Attendees will become familiar with the importance of temperature measurement in electronic systems, the instruments that are necessary and the location within a system where testing should be conducted. The importance of this topic was underscored in a recent interview with ATS thermal engineer, Mike Haskell. “We’ve seen a variety of issues in our lab arising from simple, correctable mistakes in using thermal measurement instruments. If you don’t use the instruments day in and day out as our team does, simple mistakes can occur”.
Mike mentioned two errors the ATS thermal team has seen with customers.
“One of the first common mistakes we see is the incorrect placement and/or incorrect attachment of thermocouples”. Mike continued, “This is most commonly seen in applications involving the monitoring of a processor of some kind”.
“The second most common problem in measurement that we see is an error resulting from incorrectly measuring ambient air temperature inside an electronics chassis.” Mike noted that such an error is common because of either pre-heated air or irregular air flow patterns inside an electronics enclosure. Common errors such as these can result in incorrect data leading to a sub-optimal thermal management solution. ATS’s webinar on “How to Perform and Understand Temperature Measurement within Electronic Systems” is designed to equip the practicing thermal engineer with the knowledge to avoid such common pitfalls.
About Advanced Thermal Solutions’ Webinar Series
ATS’s webinars have gained in popularity over the years, with over 400 thermal professionals in attendance in the first three months of 2010. ATS will present a total of 18 webinars during the year for all engineers, designers and program managers with an interest in electronics cooling. The online tutorials provide practical information in critical areas of thermal management to help optimize individual cooling solutions. To join in the free webinars, or to learn more about how ATS can help you, please go to the website, http://www.qats.com.
Advanced Thermal Solutions is a leading thermal and mechanical engineering consulting and solutions company supplying complete thermal and mechanical packaging solutions from analysis and testing to final production. ATS provides a wide range of air and liquid cooling solutions, laboratory-quality thermal instrumentation, along with thermal design consulting services and training.