CONTENTS COVER STORY 8
DATA ACQUISITION
Is your SCADA system at risk? In 2016, cyber security will be one of the top concerns for SCADA and ICS operators
DISPLAYS 15
Users of industrial electronic systems are increasingly demanding the functionality and interfaces that consumers expect
SUPPLEMENT: CALIBRATION
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Covering topics including calibration in space, ISO 17025 accredited facilities, and how often to calibrate thermometers
Calibration Supplement
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE For use in-lab and on-site
INDYSOFT CALIBRATION FEATURE
For climate predictions, a new satellite mission has been designed where the instruments are calibrated against a on-board standard
FEATURE S3
The Dutch Accreditation Council RvA has approved Bronkhorst’s application to extend the scope of its ISO 17025 accredited calibration facilities
FEATURE Temperature
S9
measurement: How often should a thermometer be calibrated to ensure that it remains as accurate as possible?
Isotech for temperature calibration
NEWS
5. Air quality monitors feature on Channel 4’s Dispatches show
EDITOR’S CHOICE
6. Tri-mode oscilloscope probes ease circuit debugging
FEATURES
Non-contact measurement & inspection...
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11. A non-contact sensor designed for thread presence detection is now available from Ixthus Instrumentation. Here the company examines its operation, use, application concerns, and how to use the sensor’s ‘teach’ mode set-up
12. Precise rotary position sensors
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Data acquisition... 15. In 2016, cyber security will be one of the top concerns for SCADA and ICS operators. By ensuring protection is planned into the system from the beginning, security can be strengthened and attacks can be countered
16. In order to increase understanding of Lontra’s double acting rotary blade compressor and advance the design, multiple test beds were developed which were capable of measuring many channels simultaneously
18. Detect and measure radioactivity
Displays...
21. Users of the electronic systems used in today’s industrial applications are increasingly demanding the functionality, flexibility and interfaces that consumers expect. But how do manufacturers develop solutions using the latest technologies without timescales and costs spiralling out of control?
22. To enable law officers and other users to easily access and navigate through the full functionality of its speed cameras, ARH selected a PCAP touch screen
Signal conditioning...
23. How Linear Technology Corporation’s LT5400 quad matched resistor network overcomes the issues faced when using the 4mA to 2mA analogue interface to connect current-loop sources to a sensing circuit
24. Standalone signal conditioner
Test & measurement... 27. Bearing frequencies are often hidden within a range of machine signals and harmonics. Acceleration enveloping can, however, help to overcome this
28. FTIR gas analysers from Gasmet are being used by a Wisconsin-based occupational health specialist to identify and quantify known and unknown gas species in a range of applications
30. High bandwidth oscilloscopes
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