More about measurement (211)

1-03-2013 | Transferring up to 24 digital signals using your computer’s USB interface is simple with the multifunction cable described here. You can als...

1-11-2012 | The US maintains detailed weather and accident reports that provide a long-term record of the risk to human life posed by lightning. Since 1...

1-07-2012 | A computer is suitable for making (audio) measurements thanks to the sound card that is usually built in. Unfortunately, the audio input on...

1-03-2012 | Electronic devices are becoming more and more complex, with simple circuits practically a thing of the past. We aim to get back to basics wi...

1-10-2011 | In the previous instalment in this series we looked at a simple protocol for communicating the results of measurements. Now we look at how t...

1-07-2011 | The aim of the present design is to create a filter that has less distortion at 20 kHz and which can cope with higher voltages, so that it a...

1-05-2011 | What’s impossible for an IR thermometer, such as those in last month's test, is a piece of cake for a so-called thermal camera, which is als...

1-04-2011 | With an infrared thermometer, you can quickly measure the temperatures of all sorts of objects at a (reasonable) distance. Thermometers of t...

1-04-2011 | “Know what you measure” is obviously derived from the phrase “know what you eat”, but that doesn't make it less true. During our IR thermome...

1-04-2011 | PCs are not normally equipped with a GPIB interface, however, forcing users to buy a plug-in card or an expensive external USB-GPIB converte...