Newsletter: Modular Instrumentation –
A View of the Market

 12/15/2010
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Welcome to the December 2010 edition of the PXI Newsletter. Our intent is to educate and inform you about how the PXI standard is being used in automated test systems for a wide variety of industries.

PXI and CompactPCI: PXI’s major strength comes from the fact that it uses proven industry-standard technology.  PXI leverages CompactPCI and adds the best features of Windows and VXI. 

PXI is defined in the open PXI specification governed by the PXI Systems Alliance. PXI builds on the CompactPCI core specification and defines additional mechanical, software, and electrical requirements for building components that can be used in modular instrumentation systems for measurement and automation applications. PXI and CompactPCI are completely interoperable allowing you to use any core CompactPCI product in a PXI system and vice-versa.

In the main article of this issue, Modular Instrumentation -- A View of the Market, we offer the insights of the Aeroflex Test Solutions PXI product manager, Tim Carey. In New PXI Products, we are showcasing PXI products recently released by members of the PXI Systems Alliance.

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Modular Instrumentation – A View of the Market

by Tim Carey, PXI Product Manager
Aeroflex Test Solutions

The market for PXI modular instrumentation is relatively mature, with a stable number of suppliers and products.  Nevertheless, the market  continues to grow at a respectable rate. Aeroflex leverages PXI technology across our organization. PXI provides the platform for our line of modular components and we use it internally as the technology underlying our stand-alone instruments and our integrated system/Automated Test Equipment (ATE) solutions.

Demands on frequency range, signal bandwidth, and general performance are all continually increasing in line with the demands of modern communications standards. Aeroflex is in the process of developing our fifth generation of PXI modules for stimulus and analysis needs, having completed our fourth generation during 2009. New module variants are being introduced to reinforce our established position in existing markets as well as enabling diversification into new growth markets.

 

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Thanks to all our readers.
Bob Helsel, Editor
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New PXI Products

The PXI platform continues its explosive growth with many new product introductions. New products introduced in the last three months include (listed in the order received):

AIT PXI-C1553 Avionics Test and Simulation Module
The PXI-C1553 module is a member of AIT’s family of MIL-STD-1553A/B test and simulation modules.

GOEPEL electronic: SFX/PXIe1149/C(x)Family of SCANFLEX® Boundary Scan controllers named SFX/PXIe1149/C(x) includes altogether nine models with different signal conditions and performance classes.

Geotest GX5960 Digital Subsystem  GX5960 digital subsystem offers 1 ns per pin timing resolution for demanding system, board and semiconductor test applications.

Agilent RF Switches
New RF switches offer high performance, higher density switching in a PXI.

NI FlexRIO FPGA Adapter Modules
NI extends PXI software-defined instrumentation with four new NI FlexRIO FPGA Adapter Modules. 

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