Providing the hardware engineer with a functional test toolkit, which can be used at the prototype phase for design verification and test, as well as production test, is empowering. If you have been ...

Building hardware is rarely a straight path from idea to finished product. Most teams begin with a rough concept, test ...

The approach to high-end aerospace/defense test system development is shifting from application-specific systems to common core automated systems to reduce overall cost and increase flexibility.

Virtual prototyping platforms provide fast, fully functional software models and enable software engineers to develop production quality code much before the hardware can arrive in the lab. In theory, ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. So, what does this mean for the organizations that develop these products? It means that ...

Production test of a finished electronic product often involves two techniques: in-circuit test (ICT) and functional component test (FCT). The ICT technique examines a non-powered circuit board to ...

How can you tell if your software is doing what it’s supposed to? Write some tests and run them every time you change anything. But what if you’re making hardware? [deqing] has your back with the ...

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Solar power has become the lowest-cost way to generate electricity on Earth. But building it on Earth places some significant limits on how much power it can generate, with the darkness and clouds ...