KIPiS articles

Author(s):  Bryanskiy L.
Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #6
Our technological civilization can not exist without the numerous measuring instruments — measures, measuring devices and systems. The aim of the author is to show in his article that measuring tools that are often seems primitive and «self-evident» from the heights of knowledge of the twentieth century have had an invaluable influence on the development of our civilization through the development of entire fields of science and technology, becoming in some sense the foundation of civilization.

Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #6
The article gives a brief overview of the 8-th International Exhibition of Electronics, Equipment, Components and Technology «ChipEXPO-2010». The event was held within the First «Russian Week of Electronics».

Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #6
The development of PXI standard has brought a new perspective on software-defined technologies and modular instruments for automated test systems. During the last decade, PXI has established itself as the standard for measurements automatization and T&M equipment market shifted significantly in the direction of modular platforms based on PXI. From this article the reader will learn about the PXI standard development and its architecture. National Instruments modular instruments and software are given as examples.

Author(s):  Afonskiy, Alexander
Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #6
The automated processing of data recorded by handheld instruments has been based on data transfer via RS-232 for a long time, and often the simplified version of the protocol (only data transmission from the device) has been used. The current article describes a new solution — non-electrical quantities measuring devices with built-in recorder and the ability to transfer data without any special software used. For the first time this series of devices is represented in Russia under AKTAKOM brand name.

Author(s):  Ireland, Dave
Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #6
This is the second article in a series of three articles on the basics of the oscillography. The articles are aimed to familiarize students and beginner users of oscilloscopes with the operation principles of these devices. Digital oscilloscopes have great capabilities for studying and analysis of wide range of waveforms. The article provides an overview on different types of digital oscilloscopes and draws attention to some key factors that allow engineers to make a choice in favor of particular instrument depending on its application.

Author(s):  Wong, Sook-Hua
Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #6
Understanding power meter and sensor key specifications is vital for selecting the right equipment for power measurements. An often overlooked area is the DC or AC coupling characteristic of the power sensor. Choosing the wrong type of sensor can result in measurement inaccuracy and — or even worse, damage to the power sensor. This article compares the DC-coupled sensors to AC-coupled ones (also known as «DC-blocked» sensors). Several application examples are included to illustrate the key differences. The article concludes with choices of both DC-coupled and DC-blocked sensors from Agilent Technologies to suit the user’s application requirements.

Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #6
Within the two-day international press conference in Istanbul (20 — 21 September 2010) we talked with Jay Alexander, Vice President and General Manager of the Digital Test Division, Oscilloscope Business, Agilent Technologies Inc. We discussed the features and benefits of new oscilloscopes models and the company plan for the development in oscilloscope business area.

Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #6
Within the two-day international press conference in Istanbul (20 — 21 September, 2010) we talked to Bor Chun Gooi, the Senior Manager of generalpurpose devices, Agilent Technologies. This department is responsible for the production and development of handheld, portable and low-cost (economy class) devices.

Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #5

Brief schedule of theme events held in Russia and abroad, the event dates and their location. For more details follow the link to “Trade fairs” section: http://www.tmi-s.com/news/exhibitions/

Author(s):  Bryanskiy L.
Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #5
What does the word «etalon» mean? In metrological practice they often confuse the standard — etalon, measure and the standard — a normative document for example GOST. The etalon can reproduce any measuring value (or part of the scale) if only these values are known with the required accuracy and are stably reproduced over time. In this article some interesting thoughts about what actually etalon reproduces are introduced, and several definitions of the term are given.

Author(s):  Levin S.
Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #3, KIPiS 2010 #4, KIPiS 2010 #5
In this article our regular author S. Levin brings together different and contradicting data about circumstances of catastrophe of Korean Air Lines Boeing 747-230B which took place on August 31, 1983. The cockpit voice recorders and the flight data recorders information is given as well as the information from the media and official sources that was broadcasted at the time of the incident.

Author(s):  Kononogov S.
Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #5
October 1, 2010 marks 110 years since the establishment in Moscow the first metrological institution — Verification tent for trade weights and measures — the ancestor of VNIIMS. Established at the initiative of D.Mendeleev and beginning with checking and stamping of weights and measures, VNIIMS today has become an acknowledged scientific and methodological center of the metrological service in Russia. As the Chief State Scientific Center of Metrology VNIIMS carries out systematic researches on the legal, organizational, methodological and economic problems of ensuring the uniformity of measurements.

Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #5
The article tells about foundation and development of Europe’s largest sensorproducing company Megatron Elektronik AG. This year the company celebrates 50 years of successful growth in the fast changing and developing industry.

Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #5
Victor Mieres is responsible for the continuous regional success and penetration of National Instruments in Asia, as well as Russia, Africa, and the Middle East. Since joining NI in 1988 as an applications engineer, Victor worked on different sales and marketing positions and in 2007 took his current role as a Vice President of Sales, Asia. We took our chance to meet Victor at NIWeek Conference in Ostin (Texas, USA) to ask him some questions about National Instruments and its products.

Author(s):  Afonskaya, Tatiana , Afonskiy, Alexander, Kopteva, Natalia
Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #5
The 16-th Worldwide Graphical System Design Conference NIWeek 2010 attracted more than 3000 of the world’s brightest engineers, educators, and scientists. The Conference is held annually by National Instruments at Austin Convention Center (Austin, Texas, USA). From this overview you will learn the key topics of the event and of the most significant innovations presented.

Author(s):  Afonskiy, Alexander, Sukhanov E.
Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #5
Digital oscilloscopes, unlike their analog counterpart, measure the input signal not continuous but at discrete moments of time. On the one hand the device should display the most accurate measurements, on the other — it is difficult to visually perceive the shape of signal displayed as just a set of dots. There is a need to «draw a continuous line on certain dots» but the question is: how to do this? This article tells about different methods of signal interpolation, their benefits and disadvantages.

Author(s):  Dove, Lewis
Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #5
The article tells about the innovative microcircuits production technology used in the new Agilent Infiniium 90000 XSeries oscilloscopes and Infiniimax III oscilloscope probes. Several high performance microcircuits are constructed using patented, Agilent Technologies proprietary, advanced thick film processes and design techniques. They are called Quick Film 3D Microcircuits and are fabricated using a relatively new class of thick film dielectrics.

Author(s):  Ireland, Dave
Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #5
This is the first in a series of three articles on the basics of the oscillography. The articles are aimed to familiarize students and beginner users of oscilloscopes with the operation principles of these devices. Current article tells about specifics of use their application in signal waveform analysis and determination of various parameters characterizing the shape of these signals.

Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #4
Brief schedule of theme events held in Russia and abroad, the event dates and their location. For more details follow the link to “Trade fairs” section: http://www.tmi-s.com/news/exhibitions/

Author(s):  Bryanskiy L.
Issue:  KIPiS 2010 #4
In this article our regular author tells a quite interesting story about two SI units of the angle which for some cause are fairly rare used in practice. It’s a radian (rad) — a unit of plane angle and steradian (sr) — a unit of solid angle.