Fundamentals of FBG optical sensing
Electrical sensors have for decades been the standard mechanism for measuring physical and mechanical phenomena… (more)Filed under: EngineerIT Tagged: Electrical sensors, Fibre optic sensing, Nathan...
View ArticleThe silver lining: how engineers can use the cloud
Engineers have one very keen sense in life and that is to ferret out usefulness from perceived buzz. Subsequently, we somehow exist on the cutting edge and in the Stone Age at the same time…...
View ArticleSystem software stack
Software has been a critical component of automated test systems since it was first used to control stand- alone instruments more than 40 years ago. Since then the role of software in automated test...
View ArticleReconfigurable I/O architecture for control and monitoring
Embedded designers have used field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) alongside both microprocessors (MPUs) and microcontrollers (MCUs) for years. FPGAs have commonly been used to extend the...
View ArticleIn conversation with Jeff Kodosky, National Instruments
Jeff Kodosky is described as the “father of LabVIEW”, the graphical programming language that spurred the development and widespread adoption of graphical system design, making instrument automation...
View ArticleUser-programmable FPGA for RF instrumentation
With the introduction of the its vector signal transceiver (VST), National Instruments has redefined instrumentation by bringing the flexibility of user-programmable field-programmable gate arrays...
View ArticleWhat is a vector signal transceiver?
Software-defined RF test system architectures have become increasingly popular over the past several decades. Almost every commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) automated RF test system today uses...
View ArticleMoore’s law meets RF
The benefits of Moore’s law have resulted in increased performance and reduced cost for electronic products for more than half a century. The development pace and proliferation of mobile devices have...
View ArticleIn conversation with Dave Wilson, National Instruments
I recently attended NI Week –held annually during the first week in August in Austin, Texas, the USA headquarters of National Instruments. Attended by some 4000 engineers and scientists, the buzz is...
View ArticleChoosing the right analysis tools for measurement systems
Raw data is not always the best way to communicate useful information. Data transformations like removing signal noise, compensation for environmental effects like temperature and humidity, and...
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