Testing

Last chance to register: Virinco, the test and repair specialists, is hosting a webinar on Manufacturing Intelligence – Manufacturing Intelligence, Test Data Analysis and Collaboration in the Electronics Industry. It addresses how best to collect all production test data across your supply chain. The webinar takes place this week Thursday 1 October, at 15:30 CEST, which is 13:30 GMT. Read ...

We are pleased to announce that Electronics Weekly will be hosting a webinar by Hitachi about electronics coatings and how you get the accuracy and precision you need at a sub-micron level. Entitled ‘The latest in XRF coatings analysis equipment for micro-scale semiconductor packaging’, it runs on Tuesday 6th October, at 14:00 GMT. It’s free for those who register in ...

An easily applied patch on fabric could be used to power wearables, according to Korean research lab KAIST. It is based on the ferroelectric polymer poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene), built into a heterostructure with two conductive fabrics (diagram right), which can then be applied to fabric by a similar hot-pressing process to that used to attach graphics to T-shirts – taking two ...

QuadSAT, the Danish startup that does the test and measurement of satellite antennas by the use of drones, has closed a €2 million Pre-Series A Investment funding round. The round was led by Seraphim Capital, which is a venture fund dedicated to SpaceTech, Vaekstfonden, the Danish state’s investment fund, and Angel Investor, Helge Munk. “We see a high level of ...

National Instruments is rebranding itself as NI. With the slogan “Let’s Engineer Ambitiously”, the Austin based company has also updated its logo. You can read a letter from Eric Starkloff, president and CEO of the company (right), explaining the changes. He cites “the events of the last several months” as a catalyst for the move. So, you may notice some ...

Keysight announces LoadCore 5G Core Testing software, which simulates complex subscriber models.

The promise of autonomous vehicles is driving profound changes in the design and testing of automotive semiconductor parts, writes Lee Harrison, Automotive IC Test Solutions Manager, Tessent Group – Mentor, a Siemens Business. Automotive ICs are increasingly developed and manufactured using cutting-edge processes. These devices are no longer only deployed for simple functions like controlling windows or light signaling but ...

Speaking exclusively with Electronics Weekly, Embench announced its 0.5 launch today at Embedded World. The benchmark suite is an open-source collaboration between academia and industry, aiming to provide accurate and relevant performance figures for embedded processors. Embench measures a processor’s performance using 19 real-world programs. The programs are deliberately selected from a range of authors and for a range of ...

AVL and Rohde & Schwarz have collaborated on a test environment for autonomous vehicles, enabling the reproduction of realistic GNSS reception conditions. AVL’s Driving Cube is designed to enable reproducible testing of driver assistance systems and driving features for self-driving vehicles using a real vehicle within a virtual environment. Test drives are performed with a real vehicle on a chassis ...

Pico Technology links its vector network analyser hardware to National Instrument's AWR's Design Environment