Always on the lookout for better ways to measure all kinds of things, researchers have published a detailed study suggesting an "elegant" improved definition for the standard unit of light power, the ...

Tektronix Inc. has introduced an easy-to-use, graphical-based source measure unit (SMU) instrument for optimizing and characterizing high power materials, devices and modules. The Keithley 2461 High ...

The FIA has issued a statement on the status of the compression ratio ...

Whether you are dealing with a three-phase high-power industrial-distribution system or an Energy Star-compliant computer in standby mode, you're likely to have to make power measurements. Instruments ...

Why SMUs are important today. Application spaces using SMUs. SMU functionalities. One of the more important ramifications of an ever-growing tech-based society is the need for power to drive it. The ...

Although a power supply and a DMM are fine for some measurements, there are many advantages to having sourcing and measuring in the same instrument. Yet many engineers I encounter are not familiar ...

Energy is a complex subject, loaded with many specialized terms and a confusing array of units and inconsistent abbreviations. For example, natural gas reserves and production are usually measured in ...