Data Acquisition (DAQ) is the measurement of electrical or physical things like voltage, current, temperature, pressure, sound, or motion. Converting these signals into digital data is necessary to analyze and store them for further processing. DAQ systems are essential for a wide range of applications, from scientific research and industrial automation to environmental monitoring and medical …
Keithley's Touchscreen User Interface
Keithley’s Touch, Test, Invent® touchscreen products feature the same look and feel thanks to their UI, referred to as the TTI interface. This custom interface, developed by Keithley engineers, makes it incredibly simple to use the instruments and analyze data right in the box. The TTI interface can be found with Keithley’s Source Measure Units (SMUs), some …
Energy storage device testing is not the same as battery testing. There are, in fact, several devices that are able to convert chemical energy into electrical energy and store that energy, making it available when required.
Capacitors are energy storage devices; they store electrical energy and deliver high specific power, being charged, and discharged in shorter time than batteries, yet with …
I remember the days as a senior project manager in a new product development environment where teams were under extreme pressure to quickly launch high quality products for critical applications. This meant life cycle testing was a must. I absolutely hated when a test would terminate in the middle of the night with no notice—it wasted valuable time and capacity on our test rigs. I spent countless …
The Keithley DMM6500 6½-digit Bench/System Digital Multimeter and DAQ6510 Data Acquisition and Logging Multimeter System drew plenty of attention when they were announced last April for their combination of enhanced usability and performance. Now they have earned further accolades by winning a 2018 Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program (LEAP) Award in the test and measurement category.
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By Andrew Kirby
Making simple electrical measurements is something that every engineer is familiar with. These measurements are the usual: current, voltage, and resistance. In a typical benchtop setting, these measurements are made one at a time, using the front panel of a given instrument. The knobs of the power supply are turned to the appropriate voltage, the current limit is set, the DMM is …
