Link Links Up

Link Engineering announced recently that their Brake Testing Laboratory is open for business in Korea. This laboratory is a joint venture with SE Systems, a sales representative for Link in Korea for over 20 years. This laboratory will provide brake testing services to customers throughout Asia. It is located in the Seoul metropolitan area providing easy . . . → Read More: Link Links Up

Choosing the Right Range and Resolution

From Monitor – #95, an e-mail newsletter of Windmill Software.

Most analogue sensors produce a voltage, including thermocouples, strain gauge bridges, and gas concentration probes. This is converted to a form the computer can understand by an analogue-to-digital (A-D) converter.

The input range (or gain range) of an A-D converter refers to the maximum and minimum voltage that . . . → Read More: Choosing the Right Range and Resolution

Data Acq Product Guide Available

A new product guide from Acquiris provides information on the company line of data conversion products, including CompactPCI, PCI, PXI, VXI, VME, and OEM digitizers, time-to-digital converters, and waveform analyzers. The brochure also provides information on the company’s turnky systems and software support. The four-color, tri-fold brochure also provides information on commercial and industrial applications, aerospace . . . → Read More: Data Acq Product Guide Available

Green Plus Takes Over Ford UK Emissions Lab

Green Plus Ltd, sister company of Biofriendly Corporation in the U.S., announced today that it has taken over the former Ford Motor Company Emissions Laboratory in Aveley, near London. The laboratory will be used to perform independent emissions and device testing for vehicle and engine makers as well as serve as a research and development facility . . . → Read More: Green Plus Takes Over Ford UK Emissions Lab

IC Measures Power and Temperature

This chip isn’t made specifically for test equipment, but it seems to me that there must be an application for it somewhere…..Dan

The MX844 measures current, voltage, and temperature, and is a fully integrated subsystem that outputs serial data with a resolution of 3 1/2 digits plus sign. The fully differential sense amplifier has been optimized to . . . → Read More: IC Measures Power and Temperature