Industry news, industry trends, and applications for engineers involved with compliance testing of electronics components, products, and systems.
Understand the differences in ESD tests Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor - 10/21/2008
Whenever an electrically charged object discharges, it produces an ESD (electrostatic discharge) event. An ESD event can subject an electronic device to thousands of volts and several amperes. High voltage can cause breakdown in a device structure and high current can cause heat that damages the device. More
TREK's Tom Larson elected to ESDA board of directors 11/05/2008
TREK has announced that sales manager Tom Larson was elected to the board of directors by members of the ESDA at the organization's 2008 Annual Meeting and Symposium.
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Customer-focused EMC By Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor - 11/01/2008
Dan Dwyer is a principal systems engineer at Allegro Microsystems in Manchester, NH, where engineers develop and test Hall-effect sensors that are used instead of mechanical switches in high-reliability applications in printers, copiers, and cellphones.
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We'll pay for your Test Ideas 10/16/2008 Have you devised a clever method of testing your product, either on the lab bench or in production, that can help other test engineers? In each print issue of Test & Measurement World, our "Test Ideas" column provides circuits, systems, and software from readers. If you have an idea to share, you could earn $150. More
Trek's voltage sensor monitors electrostatic charge buildup 10/07/2008
Mounted on a 35-mm DIN rail, the Model 875 electrostatic voltage monitor from Trek performs inline monitoring of electrostatic charge buildup to help manufacturers improve production yields and product integrity.
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EMC in the Motor City 10/01/2008
At the 2008 EMC Symposium, EMC (electromagnetic compliance) consultant Doug Smith demonstrated how to use two current probes with a spectrum analyzer to find resonance in a cable, and he explained how using ferrite cores around the cable reduces the amplitude of the resonant current.
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Vote for the 2009 Test Engineer of the Year 10/01/2008
The six finalists work at St. Jude Medical, Ford Motor, Seagate Technology, Sanmina-SCI, Battelle Memorial Institute, and National Institute of Standards and Technology. Read all about them and then cast your ballot. The winner will designate a $10,000 donation to an engineering school.
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ROWE'S AND COLUMNS Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor, Test & Measurement World November 5, 2008 Technical articles retain value
I'm always amazed, and pleased, when I hear from readers who still find value in old ... More
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