Imagine a mission-critical computer installed in a military helicopter. In flight, it is subjected to vibrations caused by the rotor and a rapid ascent into the cold atmosphere. On the ground, it sits on a...
read more
Obsolescence Management in the Aerospace and Defense Industries
The B-52 Stratofortress first flew in April 1952. The U.S. Air Force now plans to keep it flying into the 2050s, which would push some airframes toward a hundred years of service. Its original TF33 engines, on...
read more
The Medical Device Verification and Validation (V&V) Process
Developing and manufacturing a medical device has an added layer of complexity that most innovators don’t need to worry about. The regulations and compliance requirements in life sciences (whether they are...
read more
Machine Vision and the Food Industry: A Perfect Pairing
Do you ever get hungry thinking about vision inspection? That’s normal. The food and beverage industry is a pioneer in integrating machine vision into their production lines. As vision inspection tools...
read more
Radar vs. LiDAR vs. Cameras: A Comparison of Sensors
A deer steps into an unlit road at night. A human driver might not see it until it is too late. A vehicle running modern sensors can detect it earlier, but the three main perception sensors do not read that...
read more
Near-Field Probes for EMI and EMC Testing
Parts 1 through 3 were all about stopping interference, from shielded enclosures through to ferrites on cables. Now let’s reverse the question: how do you actually see the interference, to confirm your...
read more
How Ferrite Beads and Cores Suppress EMI and Reduce Noise on Cables
In Part 2 we saw how twisting a wire pair cancels interference at the source. But some noise still rides along a finished cable as common-mode current. Suppressing it is the job of a ferrite: a small magnetic...
read more
EMI/EMC Mitigation Technique for Wiring and RF Signal Routing
😮 With FREE Unbalanced Twisted Pair Calculator In Part 1 we covered the basics of RF shielding, how the electric and magnetic fields around a circuit cause interference, and how enclosures contain them....
read more
An Introduction to RF Shielding : What It Is & How It Works
Radiofrequency (RF) shielding is a conductive barrier that keeps the electric and magnetic fields of a circuit confined to where they belong. Left uncontrolled, these fields degrade signals and create...
read more
Defense and Aerospace Testing Standards: What They Cover
If a part is going into a plane or a defense platform, nobody simply trusts its reliability. A dense set of program-specific requirements are created and a significant amount of testing standards offers peace...
read more
