: The wavelength of light provides a very high resolution, linear, and stable reference for dimensional measurement. Labmaster® instruments effectively couple the wavelength of light to the part to ...
-
How To Extend the Life of your Materials Testing Equipment
From: Instron®
-
The Twists, Turns, Trials and Tribulations of Your Average Material
From: Instron®
-
Sensor Lead Configurations Table (.pdf)
From: Conax TechnologiesDescription: Specify sensor lead configuration ...
-
An Explanation of Fail Verification
From: Ikonix USADescription: Fail Verification is a system used to confirm that an electrical safety tester is functioning properly and will detect failures in the Device Under Test (DUT). There may be more familiarity with the ...
-
Closed Loop Control in Hardness Testing
From: Instron®
-
Dielectric Withstand Testing in a Production Environment
From: Ikonix USADescription: Performing a routine product safety test should not in itself represent a shock hazard to the operator who is conducting the test, yet anytime you are working with an energized circuit you must be ...
-
Enhanced User Interface
From: Ikonix USADescription: New technology in itself doesn't always solve customer problems. The real challenge is to take the latest technology and find ways to use it in specific applications. With over 65 years of safety ...
-
Fatigue and Impact Testing of Composites Keeps Aerospace Industry Flying High
From: Instron®
-
Introduction to Chemical Adsorption Analytical Techniques and Their Applications to Catalysis (.pdf)
From: MicromeriticsDescription: The chemical adsorption isotherm reveals information about the active surface of a material and has been employed for many years as a standard analytical tool for the evaluation of catalysts. ...
-
Keeping the Crunch in Cap'n Crunch®: Benefits of Texture Analysis
From: Instron®
-
Performing Low Voltage Continuity Tests With High Voltage Hipot Testers
From: Ikonix USADescription: Manufacturers of heating elements, cable harnesses, and aerospace cables must commonly perform point to point continuity tests and hipot tests as part of their routine production line tests. The ...
-
Production Line Tests for Medical Product Safety Evaluation
From: Ikonix USADescription: In order to ensure the electrical safety of any medical device, there are several tests that must be performed on each device before it can be shipped. In most cases these tests are required in order ...
-
Short, Sharp, Shock - Testing Materials at High Strain Rates
From: Instron®
-
Simulated Line Leakage Tests: Hocus-Pocus?
From: Ikonix USADescription: Line Leakage tests are commonly specified as a part of many product safety standards. This test is most often specified as engineering "type test" but may also be specified "routine production line ...