http://automatedtestblog.com A Discussion of Trends in Test and Measurement Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:34:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently published the aforementioned article in Electronic Design titled Cooperate to Innovate.  The premise is that we need to be creative, particularly in tough economic times, to preserve innovation.  One techqnique is to cooperate along non-traditional lines.  For example, I have been working for the last couple of years ... http://automatedtestblog.com/2009/09/02/cooperative-innovation/ We wrapped up NI Week last week and the NIers are all still coming down from the high.  Despite all trends to the contrary, we had record attendence and the best NI Week yet.  The work to prepare for the event is my excuse, by the way, for not posting ... http://automatedtestblog.com/2009/08/12/a-record-breaking-ni-week/ Embedded.com recently published an article by an engineer at On Semiconductor about their use of PXI and LabVIEW for the characterization benches.  In the article, Ray Morgan describes the benefits of this system over previous approaches, saying, among other things that "the PXI platform set a new standard for semiconductor ... http://automatedtestblog.com/2009/05/20/pxi-in-semiconductor-characterization/ I am, by nature, and optimist.  So when confronted with the very difficult business conditions we now face, I can't help but look for the opportunities.  After all, opportunities do often lie in the the most unexpected places.  In this case, I have been researching the phenomena that a lot ... http://automatedtestblog.com/2009/04/07/innovating-in-tough-times/ Two weeks ago, Martin Rowe from Test and Measurement World posted to story Will LXI Really Grow 24 Percent on his blog.  I was glad to see Martin dig into the number to uncover some of the creative spin in the way it was positioned.  Martin is dead-on - this ... http://automatedtestblog.com/2009/03/19/creative-market-sizing/ As I stated in my last blog post, I’m planning to discuss one of three industry trends per blog entry over the next few weeks. My 3rd and final trend is: Expansion of Wireless and Protocol-Aware Test In addition to emerging technological advances, software-defined instrumentation has proved ideal for rapid-growth areas such ... http://automatedtestblog.com/2009/03/02/trend-3-expansion-of-wireless-and-protocol-aware-test/ As I stated in my last blog post, I’m planning to discuss one of three industry trends per blog entry over the next few weeks. My 2nd trend is: Trend#2: Increased Adoption of Parallel Processing Technologies Multicore technology has become a standard feature in automated test systems and a necessity for today’s ... http://automatedtestblog.com/2009/02/09/trend-2-increased-adoption-of-parallel-processing-technologies/ Yes, its 2009 and time again to make some predictions about the technologies and trends that I think will shape our industry this year.  Of course, making predictions for the rest of this year right now is a pretty risky proposition. But, one thing I know to be true is ... http://automatedtestblog.com/2009/01/26/2009-trends-in-test/ Well, 2009 is finally here.  After a couple months of bad news on the financial markets and the global economy, I think we're all ready for a fresh start.  No, I don't think the bad news is over yet; in fact, it will probably get a little worse still before ... http://automatedtestblog.com/2009/01/05/a-brave-new-year/ There is no doubt that we now are facing an economic headwind. Customers I’ve visited around the world are trying to understand how this headwind will affect their business and what they can do to put themselves in the best position to weather this storm, and perhaps even come out ... http://automatedtestblog.com/2008/11/25/test-more-with-less/