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SEPTEMBER 2020 | VOL. 59, NO. 8

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INSTRUMENTATION
SPECIAL REPORT

PROGRAMMABLE POWER

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Sources and Loads Optimize Power
across Applications Gamut
by Rick Nelson, Technical Contributing
Editor

AUTOMATED TEST

How to Choose an Electronic Load
by Tomoaki Mori

APPLICATIONS
SPECIAL REPORT

MIL/AERO TEST

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30

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DEPARTMENTS
6 Editorial
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30 Featured Tech
32 Tech Focus

Enhancing Test in Defense
and Aerospace
By Rick Nelson, Technical Contributing
Editor

Cover: .shock / iStock / Getty Images

Software-Defined Radio
Enters the Limelight
by Alix Paultre, Editor

RADAR/LIDAR

There is Less 'Under the
Radar' These Days
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