Testing | Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/test-and-measurement-2/ Electronics Design & Components Tech News Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:04:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/wp-content/themes/ew/images/logo.gif Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/test-and-measurement-2/ 125 75 Electronics Design & Components Tech News Nvidia compares Blackwell and Hopper GPUs on LLM inferencing https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/test-and-measurement-2/nvidia-releases-benchmark-for-blackwell-gpu-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/test-and-measurement-2/nvidia-releases-benchmark-for-blackwell-gpu-2024-08/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:00:47 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=847290 Nvidia has announced results for its forthcoming Blackwell GPU in the latest round of MLPerf industry benchmarks, Inference v4.1. “The Blackwell platform revealed up to 4x more performance than the ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/test-and-measurement-2/nvidia-releases-benchmark-for-blackwell-gpu-2024-08/feed/ 0 Quadsat aims to simplify antenna registration https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/test-and-measurement-2/quadsat-aims-to-simplify-antenna-registration-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/test-and-measurement-2/quadsat-aims-to-simplify-antenna-registration-2024-08/#respond Tue, 20 Aug 2024 05:06:06 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=846763 Quadsat is providing a simplified method of testing for the antenna registration process, the Danish company has announced. This is to test user terminals, including fixed, comms-on-the-move (COTM) and phased ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/test-and-measurement-2/quadsat-aims-to-simplify-antenna-registration-2024-08/feed/ 0 Considerations when designing chips for automotive use https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/considerations-when-designing-chips-for-automotive-use-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/considerations-when-designing-chips-for-automotive-use-2024-08/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2024 08:31:03 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=846655 Challenges faced by automotive chip designers include longer than average expected lifespans and rigorous functional safety standards, explains Paul Martin. The expected lifetime for the vast majority of chips is ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/considerations-when-designing-chips-for-automotive-use-2024-08/feed/ 0 Astrobotic sculpts moonscape for spacecraft payload testing https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/test-and-measurement-2/astrobotic-sculpts-moonscape-for-spacecraft-payload-testing-2024-07/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/test-and-measurement-2/astrobotic-sculpts-moonscape-for-spacecraft-payload-testing-2024-07/#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 05:06:14 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=844117 Astrobotic, a lunar logistics company, has unveiled its Lunar Surface Proving Ground (LSPG) – a constructed moonscape for testing- at its facility in Mojave, California. Measuring 100mx100m, the “high-fidelity 3D ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/test-and-measurement-2/astrobotic-sculpts-moonscape-for-spacecraft-payload-testing-2024-07/feed/ 0 The diverse development of the JTAG port https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/the-diverse-development-of-the-jtag-port-2024-06/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/the-diverse-development-of-the-jtag-port-2024-06/#respond Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:02:56 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=843794 The JTAG port was introduced more than 30 years ago, but has changed as the industry has evolved, says James Stanbridge. For some engineers the term JTAG means a device ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/the-diverse-development-of-the-jtag-port-2024-06/feed/ 0 Sponsored Content: Are your reset domain crossings safe? How to identify bugs due to soft resets in automotive designs https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/sponsored-content-are-your-reset-domain-crossings-safe-how-to-identify-bugs-due-to-soft-resets-in-automotive-designs-2024-06/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/sponsored-content-are-your-reset-domain-crossings-safe-how-to-identify-bugs-due-to-soft-resets-in-automotive-designs-2024-06/#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2024 08:00:42 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=842858 To meet low-power and high-performance requirements, system on chip (SoC) designs are equipped with several asynchronous and soft reset signals. These reset signals help to safeguard software and hardware functional ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/sponsored-content-are-your-reset-domain-crossings-safe-how-to-identify-bugs-due-to-soft-resets-in-automotive-designs-2024-06/feed/ 0 NI’s vision for hybrid AI https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/test-measurement-products/nis-vision-for-hybrid-ai-2024-06/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/test-measurement-products/nis-vision-for-hybrid-ai-2024-06/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2024 07:34:32 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=842754 NI has set out its stall for AI in the test industry. Following the announcement of LabView AI assistant at the end of last year (currently in beta testing), CTO ...

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]]> Supercharging testing to raise productivity https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/supercharging-testing-to-raise-productivity-2024-04/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/supercharging-testing-to-raise-productivity-2024-04/#respond Wed, 03 Apr 2024 13:38:04 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=839396 Remote operations may have been accelerated by the pandemic, but they were already well established to improve productivity and safety, says Andrea Vinci. With engineers frequently around hazardous equipment such ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/supercharging-testing-to-raise-productivity-2024-04/feed/ 0 Calculating the perfect match for battery and application https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/calculating-the-perfect-match-for-battery-and-application-2024-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/calculating-the-perfect-match-for-battery-and-application-2024-03/#respond Wed, 06 Mar 2024 09:47:36 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=838224 The choice of battery for an application is critical. It affects the bill of materials and product lifetime cost, says Björn Rosqvist. Consider a battery-powered remote sensor. The cost of ...

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