The November 25 issue of the NIST Tech Beat is chock full of good stuff for auto test engineers:

NIST ‘Stress Tests’ Probe Nanoscale Strains in Materials
Bright Idea Illuminates LED Standards
NIST Leads Revision of International Coordinate Measuring Machine Standard

AR RF Microwave Instrumentation has released new literature with comprehensive information on its innovative test systems for conductive immunity and automotive transient generator testing. The new brochure includes AR’s CI (Conducted Immunity) Systems, self-contained, all-in-one test systems; and the company’s TGAR Systems for automotive transient generator testing.
The CI Systems are designed to make RF conducted […]

This webcast will evaluate the non-banner specifications of waveform digitizers. The discussion will include looking beyond the specification sheet’s usual banner listings into such topics as bandwidth, sampling rate, bit resolution and memory depth. A host of performance criteria will be taken into account to determine the actual measurement fidelity the digitizer system can be […]

Here’s an article I wrote for Test&Measuerment World after attending the latest Auto Test Expo. It really amazed me that there were so many data-acquisition vendors there. It has to be awfully difficult for any one of them to really stand out. Even the smallest of them has their niche, though.

The Agilent Technologies L4532A 2-channel and L4534A 4-channel digitizers are high-performance, stand-alone LXI digitizers that offer simultaneous sampling at up to 20 MS/s, and with 16-bit resolution. Agilent claims that these products represent a new category of digitizers with their robust input channel and high performance analog-to-digital (A/D) design, and on-board measurements. The isolated […]

One of National Instruments‘ latest app notes, “Developing Test Systems for Automotive Multimedia Devices Using NI TestStand and PXI Hardware” discusses how a German company used NI hardware and software to develop a test for several different automotive entertainment systems.
Using PXI data acquisition modules and Test Stand software, the system performs the following tests:

Audio […]

MGA recently made the decision to open a facility that will support its customer-base in the southern region of the United States. In August, MGA opened a brand new 15,000 square foot facility located in Greer, South Carolina. This facility is literally located right in the backyard of the BMW Performance Center off […]

ISO 9001:2008, Quality Management System — Requirements, has recently been updated. ISO 9001:2008 is the fourth edition of the standard first published in 1987. This standard has become the benchmark for providing assurance and is the key element for maintaining ISO 9000 certification. It’s available from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
For […]

The Sensor Developments Model 90408 measures steering drift pull and features an integrated strain gaged based sensor and gravitational angle measurement system. It is interfaced and powered USB cable connected to a portable laptop. The interface software features a very easy to use setup screen and display. Pre-program test lengths and […]

The United States Army will build a 4.5-mile, high-speed test track at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County, Maryland.
Both wheeled and tracked vehicles will be tested at sustained high speeds at the new military test track. Some of the military vehicles will be heavily armored and weigh as much as 119 tons.
The track will be […]