Author: Chris Mason

The objective of the brake noise tests was to record the braking events of cars being driven on various types of road and classify those events according to

The guys at Engineering.com have come up with a great list of key moments of scientific/mathematical/engineering genius. The post includes links to a couple of superb videos too.

I had absolutely no idea that this archive existed on the BBC website and so it was a joy to discover that it did. I have never come

Prosig have recently added two new ways for our readers to keep in touch with new articles on the blog, happenings at Prosig and other interesting information that

This post is a celebration of everything great in science, technology and engineering. From simple inventions, through future technologies, to one of the greatest human minds in history.

An investigation was made of a sample of automotive components where some were exhibiting a high frequency “tick” or rattle during each operating cycle. This feature could be

For our latest collection of videos we’ve searched for the most interesting examples of noise, vibration and acoustic examples and applications we could find. A couple are educational,

We’ve had a good look around YouTube and dug up a great collection of educational mechanical engineering videos. There’s a wide range of information here from simple maths

On 2nd May we reached the 10 year anniversary of the removal of SA from the NAVSTAR GPS system. For those of you not familiar with SA or

We’ve scoured the web (well, YouTube mostly) for the coolest engineering related videos we could find. Have you got your own favourite engineering videos? Please use the comment

This video was sent to us by one of our customers. It shows how a Prosig P8000 was used to measure the vibration transmitted through different configurations of

If you’re a fan of Twitter or Facebook there’s a new way to keep up to date with the latest Prosig articles on the Prosig Noise & Vibration

Some great video lectures from NPTEL, India’s National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning via MeasurementBlog. These are fantastic resources whether you’re just starting out and want to learn

Research at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) could lead to the replacement of mechanical compressors in refrigerators and air conditioners. The new technology could lead to a threefold

As you may know Prosig have recently released a GPS module for their popular P8000 series of data acquisition systems. The GPS module adds the ability to record

Here’s another post inspired by an office discussion. We were discussing our favourite engineering based websites and realised the results would make a great blog post. So after

Road noise (the noise produced by the interaction of tires and road surface) is in many circumstances the dominant noise experienced by vehicle occupants. The requirements for producing

The V7.0 release of DATS, the long-established signal analysis software from Prosig, contains a comprehensive fatigue analysis package for stress-life, strain-life and weld-life prediction. Prosig also design and

The latest version of the CAN-bus/GPS (8440) module is now available for the Prosig P8012, P8020 and P8048 systems. The CAN-bus/GPS module has been in use in the

Prosig have welcomed 2010 with the official launch of their PROLOG data acquisition controller. PROLOG is a controller that will allow remote, unattended or standalone operation of a P8000 system. In

Following a discussion in the office about Fourier Transforms we did a little searching on the web. As always, we discovered that the Internet is packed with some

Using Prosig’s P8000 series data acquisition system with DATS signal analysis software, torsional analysis (crank shaft jitter) was performed on an automotive engine attached to an engine dynamometer.