The BestTest Newsletter

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Articles in The BestTest Newsletter in 2006

LXI, the "Next Generation" Replacement for GPIB By: Fred Bode, LXI Consortium Administrator and Executive Director (Retired)

Where is LAN / LXI Best used for Instrument Control? By: Patrick Webb, Instrument Control Product Manager, National Instruments

GPIB (IEEE-488) Offers Advantages in Low-Latency Applications By: Alex McCarthy, GPIB Product Manager, National Instruments

When to Choose PXI Instruments By: Mike Dewey, Marketing Product Manager,
Geotest - Marvin Test Systems, Inc.

Why Customers Choose PXI By: Murali Ravindran, PXI Product Manager, National Instruments

When to Choose VXI Based Instruments By: Tom Sarfi, Business Development Mngr at VXI Technology Inc. and Current VXIbus Consortium President

How to Select a Tool for Testability Analysis and Scan Insertion By: Rick Fisette, Technical Marketing Engineer, Mentor Graphics, Design-For-Test

Selecting a Noise Generator By: Patrick Robbins, Micronetics, Inc. - Enon Microwave and Noise Products Divisions

How to Select USB-based Instruments By: Alan Lowne, Saelig Co. Inc.

How to Select a Logic Analyzer for Under $1,000 By: Alan Lowne, Saelig Co. Inc.

Considerations for Selecting Test Systems Using Flying Probe Access By: Louis Y. Ungar, Editor, The BestTest Newsletter

Boundary Scan Tools for Design Verification and Prototype Debug By: Rick Folea, UniversalScan - Ricreations, Inc.

You've Decided to Get Into Boundary Scan... Now What? By: Ray Dellecker, US Marketing Manager, JTAG Technologies

Alternatives to High Priced IC ATEs By: Louis Y. Ungar, Editor, BestTest.com

How to Select the Right Bus Analyzers and Controllers By: Alan Lowne, President - Saelig Co. Inc.

How to Select a Bus Analyzer By: Bill Schuh, Director of Military Electronic Products, Condor Engineering

Considerations in Selecting a Bus Analyzer By: Nicole Renfro, Marketing Manager at VMETRO, Inc.

Selecting and Purchasing Frequency Synthesizer Products
By: Mike Harris, Director of Business Development, Meret Optical Communications

Finding your way around ESD Standards By: Carl E. Newberg, President, MicroStat Laboratories

Selecting a Systems Diagnostic Design Development Tool By: Craig De Paul, President, DSI International

Selecting the Best Technology For Troubleshooting No Fault Found / Intermittent Conditions By: Brent Sorensen,President, Universal Synaptics

Diagnostic Tools Fit Specific Needs; Success Comes from Best Match-Ups By: Tim Webb, DiagnoSYS Systems, Inc.

Diagnostic Tools using Automatic Probing By: Jim Crosson , Huntron, Inc.

AOI as Part of a Winning Test Strategy By: Don Miller, President of YESTech

The Capability of AOI Systems � More than Just the Sum of their Parts By: Jens Kokott, Team Manager, AOI Systems at G�PEL electronic GmbH

Dynamic Burn-In of High Pin Count Logic Devices with Monitoring Capability
By: Stephen Tsun, Sales Manager, INCAL Technology

Optimize Your Burn-In Design By: Randy Spivey, Randy@ceibis.com, VP Sales & Marketing, CEIBIS

How to Select an OTDR By: Peter Schweiger, Agilent Technologies, Photonics Measurement Division

How to Choose an OTDR to Test and Troubleshoot LAN Infrastructure White Paper By: Harley Lang III, Product Marketing Manager, Fiber Products, Fluke Networks

How to Select an In-Circuit Tester By: Peter Reinhardt, President, REINHARDT System- und Messelectronic GmbH

How to Select the Right Switching Product By: Tee Sheffer, President, Signametrics

Switching Basics in RF Applications By: Bob Stasonis, Sales & Marketing Manager, Pickering Instruments

An Integrated High Power Switching Solution By: Jon Semancik, Marketing Manage, VXI Technology, Inc.

Test News in 2006

Announcements

12/29/2006 Flextronics to lay off 600 in Hungary

12/27/2006 Magma, Synopsys Receive Claims Construction Ruling

12/20/2006 LogicVision Completes $3.2 Million Private Placement

12/14/2006 Azimuth announces funding, CEO transition

12/12/2006 MultiService Forum (MSF) completed Global MSF Interoperability Test

12/12/2006 Semi Industry Bracing for Slowdown

12/12/2006 Teradyne and LogicVision Integrate Silicon Diagnostic Solutions with the IG-XL(TM) Operating System

12/7/2006 Credence Narrows Loss, CEO Steps Down

12/6/2006 Cadence, Advantest Team for Zero-Defect Auto Chip Testing

12/4/2006 Patent Office Looks Again at Patent in Magma/Synopsys Feud

12/4/2006 Rapport Adopts LogicVision Embedded Test Solutions for Next Generation Low-Power Device

12/2/2006 Interstate Electronics set to maintain submarine-launched ballistic missile test systems

12/1/2006 All Test Related Courses and Educational Resources in One Place

12/1/2006 Huntron establishes an Authorized Integrator Business Program

12/1/2006 Mosaid Expands Patent Suit to Mosel Vitelic

12/1/2006 Schaffner's test division gets new name

12/1/2006 Weblog (Blog) is Dedicated to Design for Testability

11/27/2006 ASE Target of Carlyle Group Private Equity Takeover

11/27/2006 Sony Back in Recall Mode

11/23/2006 GOEPEL electronic presents new Partner for Distribution of Automotive Test Solutions in the USA

11/22/2006 SPEA & JTAG Technologies combine to provide comprehensive fixtureless test capability

11/20/2006 Freescale Adopts Synopsys Verification Technology

11/17/2006 Defect clinic solves mysteries at APEX

11/16/2006 Agilent to acquire Acqiris

11/15/2006 Verigy swings to 4Q profit

11/14/2006 Agilent Revenue Up 6%

11/14/2006 Demand for electronics seen slowing

11/13/2006 SMTA Names Board of Directors

11/10/2006 Breaking The Nanometer Barrier In X-ray Microscopy

11/10/2006 NPL to Meet on Measurements of Copper Dissolution in Pb-Free Solder

11/9/2006 Agilent wins 2006 High-Tech Supply Chain Excellence Award

11/9/2006 Universal Instruments cuts workforce day after sale finalized

11/8/2006 Boundary Scan Platform SCANFLEX successfully integrated into Teradyne In-Circuit Tester

11/8/2006 Israel's Orbotech to repurchase up to 1.7 mln shrs

11/7/2006 Dr. Yervant Zorian Wins IEEE's Hans Karlsson Award

11/6/2006 Tektronix to acquire Canada's Minacom

11/6/2006 Test suite streamlines Wi-Fi certification process

11/3/2006 Cray has adopted the SpyGlass DFT platform for its next generation ASIC projects

11/1/2006 Winner named at BestTest.com iPod Drawing at the International Test Conference

10/27/2006 Magma Posts $12.4 million Net Loss

10/27/2006 Prism selects XJTAG to speed debug and test of complex BGA-populated circuits

10/26/2006 Agilent announces organizational changes

10/25/2006 KLA-Tencor Reports Fiscal Q1 Rev Up 9% Year to Year

10/25/2006 Test Systems Strategies Inc. (TSSI) touts Toshiba agreement

10/24/2006 Agilent Technologies offers right-to-use licenses for placing test targets on PCB signal traces

10/24/2006 LogicVision Reports Third Quarter 2006 Financial Results

10/24/2006 Mentor says Summit acquisition makes ESL "real"

10/23/2006 JTAG delivers 1149.6 testing with diagnostics

10/23/2006 LogicVision Announces Expanded Use of Embedded Test Solutions

10/23/2006 Magma and Virage Logic Collaborate on a Complete RTL-to-GDSII Flow

10/23/2006 Semiconductor Test Consortium STC Expands to Entire Test Process

10/23/2006 Synopsys and Virage Logic Collaborate to Deliver Embedded Memory Test

10/20/2006 Apple turns iPod into iWorm that infects Windows PC

10/19/2006 IC firms collaborate with Synopsys to validate new ATPG tech

10/19/2006 LeCroy inks acquisition agreement with Catalyst Enterprises

10/19/2006 Teradyne announces Q3 2006 results

10/18/2006 Bennetts retires, transfers DFT services to CloverTest

10/17/2006 Synopsys serves subpoena to Mentor over PTO request

10/16/2006 HP Appoints New Ethics Chief

10/16/2006 phoenix|x-ray wins Global Technology Award 2006

10/11/2006 Aster Technologies and Temento Systems Announce Strategic Partnership

10/10/2006 Virage Logic Executives Selected to Provide IP Perspective

10/6/2006 KLA Cleared to Buy ADE

10/5/2006 KLA-Tencor to restate due to options

9/29/2006 Intel Starts Layoffs

9/28/2006 XJTAG offers contract manufacturers a free XJRunner

9/26/2006 Synopsys Asks to Subpoena Mentor in Magma Case

9/25/2006 GOEPEL Electronics invites to free Boundary Scan seminars in the US

9/23/2006 Sony investigates notebook fire

9/20/2006 Agilent to buy back $2 billion in shares

9/19/2006 Teradyne Announces LDU 50 For Test Of Next-Generation IP Networks

9/16/2006 Teradyne wins $5.8 million Air Force contract

8/28/2006 TSSI, Toshiba Microelectronics, and ATE Service Corporation Partner for Sales and Support of Next-Generation Design-to-Test Development Flow

8/15/2006 Mentor paid $5.3M for Taiwan EDA tool provider

8/14/2006 Agilent's Third-Quarter Net Income More Than Doubles

8/14/2006 IRS Says Cadence Owes $324M

8/9/2006 JTAG Technologies & Firecron present free 'Boundary-Scan Today' seminars

8/8/2006 NI Blurs Test, Design Lines

7/27/2006 KLA-Tencor Posts Higher Q4 Revs

7/26/2006 New MAQlink brochure

7/24/2006 LogicVision and GDA Technologies Partner

7/20/2006 Teradyne announces Q2 results and authorization of stock repurchase program

7/19/2006 Motorola Selects ASSET For Boundary Scan/JTAG

7/17/2006 TestMart News Release

7/13/2006 Verigy touts IC-test focus and Cadence link

7/12/2006 JTAG Technologies Supports Altera Stratix II FPGA Design Security

7/12/2006 Nextest Magnum Grande tests 720 devices simultaneously

7/10/2006 XJTAG boundary scan to debug and test Ethernet network cards

7/3/2006 G�PEL electronic opens branch in UK

6/30/2006 RFI opens cellular testing lab in Korea

6/28/2006 Everett Charles Technologies announces consolidation of atg Test Systems and Luther Maelzer

6/28/2006 ZTEST Announces Grant of Stock Options

6/27/2006 LogicVision, Dolphin Combine 90nm, 65nm Memories for Self-Test, Repair

6/22/2006 Agilent completes $4.466 Billion stock repurchase program ahead of schedule

6/22/2006 AR Worldwide RF/Microwave names new CEO

6/22/2006 Deadline nears for Engineer of the Year nominations

6/20/2006 ATI Implements Mentor Graphics Modular TestKompress for Production Test

6/6/2006 Ingenieurb�ro Winklhofer next �Center of Expertise� for G�PEL electronic

6/1/2006 Keithley sponsors first weblog for nanotechnology electrical testing

5/23/2006 LTX Announces X-Series Fusion Test Systems Selected By SiGe Semiconductor

5/22/2006 Orbotech releases additional details of $18 Million purchase agreement for PCB-AOI equipment

5/16/2006 Agilent Posts Q2 Results - 21% higher than last year

5/16/2006 ASSET and Firecron demonstrate system-level JTAG proof-of-concept

5/15/2006 Boundary Scan for Embedded Mixed Signal Tests

5/11/2006 YESTech showcases new F1 AOI system and YESPC software at 2006 Nepcon East

5/4/2006 PPM and TestMart Sign Exclusive Government Services Partnership

5/3/2006 Panel probes future of design-for-test

5/2/2006 Agilent Auctions Off Palo Alto Lab

5/2/2006 Agilent Technologies announces reorganization of its Electronic Measurements Group

5/2/2006 ASE to Spin Off Material Business

5/2/2006 IC design companies press for lower testing, packaging quotes

5/2/2006 STATS ChipPAC Director Resigns

5/1/2006 RF Engines And French CEA Collaborate On Advanced Measurement Techniques

5/1/2006 Test & Measurement World China debuts

5/1/2006 US Based Autotest Co. Opens (Shanghai) China Facility

4/27/2006 ASE Testing Service Provider Revenue Up 39% Y/Y

4/24/2006 Synopsys and Magma Square off in Court Monday

4/19/2006 Teradyne Sales Jump 19%

4/18/2006 EADS North America Defense Test And Services To Support U.S. Presidential Helicopter

4/18/2006 JDSU To Acquire Test-Um; Expands Into Home Networking Test And Measurement Market

4/18/2006 Teradyne Co-Founder DeWolf Dies

4/12/2006 ZD Test appoints Axiomatek as exclusive representative for Mexico

4/6/2006 U.S. Navy Orders Additional Jet Engine Test Instrumentation Systems From EADS

4/4/2006 Measuring Electrical Arcs At The Micrometer Scale

4/4/2006 Tokyo Electron delivers MEMS tester

3/24/2006 Electroglas Reports $4.2M Loss in Q3

3/23/2006 Agilent ATE Spinoff to Contract to Flextronics

3/23/2006 Inventors Develop Semiconductor Wafer Defects Detection Method

3/22/2006 Nextest Goes Public

3/16/2006 Multiple sales for Viking Test Services

3/16/2006 Racal Instruments Group has been officially relaunched as EADS Test and Services

3/16/2006 Strategic alliance between GOPEL electronic and Mikrokrets AS

3/15/2006 Strategic Alliance between G�PEL electronic and Mikrokrets AS

3/13/2006 Boeing Wedgetail Team Completes Radar Testing Milestone

3/9/2006 Agilent's Verigy Files for IPO

3/9/2006 Blue Technology and JTAG Technologies announce agreement

3/6/2006 Used-Line.com Launches New Website Search Capabilities

3/3/2006 Firms partner on PCIe verification

3/1/2006 BestTest and A.T.E. Solutions, Inc. to give away iPod at Measurement Science Conference

3/1/2006 Enthusiasm and optimism evident as more than 10,000 converge at APEX

3/1/2006 YESTech Wins 2006 Service Excellence Award

2/28/2006 ASSET(R) Opens Boundary-Scan Technology Center in China

2/28/2006 Intel Invests $300M for Assembly and Test in Vietnam Facility

2/21/2006 Intel Begins Construction on Gaza IT Center

2/21/2006 Keithley Receives Test of Time Award from Test & Measurement World Magazine

2/16/2006 Briton EMS opts for XJTAG boundary scan to remove guesswork from test equation

2/16/2006 Nanometrics Reports Record '05 Revenues

2/16/2006 Spectroscope twist sees single molecules

2/15/2006 G�PEL electronic appoints Test Coach Corporation as Center of Expertise

2/13/2006 Advantest expands patent fight to Taiwan

2/13/2006 Agilent Technologies Reports First Quarter 2006 Results

2/10/2006 Everett Charles Technologies Wins a VISION Award

2/9/2006 ASE Test Q4 Sales, Earnings Up

2/3/2006 UCLA develops nanotechnology safety test

2/1/2006 Agilent and Speedline conduct joint research

2/1/2006 Cadence income declines 55% despite boost in sales

2/1/2006 Partners to develop at-speed test

2/1/2006 President Bush to Help Electronics Industry - Valley�s Lobbying Pays Dividends

2/1/2006 Win an iPod when you visit Booth at APEX

1/26/2006 K&S Sells Test Businesses

1/24/2006 Mentor Graphics And STARC Partner On Improved At-speed Test Methods For Nanometer Design

1/18/2006 Teradyne announces Q4 results - sales up 18%

1/16/2006 National Instruments' Consumer Electronics Play with Lego

1/12/2006 Industry Steps Toward 802.11n

1/12/2006 Semiconductor Test Spin-off to Be Called Verigy

1/12/2006 VXI Technology Launches LXI Seminars

1/5/2006 Best-In-Test Award won by G�PEL electronic�s Boundary Scan Hardware Platform SCANFLEX�

1/4/2006 Test & Measurement World Names NI Flexible-Resolution Digitizer Best in Test

1/2/2006 Readers Honor Seven (Test ) Products As Best of 2005

Application Notes

12/15/2006 Simple tester checks Christmas-tree lights

12/12/2006 The scope controls the test

11/9/2006 Agilent Technologies Releases Free Preamplifiers and System Noise Figure Application Note

11/9/2006 Application Note: Protecting Signal Lines Against Electromagnetic Interference

11/9/2006 Application Note: Shield Grounding

10/17/2006 Debugging an automotive CAN bus

10/16/2006 Collaboration integrates boundary scan with flying prober

10/3/2006 Capacitance/Inductance Measurements

6/20/2006 Instrument Control Technologies for Any Bus, Any Language

6/20/2006 Virtual Instrumentation and Traditional Instruments

5/16/2006 Complete Switching Tutorial

5/8/2006 Agilent Technologies Releases Free Power Limiter Application Note

5/1/2006 Noise Figure Measurement with the National Instruments RF Signal Generator and RF Vector Signal Analyzer

4/16/2006 Six Things You Need to Know about USB Instrument Control

4/1/2006 BGA Opens Detection: A DfT Approach

4/1/2006 Cut noise from high-resistance measurements

4/1/2006 Linux controls instruments through Ethernet

3/16/2006 Audio-test accessory isolates and matches loads

1/17/2006 Agilent System Developer Guide for LXI

Books

10/26/2006 IEST updates handbook on data acquisition and analysis

10/1/2006 A quick course in fiber optics

5/9/2006 Design and Test for Multiple Gbps Communication Devices and Systems

Case Studies

11/29/2006 X-rays for notebook quality

11/1/2006 How do you measure 500 GHz?

11/1/2006 Keep the power on: Testing uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs)

11/1/2006 Scanning the scanners - Using 1149.1 as a window to circuitry

10/3/2006 PXI-Based RF Component Testing System for Wireless Security Systems

6/28/2006 NIST-Developed Noise Measurement Method Could Boost Cell Phone Performance

6/19/2006 LXI Live Web Demo

Certification

3/7/2006 Wi-Fi Alliance Chooses Azimuth Test Equipment For Certification Program

Conference Articles

8/16/2006 AOI COMES OF AGE � NOW AOM

2/7/2006 Engineers still suffering from jitter jitters

FREE Giveaways

11/15/2006 Fundamentals of Timing Analysis Primer

11/1/2006 Free DC and RF Component Measurement Techniques CD

6/20/2006 Keithley's Fifth Edition Switching Handbook - FREE

Guidelines

11/1/2006 Troubleshooting Wire Bonding - 8 ways to lower defect rates

8/1/2006 Getting the most from LabVIEW

3/15/2006 Rx: New test techniques

3/15/2006 Rx: New test techniques - 65 nm technology

Humor and Words of Wisdom

12/15/2006 Simple scheme saves string-light situation

11/22/2006 The Truth About Microvoids What are they? Why should you care?

8/17/2006 Testing, testing...2...3...4...

5/12/2006 Finally, a song for engineers struggling to make measurements

Interviews and Forums

12/14/2006 Arrow CEO: Electronics market is strong despite

11/10/2006 Low Power Raises the Heat - low-power design and test issues

10/6/2006 Interview with Wally Rhines, chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics

9/27/2006 Is DFT the key to reducing test costs?

9/21/2006 ITC tutorials span DFT basics to RF test

7/25/2006 The future is spelled "x-ray"

7/18/2006 ITC to address expanding test role

4/19/2006 Keith Barnes will become CEO of Agilent Technologies' semiconductor test subsidiary, Verigy

4/3/2006 Avago takes semiconductor baton from Agilent

4/1/2006 Today's testing, tomorrow's engineers - Interoperability communications test lab

3/17/2006 The Bridge Between Manufacturing and Design

2/21/2006 Agilent Technologies launches network analyzer web discussion forum

Magazine Articles

12/18/2006 EDA 2006: Year of Confusion

12/15/2006 Magnetic-field probe requires few components

12/1/2006 Battling bugs: embedded debugging tactics

12/1/2006 FPGAs Make Retinal Disease Treatment Faster and Safer

12/1/2006 Machine Vision Speeds Up

12/1/2006 Optimizing Test Requirements

12/1/2006 Pb-Free Solder Joint Reliability

12/1/2006 Short-Wire Test Fixtures Shrink Targets While Maintaining Integrity

12/1/2006 Synthetic (Instruments) Means More Than Nylon

12/1/2006 The Impact of the Third Edition of IEC 61000-4-3

12/1/2006 What Happened to TIA-898?

11/23/2006 Lower test costs start with IC design

11/21/2006 Semiconductor packaging (/testing) companies requiring long-term contracts

11/16/2006 A DFT Approach for Testing Embedded Systems Using DC Sensors

11/16/2006 ESD protection tips to improve reliability

11/16/2006 SIA: Semi Industry to Reach $321B in 2009

11/16/2006 Test sequencing reduces test time, cost

11/3/2006 Test challenges could trump future chip designs

11/1/2006 Accelerated Testing Raises the Bar

11/1/2006 Color enhances inspection results

11/1/2006 Environmental Test Takes Too Much Time

11/1/2006 Fiber-Optically Isolated Instrumentation Application

11/1/2006 Instruments shorten nanoscale test times

11/1/2006 Nonstandard Time Zones - Constant Clocks Cause EMI Pollution

11/1/2006 RF Measurement Basics for Non-RF Test Engineers

11/1/2006 STEP 9: Test & Inspection

11/1/2006 Testing Low-Pass Filters With Digital Pins

11/1/2006 The Art of Measuring Low Resistance

11/1/2006 To mux or not to mux? - Multiplexed In-Circuit Board Testers

10/28/2006 Milestones That Mattered: Software enables virtual instrumentation

10/26/2006 Downlink enables remote boundary-scan tests

10/26/2006 Reducing The Design Impact Of DFT In The Nanometer Era

10/20/2006 Finally, Salaries Are Rising Again - 2006 Job Data

10/16/2006 Are engineers diligent or just foolish?

10/16/2006 DFT rule checkers glue design together

10/1/2006 A Look Inside Automated X-Ray Inspection

10/1/2006 Collecting Data Over an Area of 25 Square Miles

10/1/2006 DFM, DFY get EDA industry emphasis

10/1/2006 DFT rule checkers glue design together

10/1/2006 Evaluating Return On Investment (ROI) of AXI vs. AOI

10/1/2006 Evolutionary Changes for RF Device Testing

10/1/2006 Expanded Role for JTAG DFT

10/1/2006 Having More VNA Ports Improves Throughput

10/1/2006 IEEE 1588 supports distributed test systems

10/1/2006 Optimizing Test Operations to Cut Costs

10/1/2006 The Dual-Ridged Horn Antenna

10/1/2006 Using Timing Constraints For Generating At-Speed Test Patterns

10/1/2006 Where to Place the Control Accelerometer

9/30/2006 Air Force Material Command (AFMC) seeks to streamline test and evaluation processes

9/29/2006 A state-of-the-art bus analyzer for testing AFDX/ARINC 664

9/20/2006 PCB solderability assessment - the industry standard

9/18/2006 Leakage takes priority at 65nm

9/16/2006 X-ray Inspection Technology: Finding Hidden Defects

9/1/2006 Causes of Solder Ball Formation

9/1/2006 ESD Susceptibility of Precision-film Resistors

9/1/2006 LXI triggering

9/1/2006 Solving the MCP memory test challenge

8/1/2006 Blob Analysis and Edge Detection In the Real World

8/1/2006 Detective work finds board failures

8/1/2006 Optical switch testing spans the ocean

8/1/2006 Predeployment Testing of Wireless Mesh Networks

8/1/2006 Required Amplifier Power in Automotive Radar Pulse Measurements

8/1/2006 Scan for ESD-induced errors

7/21/2006 NAND test costs soar out of control

7/14/2006 Testing the Military Machine - Using Boundary Scan

7/1/2006 A Test Strategy for Pre-Reflow AOI

7/1/2006 Integrating Boundary Scan With Various ATE

7/1/2006 Multisite Test Strategy For SIP Mobile Technologies

7/1/2006 Scopes Don�t Just Display Waveforms

7/1/2006 Socketless Probe Testing

7/1/2006 Universal NOT= Simple

6/29/2006 History of Inner-layer Testing

6/19/2006 Intel Talks Terabit

6/1/2006 Learning From Microvia Failure in Lead-Free Assembly

6/1/2006 Military sets sights on JTAG to meet test coverage challenges imposed by COTS design

6/1/2006 Scale JTAG to meet evolving embedded needs

6/1/2006 Testing 10Gbit Fibre Channel

6/1/2006 Testing solder joints for Pb-free connectors

6/1/2006 Timing Analysis Principles for Digital PCBs, Parts 1 and 2

5/24/2006 Addressing future test challenges via synthetic instrumentation

5/22/2006 Just One Nanosecond: Clocking Events At The Nanoscale

5/17/2006 Accelerated Testing Creates Better Products Sooner

5/16/2006 RF test aims at wireless standards

5/16/2006 Selecting test automation power supplies

5/16/2006 Spread-spectrum clocking: measuring accuracy and depth

5/1/2006 �About a Volt� Isn't Good Enough

5/1/2006 AXI Test on Fine-Pitch Components Using Pb-Free and SnPb Solder

5/1/2006 Contrasting Vision Systems

5/1/2006 How Good Is Your Ground?

5/1/2006 Image of perfection: Bringing up chips at IBM

5/1/2006 Inspecting Post Wire-bond Interconnects

5/1/2006 IPTV: Video's latest test frontier

5/1/2006 Keeping It Clean - Powering an ATE

5/1/2006 Moore�s Laws flawed?

5/1/2006 Test takes new role in yield improvement

5/1/2006 The Ups and Downs of Digital Data Conversion

5/1/2006 Up in the air over cell-phone EMI - Using Cell Phones in Flight

5/1/2006 Verification Methodology for Standards-based IP & SOC

5/1/2006 What Problems Can Boundary Scan Solve?

5/1/2006 Whither Analytical X-Ray - Using X-ray to find voids

4/25/2006 LXI development continues

4/16/2006 RF test aids in design of in-vehicle radiooperate

4/16/2006 Testing and Assessing Lead-free Reliability - Part 1

4/10/2006 MEMS-based oscillator threatens quartz; resonator could move on-chip

4/1/2006 Anatomy of a Switch - Test System Switching

4/1/2006 Change your approach to test equipment use, manage accordingly, witness dramatic results

4/1/2006 Chips bring fingerprint verification a step further

4/1/2006 Choosing the Right X-Ray Tool for the Job

4/1/2006 Drilling Down Into FPGAs - Logic Analyzer on a Chip

4/1/2006 Engineers Optimistic About Industry Comeback - Salary Survey

4/1/2006 Interference-Free RF Device Testing

4/1/2006 Power metering made easy

4/1/2006 Tin Whiskers

3/30/2006 Digital and microwave worlds converge in 10-Gbps-backplane design and test

3/23/2006 Testing the Tester - Material Testing

3/16/2006 LXI faces physical measurement challenges

3/16/2006 Mobile applications challenge test-and-measurement tools

3/16/2006 Verifying mixed-signal designs

3/6/2006 Engineers get critical standards updates at Measurement Science Conference

3/1/2006 Beating the BGA test blues

3/1/2006 Beyond the China mystique

3/1/2006 IC testing pushes zero defects in autos

3/1/2006 Lead makes an electronic exit

2/16/2006 Accelerate FPGA design success with early defect discovery

2/16/2006 Extending the reach of JTAG/Boundary Scan - PXI based Boundary Scan systems featuring advanced test resources

2/16/2006 Measuring 3-D Semiconductor Packages

2/16/2006 Quality metric upgrade may ease IP selection

2/16/2006 Scopes: more than meets the eye

2/16/2006 Signal conditioning for high-impedance sensors

2/2/2006 Specsmanship

2/1/2006 (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) HSDPA Testing

2/1/2006 2005 efforts suggest 2006 ATE and DFT trends

2/1/2006 Analyzing and Troubleshooting Serial Data Buses

2/1/2006 AOI - Gigabit Ethernet: Coming to a Camera Near You

2/1/2006 Downtime is not an option

2/1/2006 Easily Implement PLL Clock Switching for At-Speed Test

2/1/2006 Full-Function DMMs

2/1/2006 Integrating AOI and Selective Soldering

2/1/2006 Technology Roadmap Sees Higher Sensitivity to ESD

2/1/2006 The challenge of multisite test

2/1/2006 The New EMC Directive - Are You Ready?

2/1/2006 Wafer-Level High-Power Device Testing

1/16/2006 Test, repair embedded memories for higher yield

1/16/2006 Virtual instrumentation for user-defined measurement

1/2/2006 Capturing and Evaluating High-Frequency Signals

1/2/2006 Communications Test Advances

1/2/2006 Removable Shielding Technologies for PCBs

1/2/2006 The Finer Points of Test

1/2/2006 Trends in Vibration Test

1/1/2006 Compensating for Pb-Free Inspection

Presentation and Web Seminar Archives

12/1/2006 Agilent offers WiMAX eSeminar and tool kit CD free-of-charge

10/18/2006 Testing for EMC Compliance: Approaches and Techniques

6/28/2006 RF Back to Basics: Power Measurements

6/14/2006 Getting More Out of Your Oscilloscope

4/4/2006 Bus Technologies for Test and Measurement Systems

2/21/2006 PXI 101: Introduction to the PXI Platform

2/15/2006 NI Joins Test And Measurement Companies To Host PXI Technology And Applications Conference Series

1/19/2006 USB Module Becomes 5-in-1 Test Instrument

Product Releases

12/21/2006 Combined System from SPEA and JTAG Technologies

12/20/2006 GOEPEL electronics intros new PXI Module for JTAG/Boundary Scan Test of differential I/O

12/14/2006 GOEPEL electronic's JTAG/Boundary Scan Platform SCANFLEX now offers off-the-shelf support for Environmental Chambers

12/13/2006 Current monitor eases bidirectional measurement

12/13/2006 Upgraded ATE enters US market

12/11/2006 National Instruments Among First to Offer Engineers Compatibility with Windows Vista

12/7/2006 Comet introduces new x-ray modules

12/7/2006 Instrument tests clock circuits, PLLs, oscillators

12/6/2006 KLA-Tencor Launches Overlay Metrology for 45nm Chips

12/4/2006 Agilent Technologies' New Draft-802.11n MIMO Test Solution Features Innovative Analysis

12/3/2006 Phone tester adds option for China's TD-SCDMA

12/1/2006 X-ray imaging concept may reveal single nanoscale structures

11/29/2006 Agilent Medalist Bead Probe Technology allows board trace probing

11/29/2006 OptimalTest promises better yields through test management

11/29/2006 Unique Board Test Access for JTAG access via Intel� LGA Sockets

11/29/2006 YESTech announces new XXX 3-D X-Ray inspection software

11/27/2006 Precision temp sensor is lowest-power for 3G phones

11/21/2006 Aeroflex adds WiMAX, 1xEvDO, and HSUPA suites to PXI platform

11/21/2006 Boundary Scan Software Platform SYSTEM CASCON� with new Tools for IEEE 1149.6

11/21/2006 Hitachi Brain Interface Allows Users to Control Model Trains

11/21/2006 Microwave counters operate to 60 GHz

11/21/2006 National Instruments debuts PCI Express instruments, adds FPGA support

11/21/2006 Pickering introduces LXI microwave switching platform

11/21/2006 Rohde & Schwarz adds instruments and wireless standards support

11/20/2006 Automobile Diagnostic Tool Attaches Easily

11/20/2006 Ceramic capacitor prevents short-circuit failures

11/16/2006 Credence unveils failure-analysis system

11/16/2006 Keithley leaps into PXI market

11/16/2006 RTL-To-GDSII Flow Encompasses Embedded Memory Test And Repair

11/15/2006 XJTAG Professional Development System unveiled at Electronica

11/14/2006 Keithley Introduces PXI Products for Hybrid Test Systems

11/14/2006 Teradyne announces Debug Pro(TM) test programming and Debug Software for TestStation In-Circuit PCB testers

11/14/2006 Teradyne expands TestStation scalability with UltraPin II pin board family

11/10/2006 The migration from different test systems

11/8/2006 16-bit PCI/PXI boards capture 3 Msamples/s

11/8/2006 Frame grabbers support major camera buses

11/1/2006 Agilent Technologies Introduces Deepest Memory Logic Analyzer

11/1/2006 Agilent Technologies Introduces Industry's First LXI Class C Compliant Oscilloscope Family

10/30/2006 LogicVision tool plumbs test data for clues on IC yields

10/26/2006 Boundary Scan Software Platform SYSTEM CASCON� with next Generation User Interface

10/26/2006 Signal Forge adds test functions to signal generators

10/26/2006 WiMAX Test Options Enhance Handheld Base Station Tester

10/26/2006 YESTech announces new YTX-6000 automated x-ray inspection system

10/25/2006 New tool bundles integrate design and verification

10/25/2006 TestKompress, YieldAssist get upgrades

10/24/2006 ARM and Cadence Collaborate on Testability Requirements of ARM Partners With Encounter Test

10/24/2006 ARM develops memory BIST solution

10/24/2006 ATEasy 6.0 Download Available

10/24/2006 Azimuth

10/24/2006 Intellitech announces support for Xilinx Virtex 4 SERDES tests in its Eclipse products

10/24/2006 Intellitech integrates ASSET Intertech ScanWorks with its Eclipse 1149.1/JTAG products

10/24/2006 Scan Test-Pattern Compressor Sports Upgrades

10/24/2006 Synopsys Links Test, Yield Tools for Faster Yield Ramp

10/23/2006 JTAG Technologies Delivers 1149.6 Testing with Diagnostics

10/23/2006 Streamlined Software Interface for Production Boundary-Scan Testing

10/19/2006 Magma affirms design for test strategy

10/18/2006 GOEPEL electronic presents new low-cost Controller for JTAG/Boundary Scan

10/18/2006 ProbeStar introduces the MATE series of switching solutions

10/17/2006 Industry's First Lab Quality Handheld RF Power Meter

10/17/2006 LXI Wired Trigger Bus (WTB) accessories simplify LXI test setups

10/16/2006 Globetech Solutions Announces STIL Verifier

10/16/2006 Pickering Interfaces Introduces New LXI Microwave Switching Platform

10/16/2006 Spectrum analyzer captures transient RF behavior

10/12/2006 AWG PCI cards offer up to 4GSamples onboard memory

10/12/2006 Measuring wafer shape, thickness, and stress

10/11/2006 Tektronix touts significant advancement in TDR test tech

10/11/2006 Testing tools roll for Certified Wireless USB devices

10/9/2006 Agilent Technologies showcases unsurpassed WiMAX test and measurement performance at WiMAX World USA 2006

10/9/2006 Boundary Scan Platform SCANFLEX with revolutionary VarioCore� Module for universal programming and test

10/6/2006 JTAG Technologies to Introduce ProVision dot6 Test at Electronica

10/5/2006 Agilent adds test option to accelerate yield ramp-up phase

10/5/2006 Lloyd Doyle introduces new tool for solder bump inspection

10/4/2006 Agilent Technologies announces newest ENA Series RF network analyzer

10/4/2006 ASSET's� new controller is first to perform both JTAG and functional emulation testing

10/3/2006 RF tester supports China's TD-SCDMA standard

10/2/2006 Agilent brings parametric test to new market to accelerate yield ramp-up phase

10/2/2006 ARB generators produce highest-frequency signals

9/26/2006 Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG) sets speed record

9/26/2006 Test products support PCI Express, HDMI

9/25/2006 BAE, NI, And Phase Matrix To Develop Synthetic Instrument

9/25/2006 R&S Releases Radio Network Analyzers For Test And Measurement Applications

9/21/2006 Data Translation to develop synthetic-instrument software

9/21/2006 Test tool speeds development of mobile devices and applications

9/20/2006 Agilent Technologies broadens LXI-compliant product offering with LXI Class B plans for MXA Signal Analyzer and MXG Signal Generator

9/20/2006 Boundary Scan Platform SCANFLEX fully integrated in SPEA 3030 In-Circuit Tester

9/18/2006 Geotest Releases ATEasy Version 6.0

9/18/2006 New Combination Chassis Utilizes Smart Features

8/15/2006 New USB converters connect PCs and laptops to legacy serial devices

8/9/2006 National Instruments Targets FPGA Design with Test Platform

8/9/2006 Teradyne Diagnostic Solutions Gives Preview of Its Automechanika Product Launch

8/1/2006 LeCroy Introduces High-End Protocol Analyzer

8/1/2006 Working in a Friendly Boundary Scan Environment

7/28/2006 Boundary Scan Platform SCANFLEX supports PC Bus Standard PCI Express

7/24/2006 Magma Unveils New Products, New Customers

7/20/2006 Speedy JTAG controller priced below $10,000

7/19/2006 Boundary-scan tool eases FPGA, CPLD programming

7/19/2006 Wireless Sensor System Measures Force Data On Moving Objects

7/18/2006 Mentor DFT Tools Fully Support TSMC's Reference Flow 7.0

7/18/2006 Mixed-signal module for OpenStar system

7/17/2006 Tektronix Announces Mobile Test Platform For 3G And 3.5G Broadband Wireless Network Elements

7/13/2006 Linear Technology buys Eagle testers

7/12/2006 EMI test speed jumps hundredfold with FFTs

7/10/2006 Agilent Technologies' flat-panel-display test system increases multisite and high-resolution capabilities

7/7/2006 Automatic X-ray inspection - New system generation

7/1/2006 Boundary-scan system gains SPI and I2C interfaces

7/1/2006 Mobile Wi-Fi power consumption tester debuts

6/30/2006 AlazarTech Introduces World's Fastest 16-Bit PCI Digitizer

6/30/2006 NI unveils 'highest-voltage' PXI switch module

6/29/2006 High Speed Deposit Verification System

6/28/2006 Synopsys Rolls Out Transistor-Level Static Timing Analysis

6/26/2006 Advantest brings PXI instruments to event-based IC tester

6/20/2006 Agilent Unveils Wireless Test System

6/20/2006 Boundary Scan Platform SCANFLEX introduces new generation of reconfigurable I/O Modules

6/20/2006 Way, Way Faster Than a Speeding Bullet - IBM's 500 GHz Chip

6/1/2006 Agilent Introduces industry's most advanced fixed configuration Logic Analyzers

6/1/2006 Breaking the verification barrier

5/25/2006 Data-acquisition system captures 16-bit voltage measurements using the USB

5/23/2006 Agilent Announces LXI Certification Of Six Microwave Synthetic Instruments

5/18/2006 Aeroflex and Kenwood USA team up for P25 test

5/18/2006 LogicVision Announces the Industry's First True At-Speed Deterministic Test Compression Solution

5/16/2006 Agilent augments PCB vectorless test for tiny devices

5/15/2006 Agilent Technologies introduces industry's first LXI-certified function/arbitrary waveform generator

5/15/2006 Pickering Interfaces introduces 'world's highest density' single slot 3U PXI modules

5/10/2006 LitePoint Announces Test System For WiMAX Products

5/10/2006 XJTAG improves PCB test coverage and fault diagnosis

5/9/2006 JDSU Introduces 2.5/2.7G Jitter/Wander Test Solution

5/8/2006 18-GHz real-time scope takes highest-bandwidth honors

5/8/2006 Mentor Graphics Delivers the Next Generation of Functional Verification

5/3/2006 G�PEL electronic's SCANFLEX JTAG/Boundary Scan Platform easily integrates into TAKAYA Flying Prober

5/3/2006 Leaded Solder Test Kit

5/2/2006 KineticSystems Releases New CompactPCI/PXI ADC Module

5/2/2006 Test and Debug IBM� PowerPC� 4xx boards

5/1/2006 Advanced Logic and Memory Burn-In With Test

5/1/2006 NI Enhances Communications Test Platform with 2.5 and 5 GHz RF Multiplexers

4/27/2006 Keithley introduces new line of pulse and pattern generators

4/24/2006 Azimuth debuts Wi-Fi mesh testing

4/24/2006 Cadence Targets Verification Scenario Creation

4/21/2006 PXI chassis, controllers increase bandwidth to 1GBps per slot

4/19/2006 Aeroflex completes wireless test cases

4/19/2006 Huntron to distribute EMA Magnifying Viewer in North America

4/13/2006 JTAG/Boundary Scan Platform SCANFLEX offers new I/O Module for Mixed Signal Test

4/11/2006 USB switch comes with ESD protection

4/10/2006 Power meter ICs target global market

4/7/2006 Pickering Interfaces Introduces New LXI Video Matrix

4/5/2006 AR Worldwide Launches Amplifiers For Testing WiMAX Output Devices

4/5/2006 VMETRO introduces API for Vanguard Analyzers

4/4/2006 JTAG ProVision Accelerates Development of Boundary-scan Applications

4/3/2006 3.5G wireless tester gets 1xEV-DO phone option

4/3/2006 Agilent Technologies expands vectorless test extended performance (VTEP) with intelligent VTEP

4/3/2006 Agilent Technologies introduces industry's highest scalability fibre channel SAN test system for director class switches

4/3/2006 GaGe�s Low-cost Multi-channel Digitizers Now Available

4/3/2006 LXI switch/control units fit 1U-high half-rack slots

4/1/2006 A Scope That Captures AND Analyzes

3/31/2006 RF detector eliminates external components

3/31/2006 Synopsys' DFT MAX reduces test costs on Nvidia GPUs

3/28/2006 Functional and in-circuit test system at Nepcon

3/28/2006 JTAG/Boundary Scan Platform SCANFLEX supports new standard PXI Express

3/27/2006 Agilent Technologies introduces industry's first LXI Unit in switching and control

3/23/2006 Agilent Announces Spectrum Analyzers With Frequency Coverage Up To 50 GHz

3/23/2006 AMREL Introduces their MML Series, a Mini Modular eLoad Designed for the Micro Power Industry at APEC 2006

3/21/2006 LTX Introduces New DC Options For X-Series Fusion Test Systems

3/20/2006 New SCANFLEX Boundary Scan Transceivers for In-Circuit Testers

3/17/2006 California Inventor Develops Frame Scale Package

3/16/2006 Bluetooth Test Instrument with EDR and AFH Measurement Capability

3/16/2006 Test service handles cell-phone chipsets

3/16/2006 Test System for Electric Motor and Rotating Electrical Devices

3/14/2006 Dependency models get to grips with C/C++ code

3/8/2006 Flying prober ups speed, downs cost

3/6/2006 Agilent Technologies introduces industry-first 100 Gb/s BERT

3/3/2006 Aeroflex adds handset trace capability to laboratory test system

3/3/2006 Data Translation Software Used To Verify Hardware Conformance Of New LXI standard

3/3/2006 New low-cost CAN Communication Module on PXI/PCI basis

3/2/2006 G�PEL electronic's new stand-alone AOI System guarantees highest Fault Coverage and Test Speed

3/2/2006 Pendulum Instruments introduces GPS controlled rubidium Frequency Standard.

3/2/2006 Signal analyzer for automotive FlexRay LAN

3/1/2006 Gage Applied Technologies New-Generation Digitizers Now Perform On-board Peak Detection

2/28/2006 Portable scopes accelerate embedded-system debug

2/28/2006 Test Probe Small Enough to Squeeze Under BGAs

2/27/2006 Seica introduces Migration Program

2/23/2006 Pickering Interfaces Introduces New PXI-based Battery Simulator

2/23/2006 Rasterizers add eye and jitter measurements, ARIB support

2/21/2006 Agilent introduces industry's fastest DRAM production tester

2/16/2006 Agilent introduces new oscilloscope

2/16/2006 Bluetooth testers support V2.0 + EDR

2/16/2006 Defect Inspection and Analysis Using Atomic Force Microscopy

2/16/2006 Espec's thermal shock chamber needs little room

2/16/2006 Quake detector preps for market

2/14/2006 Agilent Technologies introduces first event identification software for digital designers

2/14/2006 Agilent Technologies N2X multiservices test solution first to offer MEF 14

2/14/2006 New X-Ray system from phoenix|x-ray

2/12/2006 Digitaltest announces new boundary scan solution

2/8/2006 Boundary Scan Platform SCANFLEX meets FireWire

2/8/2006 Digitaltest Unveils Second Generation Flying Probe Technology

2/7/2006 ViTechnology unveils bench-top AOI system at APEX

2/6/2006 Agilent Technologies introduces industry's first jitter tolerance compliance test suite...

2/6/2006 Agilent Technologies introduces industry's first PCI express multi-lane receiver compliance test suite

2/6/2006 Agilent Technologies releases industry's first radio equipment test solution for CPRI standard

2/6/2006 Legacy Replacement (ATE migration)

2/6/2006 NI, TI and Spectrum Digital partner in new DSP Starter Kit

2/6/2006 RF signal generator breaks speed barriers

2/3/2006 KLA-Tencor Unveils Latest eBeam Tool

2/3/2006 RVSI Inspection Introduces Vision System for Defect Inspection

2/2/2006 Controller card supports IEEE-488/GPIB in PXI systems

2/2/2006 Tektronix rolls out new monitoring tool for video over IP

1/25/2006 GOEPEL electronic's JTAG/Boundary Scan Platform SCANFLEX with new Transceiver for Flying Prober Integration

1/24/2006 Agilent Technologies announces VoIP test kit

1/23/2006 I�C-Bus Analyzer Wears Many Hats

1/23/2006 Seica to introduce new flying probe MDA test system at Componex India

1/18/2006 AOI Systems Use Complex-Array LED Source

1/18/2006 Keithley Introduces New Line Of RF Test Instruments

1/18/2006 National Instruments DIAdem 10.0 Enhances Test Data Mining, Management

1/17/2006 Agilent Technologies introduces industry-first digital vector signal analysis measurement solutions

1/17/2006 Ricreations awarded key IEEE 1149.1 patent related to its Universal Scan boundary scan test product.

1/16/2006 Locate a PCB short in 10 msec

1/16/2006 Signal Generator Has 1 Hz Resolution and 2 ppm Accuracy

1/15/2006 onTAP Boundary Scan Software Download Available

1/10/2006 EXFO Introduces Handheld OTDR For FTTx Test Applications

Reports

12/29/2006 Winners & Losers in 2006

12/27/2006 Top electronics dogs of 2006

12/18/2006 iNEMI Updates Tin Whiskers Findings

12/15/2006 The Hot 100 products of 2006

12/14/2006 Gartner highlights key predictions for IT organizations in 2007 and beyond

12/6/2006 Foolish Forecast: Should You Believe in Credence?

12/5/2006 SEMI: Equipment Sales to Top $50B by 2009

12/1/2006 Best in Test Awards�Winners announced!

11/14/2006 PCB Industry Forecast

11/6/2006 Union Calls for Action over Cancer Risks in Chip Industry

11/1/2006 Getting to the root of capacitor shorts

11/1/2006 Machine-Vision & Inspection Test Report

9/25/2006 Cool-Down Forecasted in Chip Industry

9/21/2006 How does your salary compare to that of other test engineers?

8/1/2006 How does your salary compare to that of other test engineers?

7/19/2006 Aehr, Teradyne see surge in booming ATE business

7/7/2006 ATE industry could see 'pause' in 2H

7/7/2006 Capital Equipment to Rise and Fall

6/26/2006 PC Failure Rates Down, Gartner Says

5/18/2006 Chip equipment market to exceed forecast - ATE will rebound

5/18/2006 Transistor Testing Costs a 'Serious� Problem

5/5/2006 Get Used To Tin Whiskers

5/3/2006 Rising Demand for Test and Measurement - Healthy Growth in the South Korean Market

5/1/2006 Here come the lawyers - Destroy calibration data?

4/18/2006 Gartner boosts '06 capital equipment forecast - ATE market to rebound

3/22/2006 VLSI: Equipment Suppliers See Sales Slip - ATE companies 4th & 5th place

3/2/2006 Automatic test equipment manufacturers under pressure

3/1/2006 Electronics, information industry sales to grow in China by 20% in 2006

2/20/2006 What's Inside .. Apple iPod nano?

2/17/2006 SEMI Book-to-Bill Ratio on the Rise

2/16/2006 2006 Semi Market Growth to be Followed by Slowdown

2/16/2006 Growth of European test, measurement equipment market hinges on awareness

1/19/2006 Tops in Test - The Top 10 Test Companies

1/3/2006 CEA: No Slowdown in Consumer Electronics

Software

7/28/2006 G�PEL electronic�s JTAG/Boundary Scan Software SYSTEM CASCON now supports Altera�s USB Blaster

Specifications

2/7/2006 IEEE Approves First Electrical Property Measurement Standard For Carbon Nanotubes

Standards

12/5/2006 IEEE-Standards Association Amends Patent Policy

11/21/2006 Alcohol detection technology proposed to stop drunken driving

11/7/2006 Test service opens for camera-phone modules

11/6/2006 Consortium Releases Revision 1.1 of the LXI Standard

9/25/2006 IEEE developing lithium-ion battery standard

8/1/2006 Voting exposes cracks in IEEE process

6/19/2006 Qualcomm, Intel Feud at IEEE

6/1/2006 IEEE standardizes 'e' language - for verification

5/25/2006 IEEE Begins Modular Interconnect Standard for Automated Test Systems

5/4/2006 JEDEC and IPC Release Tin Whisker Acceptance Testing

4/1/2006 New Standards on Tin Whisker Mitigation

3/23/2006 IEEE to develop EMI standards for modular electronics

Web postings, including BestTest Newsletter Feature Articles

12/16/2006 LXI, the "Next Generation" Replacement for GPIB

12/16/2006 Where is LAN / LXI Best used for Instrument Control?

12/1/2006 GPIB (IEEE-488) Offers Advantages in Low-Latency Applications

11/20/2006 Using boundary scan throughout the product lifecycle

11/16/2006 When to Choose PXI Instruments

11/16/2006 Why Customers Choose PXI

11/1/2006 When to Choose VXI Based Instruments

10/26/2006 For Truth In Testing, Try An Independent Lab

10/25/2006 ITC: Behind Closed Doors with Test Experts

10/25/2006 Test and the fabless company

10/17/2006 How to Minimize Errors for Low-Current Measurements

10/16/2006 How to Selecting a Tool for Testability Analysis and Scan Insertion

10/1/2006 Selecting a Noise Generator

9/19/2006 Toshiba Recalls 340,000 Sony-Manufactured Batteries

8/16/2006 How to Select USB-based Instruments

8/16/2006 New developments expand range of boundary scan's applications

8/1/2006 How to Select a Logic Analyzer for Under $1,000

7/21/2006 Selecting a spectrum analyzer for wireless

7/18/2006 Logic Analyzer Selection Chart

7/16/2006 Considerations for Selecting Test Systems Using Flying Probe Access

7/16/2006 LXI Live Web Demo

6/16/2006 Low-power IC test can be trying

5/16/2006 Considerations in Selecting a Bus Analyzer

5/16/2006 How to Select a Bus Analyzer

5/16/2006 How to Select the Right Bus Analyzers and Controllers

5/1/2006 Selecting and Purchasing Frequency Synthesizer Products

4/16/2006 Finding your way around ESD Standards

4/1/2006 Diagnostic Tools Fit Specific Needs; Success Comes from Best Match-Ups

4/1/2006 Diagnostic Tools using Automatic Probing

4/1/2006 Selecting a Systems Diagnostic Design Development Tool

4/1/2006 Selecting the Best Technology For Troubleshooting No Fault Found / Intermittent Conditions

3/16/2006 AOI as Part of a Winning Test Strategy

3/16/2006 The Capability of AOI Systems � More than Just the Sum of their Parts

3/7/2006 Linux Meets Virtual Instrumentation

3/4/2006 Boundary scan's horizons are expanding

3/4/2006 Single SOC test challenge for Blu-ray DVD

3/1/2006 Dynamic Burn-In of High Pin Count Logic Devices with Monitoring Capability

3/1/2006 Optimize Your Burn-In Design

2/20/2006 A Unified DFT Verification Methodology

2/16/2006 How to Choose an OTDR to Test and Troubleshoot LAN Infrastructure

2/16/2006 How to Select an OTDR

2/1/2006 How to Select an In-Circuit Tester

1/16/2006 An Integrated High Power Switching Solution

1/16/2006 How to Select the Right Switching Product

1/16/2006 Switching Basics in RF Applications

White Papers

11/21/2006 Designing and Maintaining a Test System for Longevity

8/3/2006 LXI delivers real benefits now, Plus flexibility for the future

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