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Article: AN ENGINEER'S WISH LIST.
- Article from:
- Quality In Manufacturing
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
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According to results from a Measurement Needs Tracking survey conducted by Keithley Instruments, Cleveland, OH, engineers are looking for accurate hardware and simple software.
The study, in its fifth year, is used to chart trends and market needs for measurement products and technologies used by engineers and scientists. This year's research, conducted in October 2000, included comments from 631 respondents, a 16 percent response rate.
The survey found that current usage for high accuracy readings has steadily climbed during the past three years, to 32 percent who currently require readings at 0.10 percent of full scale. Twice as many engineers (55 ...