Blog - Industrial Measurement

#0 - Introduction

Follow our post series in the coming weeks, where we’ll outline the most important principles of industrial measurement technology. Topics will include:

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#1 - The Architecture of Measurement Systems

Building an industrial measurement system is not merely about assembling components, but about designing a precision-engineered architecture, where every element of the system has a clearly defined role.

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#2 - Characterizing Measurements and Stimuli

The task of a measurement system is twofold:
🔹 To stimulate the Device Under Test (DUT)
🔹 To measure the resulting physical responses

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#3 - DC voltage measurement

Many consider DC voltage measurement a basic task – but in industrial practice, reliability depends on the details.

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#4 - AC voltage measurement

Measuring AC voltage in an industrial environment? These are questions you can't ignore...

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#5 - High Voltage

High-voltage measurement in industrial environments...

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#6 - Basics of Current Measurement

The Basics of Current Measurement...

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#7 - Current Voltage Transformation

How do you transform current into voltage?

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#8 - Power Measurement in Industrial Environments

Power Measurement in Industrial Environments...

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#9 - Measuring Resistance

Ohm, Milli Ohm, Mega Ohm
Are you measuring resistance correctly?

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#10 - Insulation Resistance Measurement

Insulation Measurement, or Resistance in the Gigaohm Range...

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#12 - Capacitance and Inductance Measurement

🔍 Why is it so difficult to accurately measure a capacitor or an inductor?

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#13 - Temperature Measurement in Industrial Environments

🌡️ Temperature Measurement in Industrial Environments – Which Sensor Should You Choose?

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#14 - Position and Speed Measurement

📍 How to measure position and speed in an industrial environment?

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#15 - Optical Measurements

📸 Optical Measurements in Industrial Testing – Introduction 💡

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#16 - Light intensity and Spectrum Measurements

🔦 What and how do we measure in a light source? – Light Intensity and Spectrum

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#17 - Homogenity Testing

🖥️ Homogeneity Testing: how do we detect the smallest defects in displays?

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#18 - Geometric Optical Measurements Overview

📐 Geometric Optical Measurement Systems – Key Elements and Selection Criteria

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#19 - Geometric Measurements - Illumination

🔦 Why is illumination the most important part of an optical measurement system?

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#20 - Geometric measurements - Lens

🔍 Lens selection for geometric optical measurement – why is it critical?

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#21 - Geometric measurements - Camera

📸 The role of industrial cameras in geometric optical measurements

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#22 - Geometric measurements - Calibration

🎯 Why is it impossible to perform reliable geometric measurement without calibration?

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#23 - Geometric measurements - Mounting

🧩 Mounting– the key to repeatability in geometric measurement

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#24 - Geometric measurements - Software

🧠 Software – the brain of geometric optical measurements

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#25 - Smart camera systems

🤖 Smart camera systems – fast solutions for common measurement tasks

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#26 - Laser line-scanner

🔦 Laser line-scanner–based 3D measurement systems

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#27 - 3D camera systems

🎦 3D camera systems: when should you move beyond line scanners?

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#28 - Electrical excitation

⚡ Electrical excitation and power supplies

One of the fundamental prerequisites of testing is ensuring that...

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#29 - Electrical Power Supply

⚡ Electrical Power Supply in Test Systems

To operate products under test, a stable electrical power supply with adequate performance is required...

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#30 - DC Voltage Excitation

🔋 DC Voltage Excitation
In many test tasks, there is no need to deliver significant power

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#31 - Waveform excitation

📈 Waveform excitation – periodic and aperiodic signals in testing

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#32 - Complex Testing Methods

🔎 Complex Testing Methods (RF, HIPOT, Ground Bonding)

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#33 - RF testing

📡 RF testing in the EOL phase – what, how, and why we measure

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#34 - HIPOT – Insulation Resistance Measurement

⚡ HIPOT – Insulation Resistance Measurement

The purpose of insulation resistance measurement is to verify the insulation boundaries within a product...

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#35 - HIPOT – AC/DC Voltage Withstand Test

⚡ HIPOT – AC/DC Voltage Withstand Test

During AC/DC voltage withstand tests, the insulation capability of the product is also verified; however...

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#36 - HIPOT - DC Breakdown Voltage

🔌 DC Breakdown Voltage – Measurement of the Breakdown Voltage of Protection Devices

Breakdown voltage measurement is applied to components that ...

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#37 - HIPOT Monitoring Functions

⚡ HIPOT Monitoring Functions – Handling Pre-Measurement Edge Cases

Some HIPOT instruments include monitoring and verification functions designed to...

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#38 - Firmware Flashing in Manufacturing

🔧 Firmware Flashing in Manufacturing

Microcontrollers on PCBs must be programmed at some stage of the manufacturing process so that...

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#39 - CAN communication in industrial testers

🔗 CAN communication in industrial testers

The CAN bus is an extremely robust and noise-tolerant communication protocol, but...

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