Archive for the ‘Test & Measurement Tech’ Category
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Research indicates that internal battery cell impedance increases with the age and discharge history of a cell. Since interruption in electrical service can spell disaster, a reliable backup power system is critical so that when conventional power fails, costly service outages can be avoided.
The BITE family of products provides meaningful ...
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
High Frequency Integrated Vacuum Electronics (HiFIVE)
The objective of the HiFIVE program is to develop an integrated, microfabricated vacuum electronic (VE) high-power amplifier (HPA) circuit for use in high-bandwidth, high-power transmitters. Additionally, the program will demonstrate operation of such a circuit over a 5 GHz frequency band centered at 220GHz. The ...
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
India has the 2nd largest communication network in the world, having a tele-density of 28.33% and is one of the fastest growing wireless markets, with a total subscriber base of 325.78 million at the end of June 2008, adding 9 -10 million subscribers a month.
India is likely to leap-frog from ...
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Building your test systems in-house? Need a faster, more cost effective solution that will free up your resources?
Chroma Systems Solutions builds customized ATE systems for a wide range of power electronics applications. The industry's best power device testing ...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke) today launches the world’s first commercial generic high voltage test facility.
The new service can accommodate Radio Frequency (RF) power and voltage on a massive scale. It combines high voltage isolation with screening to 18 GHz, whereby most other facilities only allow for testing at 50 ...
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
Test and Measurement instrument maker Chroma Ate is expected to see orders from Tesla Motors to generate $46 million USD in 2010, revenues from the electric-car maker are estimated at $10.1 million USD in 2009. Tesla will account for 26% of Chroma Ate's total revenues in 2010 accordingly, compared with ...
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
In radio communications, a base station is a wireless communications station installed at a fixed location and used to communicate as part of a push-to-talk two-way radio system, or a wireless telephone system such as cellular CDMA or GSM cell site. In professional two-way radio systems, a base station is ...
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Question:
What are the main differences between a conventional Function Generator and an Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG)?
Answer:
A function generator has standard, predefined waveforms, i.e. sine, square, ramp and triangle. The user can manipulate these waveforms by adjusting basic controls such as the duty cycle, amplitude ...
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Barring the occasional thunderstorm, most Americans take the electric current behind their power buttons for granted, and assume the juice will be there when they're ready to fire up an appliance or favorite tech toy. Little do most know, the strain on our electric grid—which has led to rolling brownouts ...
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
San Antonio — August 18, 2009 — The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) broke ground August 17 on a new 30,000-square-foot facility for testing military ground vehicles in support of the warfighter. Called the Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory (GSPEL), the facility will evaluate ...
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