Fastcam MC1 Ferrets Out Faults

The Photron USA Fastcam MC1 high speed camera is designed specifically for production line fault-finding and process control. The small (35mm cubed, less than 1.5-inch) remote head camera delivers 2000 frames per second (fps) at full resolution and up to 10,000 fps at reduced resolution. The compact and robust camera housing enables easy installation . . . → Read More: Fastcam MC1 Ferrets Out Faults

One Test Track Opens, Another Closes

The Roanoke Daily Herald reports on a presentation by Simon Cobb, director of North Carolina Operations for Lotus Engineering, to a North Carolina business association that outlined the status and goals of the North Carolina Center for Automotive Research. According to Cobb, Lotus, who’s developing and operating the facility, knows exactly what auto manufacturers around the . . . → Read More: One Test Track Opens, Another Closes

Thais Propose Test Centre

The Nation reports:

The Industry Ministry and Thailand Automotive Institute plans to propose the new government to turn the Bt6 billion excise taxes collected from the automotive industry last year for the development of a car test centre and a testing field. Industry Permanent Secretary Chakramon Phasukavanich said on Thursday that both testing field and testing centre . . . → Read More: Thais Propose Test Centre

System is LXI/VXI Hybrid

The VXI Technology EX400 is a hybrid systems developer’s kit designed to allow ATE and data acquisition system architects to integrate VXI-based subsystems within an LXI instrumentation network.

The core of the EX400 is a 1000 Watt, 13-slot VXI mainframe with industry-leading cooling capacity and a slot 0 module that incorporates a gigabit Ethernet interface that is . . . → Read More: System is LXI/VXI Hybrid

Agilent Publishes Handbook for Test Engineers

Available for immediate download, this 200-page (5.0 Mbyte PDF file), full-color technical guidebook provides an overview on building test systems, including a strong emphasis on LXI. Topics include an introduction to test-system design, selection of software and hardware architecture, how to maximize system throughput, and exploring the range of networking options available for test system automation. . . . → Read More: Agilent Publishes Handbook for Test Engineers