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Strike a bell, and the bell rings at its resonance modes. Strike it harder and the bell rings at the same tone, only louder. Now imagine a small crack in the bell, perhaps invisible to the eye. We ...

Microprocessor testing and self-test techniques constitute a critical domain in ensuring the reliability and performance of modern computing devices. These methodologies encompass both hardware and ...

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 ...

In the aviation industry, non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques play an essential role in minimizing costs and keeping people safe. Safety is important in every industry, but especially so in ...

Fuzz testing, commonly known as fuzzing, is an automated software testing strategy that involves providing invalid, unexpected, or random data as inputs to computer programmes. Its primary aim is to ...

Fission neutrons for materials testing have been available for decades in hundreds of experimental reactors worldwide; an extensive database for irradiated materials is available. Unfortunately, ...

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 ...