The LXI Consortium recently announced that Agilent Technologies and Elgar Electronics are the first companies to ship LXI-certified products. LXI (LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation) is a next-generation, LAN-based modular platform for automated test systems. LXI certification indicates approval by the LXI Board to officially license the LXI logo for display on compliant products.
Agilent is now […]

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has shown that ventilated automotive seats not only improve passenger comfort, but also help consumers get better gas mileage. According to NREL scientists, ventilated seats keep drivers and passengers cooler, so they need less air conditioning to be comfortable.
John Rugh, project leader for NREL’s Vehicle Ancillary Loads Reduction Project […]

“The Basics of Torque Measurement” is now available from Sensor Developments. It’s a nice, little article on what torque is and the various types of sensors that are available to measure it. All these sensors are, of course, available from the company . For more information on the company’s products, visit their website.

The Reliability Information Analysis Center (RIAC) has recently added a new member to its family of Reliability Engineer’s Toolkits, the System Reliability Toolkit. The new toolkit focuses on the impact of software and human factors on the reliability of systems or equipments as well as hardware, which was the predominant focus of earlier versions. The […]

The EE Times - UK has a short article on how a French company—CML Innovative Technologies—outfitted three rally motorcycles with a new LED lighting system to see how they would perform in the desert of southern Tunisia. One of CML-IT’s engineers not only accompanied the team to conduct the tests, but was also one of […]