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CadSoft widens Eagle wing span with Autodesk cloud tool

CadSoft widens Eagle wing span with Autodesk cloud tool

CadSoft Computer’s latest version of its Eagle PCB design software now offers mechanical CAD design tools with the integration of the Fusion 360 tool from Autodesk. The aim is to bring together all elements of product design using resources in the cloud. As a result a user’s STEP files can be exported directly from the Eagle tool ...

Richard Wilson

CadSoft widens Eagle wing span with Autodesk cloud tool

CadSoft widens Eagle wing span with Autodesk cloud tool

CadSoft Computer’s latest version of its Eagle PCB design software now offers mechanical CAD design tools with the integration of the Fusion 360 tool from Autodesk. The aim is to bring together all elements of product design using resources in the cloud. As a result a user’s STEP files can be exported directly from the Eagle tool ...

Richard Wilson

Aircraft researchers get test rig that won’t blow away

Aircraft researchers get test rig that won’t blow away

A large scale control system for fast and accurate switching of 1,800 solenoid valves with millisecond precision is at the heart of an innovative new research tool that has recently been developed by Aircraft Research Association (ARA) in Bedford, writes Tolga Aydemir A wind gust generator at the Aircraft Research Association (ARA) facility in Bedford ...

Richard Wilson

Aircraft researchers get test rig that won’t blow away

Aircraft researchers get test rig that won’t blow away

A large scale control system for fast and accurate switching of 1,800 solenoid valves with millisecond precision is at the heart of an innovative new research tool that has recently been developed by Aircraft Research Association (ARA) in Bedford, writes Tolga Aydemir A wind gust generator at the Aircraft Research Association (ARA) facility in Bedford ...

Richard Wilson

Aircraft researchers get test rig that won’t blow away

Aircraft researchers get test rig that won’t blow away

A large scale control system for fast and accurate switching of 1,800 solenoid valves with millisecond precision is at the heart of an innovative new research tool that has recently been developed by Aircraft Research Association (ARA) in Bedford, writes Tolga Aydemir A wind gust generator at the Aircraft Research Association (ARA) facility in Bedford ...

Richard Wilson

TI combines accurate humidity sensor with thermometer

TI combines accurate humidity sensor with thermometer

Microcurrent humidity sensor from Texas Instruments offers a measurement accuracy of +/-3%. Designated the HDC1050, it  is a 1.3µA ±3% accurate digital humidity sensor that includes a ±0.2C accurate thermometer. That supply current it at 1sample/s and 11-bit resolution, which can be raised to 14-bit, and a sleep mode offers 100nA quiescent. Output is over I2C interface ...

Richard Wilson

TI combines accurate humidity sensor with thermometer

TI combines accurate humidity sensor with thermometer

Microcurrent humidity sensor from Texas Instruments offers a measurement accuracy of +/-3%. Designated the HDC1050, it  is a 1.3µA ±3% accurate digital humidity sensor that includes a ±0.2C accurate thermometer. That supply current it at 1sample/s and 11-bit resolution, which can be raised to 14-bit, and a sleep mode offers 100nA quiescent. Output is over I2C interface ...

Richard Wilson

TI combines accurate humidity sensor with thermometer

TI combines accurate humidity sensor with thermometer

Microcurrent humidity sensor from Texas Instruments offers a measurement accuracy of +/-3%. Designated the HDC1050, it  is a 1.3µA ±3% accurate digital humidity sensor that includes a ±0.2C accurate thermometer. That supply current it at 1sample/s and 11-bit resolution, which can be raised to 14-bit, and a sleep mode offers 100nA quiescent. Output is over I2C interface ...

Richard Wilson

Calibrate your testers for measuring energy efficiency

Calibrate your testers for measuring energy efficiency

Instrument calibration is even more important in today’s energy conscious world with the need for accurate, high-frequency power measurement, writes Clive Davis and Erik Kroon As system design focuses on energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy resources, engineers are increasingly demanding accuracy and precision from their power measurements. At the same time, new ...

Richard Wilson

Low cost scopes get fast Fourier transform analysis

Low cost scopes get fast Fourier transform analysis

Rohde & Schwarz has added a series of mixed-signal scopes to its HMO1002 oscilloscope family of lower cost instruments. The supplier describes these as true mixed-signal oscilloscopes which can analyse serial SPI buses on digital channels, using the HO3508 logic probe, while simultaneously monitoring two analogue signals referenced to the transmitted SPI data. Another feature ...

Richard Wilson