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Topics beginning with "B"
Backplanes An interconnection structure allowing multiple printed circuit boards to coexist using a single bus.
Back Planes An interconnection structure allowing multiple printed circuit boards to coexist using a single bus.
Backshop diagnosis failed LRU's to the failing SRU.
Ballast Balance the current flow to lamps.
Banana Plugs Male connector with outward protruding banana shaped springs.
Band spectral range designation of a frequency range or wavelengths.
Band-pass Filters Refine signal, allowing transmission of only frequencies within a specified, continuous frequency band, while predictably attenuating frequencies above and below the continuous band.
Bare Board Probes Probe unpopulated circuit boards.
Bare Board Test SMT and PCB check prior to being populated with components.
Bare Board Testers check unloaded PCBs for opens, shorts, leakage and voltage breakdown.
Bare PCB Test SMT and PCB check prior to being populated with components.
Bare Printed Circuit Board Test SMT and PCB check prior to being populated with components.
Barometers Measure atmospheric pressure.
Baseband The original state of frequencies prior to modulation.
Base Station Radio receiver / transmitter serving as the hub.
Bathymetry measures water depth of oceans, seas and lakes.
Batteries Test
Battery energy store.
Battery Analyzers article - Advanced Battery Analyzers
Battery Capacity measure a battery's ability to store energy.
Battery Capacity Testers determine the condition of batteries to provide power.
Battery Charger Analyzers
Battery Chargers Send current through a battery to store the energy.
Battery Checkers Verify battery integrity.
Battery Connectors Connect a battery to the tester.
Battery Electrical
Battery Load Testers determine the condition of batteries to provide power.
Battery Simulation reproduce battery performance under test conditions.
Battery Simulators reproduce battery performance under test conditions.
Battery Test
Battery Testers verify battery integrity.
BBT SMT and PCB check prior to being populated with components.
BD Optical disk format using a blue-violet (405 nm) laser capable of storing 27GB on a single layer.
BDM Microprocessor interaction with code test tool.
Beam Analyzers measure the shape and intensity of a laser ray.
Beam Profilers measure the shape and intensity of a laser ray.
Bed of Nails an array of spring probes aligned to contact printed circuit boards or component.
Beer 1) world's most popular alcoholic beverage. 2) root flavored soda pop.
Bench table top for staging and building test equipment
Bench Multimeters
Benchtop Chambers
Bending flexes something into a curve.
BERT Bit Error Rate Testers measure data integrity and express the ratio of received bits that are in error relative to the amount of bits received.
BER Test Bit Error Rate Testers measure data integrity and express the ratio of received bits that are in error relative to the amount of bits received.
BER Testers Bit Error Rate Testers measure data integrity and express the ratio of received bits that are in error relative to the amount of bits received.
Bessel Filters Refine signal, exhibiting constant time delay.
Beta Testing prior release testing to assure almost final product fulfills requirements
BGA Surface mount chip package, which uses solder balls for its connectors.
BGA Test Sockets Ball Grid Array package test connection between BGA and board.
BIB Printed circuit boards (PCB) filled with integrated circuit (IC) sockets for purposes of connecting an array of IC packages for burn-in test.
Biconical Antennas attenna conductors are flared into two cones diametrically opposed, sharing a common axis and vertex.
Biconic Antennas attenna conductors are flared into two cones diametrically opposed, sharing a common axis and vertex.
Binoculars two eyepiece distant magnification.
Bioacoustic animal biological sound sensing, vocalization and communications.
Biodiesel
Bipotentiostats Control two working electrodes potential individually.
Bird
BIST "Built In Self Test" on-chip pseudo-random pattern generator.
Bit Error Rate Testers Bit Error Rate Testers measure data integrity and express the ratio of received bits that are in error relative to the amount of bits received.
Blackbodies controlled sources of thermal radiation, used to calibrate infrared radiation devices.
Blackbody controlled sources of thermal radiation, used to calibrate infrared radiation devices.
Black Body controlled sources of thermal radiation, used to calibrate infrared radiation devices.
Black Box understands input and output values without knowledge of UUT's internal workings.
Blackburst Blank video to sync video clocking.
Black Burst Blank video to sync video clocking.
Blue Lasers Wavelength 400-500 nm.
Bluetooth 10 meter short range frequency hopping radio link protocol operating at 2.4GHz at 700kbps.
Bluetooth Test
Blu-ray Optical disk format using a blue-violet (405 nm) laser capable of storing 27GB on a single layer.
Board Test The testing of printed circuit boards.
Board Test Fixtures jigs which hold, align and engage pcb with test interconnect.
BoB reroute signal paths to facilitate contact accessability.
Boundary Scan Boundary Scan is a topic that contains the various types of testers designed to control and observe the behaviour within boundary scan devices and the circuitry around them.
Boundary Scan Software Boundary Scan software is a comprehensive toolset for program development and diagnostics for boards designed with boundary-scan devices.
Breadboards Board filled with electrical sockets for quick and replaceable component connections. Facilitates quick prototyping of electrical circuits.
Breaker Identifiers match a circuit to a breaker.
Breaker Locators match a circuit to a breaker.
Breaker Test Systems
Breaker Tracers match a circuit to a breaker.
Breakout Boxes reroute signal paths to facilitate contact accessability.
BRI Basic Rate Interface is consumer ISDN service.
Bridge Amplifiers Increase a transducers signal to measurable levels.
Bridges span gaps.
Brix gram measurement of sugar in an aqueous solution.
Broadband Bandwidth > 512Kbps or signaling having numerous frequencies.
Broadband Amplifiers amplify over a wide range of frequencies.
Broadband Analyzer
Broadband Antennas transmit and recieve almost the complete frequency spectrum.
Broadband Power Amplifiers
Broadband Seismometers measure motion over a broad range of frequencies.
Broadband Speed Test Determines the amount of data transferred per second.
Broadband Test
Broadband Wattmeters Measure RF power.
Broadcast The Transmission of television, Internet or radio to a number of viewers or listeners.
BSDL Boundary Scan Description Language
Bug Detectors sense the presence of a survelliance device.
Built In Self Test "Built In Self Test" on-chip pseudo-random pattern generator.
Bulk Call Generators check telecom networks by call event validation.
Buried Cable
Buried Line
Burn-In The application of current, typically at high temperatures, over periods of time to detect infant mortality.
Burn-In Boards Printed circuit boards (PCB) filled with integrated circuit (IC) sockets for purposes of connecting an array of IC packages for burn-in test.
Burn-In Sockets
Burst Generators Simulate quick transient noise interference.
Bus One or more conductors or optical fibers that serve as a common connection for a group of related devices
Bus Adapters An interface or adapter used to connect two non-compatible buses.
Bus Analyzers analyze and debug systems based on standard bus formats.
Bus Interfaces Enable bus interoperability.
Butterworth Filters Refine signal, providing the flattest possible frequency in the passband, with a monotonic response.
Butt-in telephone lineman's handset used for line test.
Butt Set telephone lineman's handset used for line test.