test instruments

MADISON Technologies has acquired Test Equipment Solutions, local distributor for Fluke, Yokogawa, Rohde & Schwarz and Hameg, and electrical/electronic calibration services provider.

Testing is one of the most crucial parts in the manufacture of any product. It can also be expensive, and in many cases, faulty products can cost the company even more money in loss of customers and litigation. This is perhaps why in-line test jigs are so important.

Find out who is exhibiting the latest new solutions at Electronex in September, and plan your visit in advance.

PHYSICISTS from the University of Utah have developed an inexpensive, highly-accurate magnetic field sensor based on spintronic organic thin-film semiconductor technology.

By 2050, high-speed broadband will be the new ubiquitous utility; sensors, machine-to-machine communication and the human body as computer interfaces will transform the economy, states a new report.

SENSOR sales will more than double by 2016, driven by new embedded features, according to IC Insights.

TELEDYNE is acquiring LeCroy for US$240 million, seeking to broaden its portfolio of analytical instrumentation businesses.

ENGINEERS at the Case Western Reserve University engineers have designed and fabricated integrated amplifier circuits that operate at temperatures up to 600 degrees Celsius.

GLOBAL Kinetics has used $250,000 worth of funding from the Victorian Government to develop commercial prototypes of a wrist-worn sensor and reporting system for people with Parkinson’s disease.

A UNSW-led team of researchers have developed a new class of biosensors which can detect minute traces of contaminants in liquids in just 40 minutes.

PENRITH Council has reported mixed results from its trial of several technological solutions last year to fight against anti-social activity.

EMC Technologies’ Melbourne laboratory has been recognised by the Ford Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) group as an approved supplier for testing to its new standard.

AGILENT Technologies Australia has announced a series of RF Fundamentals workshops for Australia and New Zealand.

RESEARCHERS from the University of Pennsylvania are developing a DNA-based electronic nose system which is both extremely sensitive and discerning.

WITH the current focus on climate, researchers at the US-based Sandia National Laboratories have now come up with a small air sampler which can cheaply and easily collect atmospheric samples.

RESEARCHERS from Edith Cowan University’s Centre for Communications Engineering Research (CCER) have installed a network of wireless fire monitoring sensors in bushland.