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Molecular testing is a broad category of tests that look for molecules in your DNA or other pieces of genetic information called RNA to diagnose a disease like cancer or predict your risk of future ...

Nondestructive testing (NDT) is involved with analyzing or testing samples without destroying their application or system. In other words, after the investigation of a given sample, it should be able ...

A time domain reflectometer (TDR) measures reflections along a cable. It is similar in principle to radar. To measure those reflections, the TDR transmits an incident signal into the cable and watches ...

Despite its standardization as IEEE 1149.1 in 1990 and wide use in the industry, many test engineers and developers still do not fully understand the benefits of boundary scan test. The misconceptions ...

In-circuit testers rely on bed-of-nails-type fixtures that give the tester access to every node (or net) of the printed circuit board (PCB). Using this access, the tester takes a divide-and-conquer ...