Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for testing electronics includes forming at least a portion of an electrical circuit by electrically coupling a plurality of indicators in series with respect to each other such that each indicator is operable to substantially simultaneously indicate an electrical characteristic of a respective one or more of a plurality of conductive interconnects. Respective ones of the plurality of conductive interconnects are coupled to a respective pair of a plurality of reception nodes of the electrical circuit such that each conductive interconnect is coupled to the electrical circuit in parallel with a respective one of a plurality of indicators. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on the electrical characteristics indicated by at least three of the plurality of indicators, whether two of the plurality of conductive interconnects are electrically shorted together.

Abstract: A cooler for an image intensifier system which comprises an image intensifier tube having a face plate. The cold side of a thermoelectric cooler has a hot side and a cold side and is secured to a highly thermally conductive cold plate and the face plate. A highly thermally conductive hot plate contacts the hot side of the thermoelectric cooler. A finned heat sink can be coupled to the thermally conductive hot plate. The thermoelectric cooler is preferably in a state of compression between the cold plate and the hot plate. The system further can include an hermetically sealed region containing the face plate and the cold plate. A desiccant can be disposed within the hermetically sealed region.