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Reader Question: What Do You Wish You Had on Your Bench?

Reader Question: What Do You Wish You Had on Your Bench?

If you could build your dream bench, what would you put on it?


News Apr 20, 2018 by Kate Smith
Using GMR Technology: A Highly-Sensitive Current Measurement Sensor from Allegro Microsystems

Using GMR Technology: A Highly-Sensitive Current Measurement Sensor from Allegro Microsystems

Allegro Microsystems touts their new fully-integrated and highly-sensitive current sensor.


News Apr 03, 2018 by Nick Davis
AC Energy Metering: A Single-Phase Energy-Metering IC with Autocalibration from Analog Devices

AC Energy Metering: A Single-Phase Energy-Metering IC with Autocalibration from Analog Devices

The ADE9153A from Analog Devices is a single-phase energy-metering IC that includes autocalibration.


News Mar 27, 2018 by Nick Davis
MicroPower, MicroSize, Near-Zero Drift, and Low Offset Voltage: A New Op-Amp from Texas Instruments

MicroPower, MicroSize, Near-Zero Drift, and Low Offset Voltage: A New Op-Amp from Texas Instruments

A new operational amplifier from Texas Instruments offers impressive specifications in a very small package.


News Mar 01, 2018 by Nick Davis
RF Test and Measurement: RIGOL Releases Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer with Time-Dependent Features

RF Test and Measurement: RIGOL Releases Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer with Time-Dependent Features

Today RIGOL announced the release of the RSA5000 real-time spectrum analyzer.


News Jan 18, 2018 by John Spreer
Light Sensors: The Absorption Spectrometer, LIDAR, and Thermal Cameras on Display at CES 2018

Light Sensors: The Absorption Spectrometer, LIDAR, and Thermal Cameras on Display at CES 2018

The 2018 Consumer Electronics Show debuted a variety of sensors. This article looks at LIDAR, microspectrometers, and Infrared cameras.


News Jan 13, 2018 by Mark Hughes
Teardown Tuesday: Depstech HD Wi-Fi Inspection Camera/Endoscope

Teardown Tuesday: Depstech HD Wi-Fi Inspection Camera/Endoscope

In this teardown, we cut into a Depstech endoscope to see what we can find.


News Dec 12, 2017 by Nick Davis
Optimizing Smart Water Meters: A New Ultrasonic-Sensing Microcontroller from TI

Optimizing Smart Water Meters: A New Ultrasonic-Sensing Microcontroller from TI

In this article, we look at TI's new integrated ultrasonic-sensing MCU—the MSP430FR6047—that can deliver more accurate measurement for smart water meters.


News Nov 30, 2017 by Nick Davis
Teardown Tuesday: IR Thermometer

Teardown Tuesday: IR Thermometer

Lets take a look at the insides of an infrared thermometer.


News Aug 22, 2017 by Alex Udanis
The Infrared Interferometer, Spectrometer, and Radio Astronomy of the Voyager Spacecraft

The Infrared Interferometer, Spectrometer, and Radio Astronomy of the Voyager Spacecraft

This article in our Voyager series looks at infrared, ultraviolet, and radio science experiments on the Voyager spacecraft.


News Jul 23, 2017 by Mark Hughes
NATO Adopts New Protocol Standard for Underwater Communications

NATO Adopts New Protocol Standard for Underwater Communications

Underwater transmission protocols may finally be unified in a protocol that aims to help interconnectivity with devices ranging from buoys to submarines.


News Jul 18, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
High-Accuracy Current Measurements: New Low-Value Resistors from KOA Speer

High-Accuracy Current Measurements: New Low-Value Resistors from KOA Speer

If you need high precision in your current measurements, you also need high precision in your current-sense resistor.


News Jun 23, 2017 by Robert Keim
Tektronix Releases the 5 Series MSO Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes

Tektronix Releases the 5 Series MSO Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes

In this News Brief, we take a look at the Tektronix 5 Series MSO mixed signal oscilloscopes.


News Jun 06, 2017 by Karissa Manske
Sensor + Test 2017 Highlights: Mini Pressure Sensors for Wearables and a Magnetless Position Sensor

Sensor + Test 2017 Highlights: Mini Pressure Sensors for Wearables and a Magnetless Position Sensor

The sensing revolution is accelerating amid an uptake in automotive, consumer and industrial designs.


News Jun 01, 2017 by Majeed Ahmad
GE Unimpossible Missions Series: Fighting Fire with Fire

GE Unimpossible Missions Series: Fighting Fire with Fire

A multi-part series on GE's Unimpossible Missions, which challenge engineers and scientists with tasks where they demonstrate what can be accomplished when experts collaborate.


News May 27, 2017 by Donald Krambeck
The AWG5200 Arbitrary Waveform Generator from Tektronix

The AWG5200 Arbitrary Waveform Generator from Tektronix

In this News Brief, we'll look at the release of Tektronix's AWG5200 series arbitrary waveform generator.


News Apr 18, 2017 by Karissa Manske
ASUS Moves Its Tinker Board into Raspberry Pi’s SBC Domain

ASUS Moves Its Tinker Board into Raspberry Pi’s SBC Domain

ASUS, the Taiwanese hardware and electronics company known for their desktops, laptops, monitors, graphics cards, and more has decided they're going to delve into the micro-PC market.


News Apr 07, 2017 by Donald Krambeck
New Sensor ICs for Your Measurement and Control Applications

New Sensor ICs for Your Measurement and Control Applications

In this article we’ll look at three advanced ICs that can help you to monitor the surrounding environment.


News Mar 02, 2017 by Robert Keim
Keysight Technologies InfiniiVision 1000 X-Series Oscilloscopes

Keysight Technologies InfiniiVision 1000 X-Series Oscilloscopes

Keysight announces InfiniiVision 1000 X-Series oscilloscopes.


News Mar 01, 2017 by Kate Smith
Teardown Tuesday: General Tools Bluetooth Multimeter

Teardown Tuesday: General Tools Bluetooth Multimeter

This teardown looks inside the General Tools Toolsmart Bluetooth Autoranging Multimeter.


News Feb 14, 2017 by Mark Hughes