Title :
Instrumentation: Smaller and smarter: Performance is up and prices are down as advances in ICs and clever packaging techniques abound
Abstract :
Prices of test and measurement instruments continue to drop, with the microprocessor IC greatly increasing instrument dollar value by providing more measurement power for the same purchase dollar. And the trend extending instrument frequency ranges and increasing measurement accuracies, as well as features.
Keywords :
instrumentation; microcomputers; monolithic integrated circuits; packaging; IC; accuracies; cost; frequency ranges; measurement instruments; microprocessor; packaging; test instrument; Frequency measurement; Microprocessors; Oscilloscopes; Radiation detectors; Semiconductor device measurement; Software;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.1976.6369083
