Despite some initial difficulties, it is reasonable to think that OLED (organic light emitting diode) displays will replace LCDs, making possible low-power flexible screens relatively inexpensive to manufacture. OLEDs have several advantages. For one thing, they can be made onto a suitable substrate by means of silk screen-printing or an inkjet printer. Roll-to-roll vapor deposition […]
Test and Measurement News
MIPI M-PHY High-Speed GEAR 5 UFS 4.0 protocol analyzer/exerciser sports solder-in probes
The Eclipse M52 Analyzer/Exerciser supports the next generation of M-PHY High Speed Gear 5 (HS-G5), UniPro 2.0/UFS 4.0 development and can be configured now with the new GEAR 5 solder-in probes. The Eclipse M52 analyzer/exerciser assists design and test engineers working with the high data rates and aggressive power management of the UniPro and UFS […]
Now THAT’S a test instrument: Inside the Webb space telescope
The Hubble telescope, despite its initial optics crisis, was an enormously successful undertaking that answered far more questions about the universe than originally posed. Now comes the Webb space telescope, the most powerful telescope ever put into space and a successor to Hubble. If successful, it will look farther back in time, image fainter objects […]
Measuring CMOS power use
Virtually all digital, analog and mixed-signal ICs are now done in CMOS due to the technology’s extremely low power consumption, small size and immunity to noise. Low power consumption arises from the use of a two-transistor configuration resulting in zero power consumption except during brief transitions. Interestingly, the bulk of CMOS power dissipation arises because […]
Researchers say they’ve invented the optical oscilloscope
A team from the University of Central Florida claim to have devised instrumentation that effectively functions as an optical oscilloscope. The point of the new instrumentation is to measure transient optical fields. The research team says its new technique is capable of resolving the electric field oscillations of a single-shot laser light pulse with sub-femtosecond […]
Radar scene emulator represents up to 512 objects as close as 1.5 m away
A Radar Scene Emulator enables automakers to lab test complex, real-world driving scenarios, accelerating the overall speed of test. Keysight’s full-scene emulator combines hundreds of miniature radio frequency (RF) front ends into a scalable emulation screen representing up to 512 objects and distances as close as 1.5 m. Using full scene rendering that emulates near […]
Converter sends Ethernet signals from vehicle ECU to PC/data logger connections
The X2E Automotive Ethernet Converter has been designed primarily to convert Ethernet signals from a vehicle’s engine control unit (ECU) to be suitable for connecting to a PC or data logger. The device converts data between 100/1000Base-T1 (OPEN Alliance BroadR-Reach) and 100/1000Base-T (standard Ethernet). It can also be used elsewhere for any other industrial application […]
Parallel parametric test system handles high-throughput wafer testing
The new Keysight P9002A parallel parametric test system provides high throughput and cost effective wafer test to accelerate time-to-market in R&D and lower cost-of-test in manufacturing. The global semiconductor shortage has created a growing demand for semiconductors in the automotive industry, as well as digital devices and home appliances. Ongoing technology innovation in semiconductors is […]
Find the fake: How to authenticate laser printers and laser-printed documents
People these days have had to become savvy about who sent the email in their inbox because of the numerous phishing scams. Thus authentication of email is serious business. For similar reasons, there is much interest in verifying both the source of laser-printed documents and whether a given printed document is the original or a […]
New 4U-tall horizontal-mount chassis platform supports 3U and 6U OpenVPX boards
A new 4U 19-in rackmount chassis with a horizontal loading configuration has a side-to-side airflow approach and supports 3U, 6U, or a mix of 3U and 6U OpenVPX boards. The 4U-tall chassis platform supports up to 6x SOSA-aligned or OpenVPX 6U boards along with 6x boards in the 3U form factor. Alternatively, the form factor […]
