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Understanding reading accuracy and resolution in a 6½-digit DMM
23 August 2006, Concilium Technologies
This article from Agilent Technologies explains the reality and the mathematics behind digital multimeter (DMM) resolution and DC noise specifications, which directly correlate to the number of digits ...

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Oscilloscope series provides new capabilities for high-speed design and analysis
23 August 2006
Tektronix' new DPO70000 digital phosphor oscilloscope (DPO) and DSA70000 digital serial analyser (DSA) products extend the company's realtime DPO performance platform recently introduced with its DPO7000 ...

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BGA/SMT video inspection microscope highly versatile
23 August 2006, Test & Rework Solutions
The Optilia Flexia BGA/SMT video inspection microscope is a new addition to Test & Rework Solutions' line of products for electronics manufacture. The Flexia is a versatile ESD-protected video microscope ...

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USB-based data acquisition device logs CO levels
23 August 2006, Mimic Components
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a poisonous gas which is both odourless and colourless. It can be produced by equipment/machinery that are working incorrectly. Lascar manufactures a data logger that monitors ...

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'Best in Test' Honourable Mention for test equipment supplier
23 August 2006, Test & Rework Solutions
Geotest has announced that it was awarded Test & Measurement World's 'Best In Test 2006' Honourable Mention for a new state-of-the-art series of time interval counters. The GC22x0 universal time-interval ...

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IEC, IPC highlights inadequacies of traditional test methods for ensuring reliability of lead-free electronic assemblies
23 August 2006
Gen3 Systems' managing director Graham Naisbitt, a member of both the IEC and IPC test standards committees, says lead-free implementation has exacerbated the need for manufacturers to draw a distinction ...

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Rugged mains power logger
9 August 2006, Comtest
Comtest has launched Fluke's new simple, 3-phase 1735 Power Logger, eliminating the need for the Fluke 433 model in its Power Quality range. The 1735 provides optimum functionality for basic power quality ...

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IEC, IPC highlights inadequacies of traditional test methods for ensuring reliability of lead-free electronic assemblies
23 August 2006
Gen3 Systems' managing director Graham Naisbitt, a member of both the IEC and IPC test standards committees, says lead-free implementation has exacerbated the need for manufacturers to draw a distinction ...

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PCI Express analyser helps speed application development
26 July 2006
LeCroy's new PCI Express analyser called the PETracer Edge is based on a card platform that supports x1/x2/x4 lane widths at 2,5 GBps speeds. The Edge Analyser is supported with the same application used ...

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Award-winning voice-over-WLAN analysis tool now available locally
12 July 2006, Concilium Technologies
AirMagnet has launched Vo-Fi Analyser, a new, dedicated voice-over-wireless-LAN (VoWLAN) analysis tool. According to Daniel Coetzee, Telecom sales engineer at Concilium Technologies, the sole authorised ...

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SONET/SDH test module for field-test platforms
12 July 2006, Lambda Test
Exfo has introduced the FTB-8115 Transport Blazer SDH+SONET module for the FTB-400 Universal Test System and FTB-200 Compact Platform. The combination of advanced SONET+SDH testing capabilities and the ...

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Industry's first LXI instruments in switching and control
12 July 2006, Concilium Technologies
Concilium Technologies has revealed that Agilent Technologies has released seven new LXI Class C instruments that are the industry's first LXI-based instrumentation (as defined by the LXI Consortium) ...

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Compact USB-based device measures and control processes
12 July 2006, Eagle Africa Technology
The latest MicroDAQ offering from Eagle Technology has succeeded in bringing together all of the elements of a complex automation and control system, according to the company: temperature measurement ...

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Multipurpose infrared and contact thermometer
12 July 2006, Comtest
Fluke distributor, Comtest, has announced the easy-to-use Fluke 561HVACPro, which provides both noncontact infrared (IR) and contact temperature measurements, replacing the need for multiple test tools. ...

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Thermo-optical measurement
12 July 2006, Electrocomp
Sensor concepts combining optical and thermal measurements are catching on in automotive electronics and appliances. Epcos has developed combined sensors that enable both the clouding and temperature ...

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Low-profile PCB-mount transducer measures 100 A
12 July 2006, Denver Technical Products
Lem's LAX 100-NP is a miniaturised PCB-mounting transducer for the measurement of currents up to 100 A r.m.s. This new closed-loop Hall-effect sensor can be configured by means of the primary connections ...

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Teaching platform now offers USB plug-and-play connectivity
28 June 2006, Products & Solutions
NI Elvis, a design and prototyping teaching suite from National Instruments, now offers USB plug-and-play connectivity and LabVIEW Express VIs for point-and-click configuration. With the incorporation ...

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Power cuts a thing of the past?
28 June 2006, Comtest
The need to manage power is never more critical than now, with South African consumers facing skyrocketing power prices and suspect power quality. Electrical technicians today need to be more aware of ...

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Selecting a calibration vendor
28 June 2006, Concilium Technologies
If your car needed a 10 000 km service you might expect the choice of garage to be somewhat arbitrary. You would probably expect that, wherever you took it, the manufacturer's recommended procedures would ...

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Cable tester covers VoIP video and data
28 June 2006
Designed as a 'low-cost' easy to use tool for UTP data cabling as well as voice, the VDV MultiMedia cable tester from Ideal shows all common faults on UTP cabling including: opens, shorts, crosses, mis-wires ...

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