A version of this article also appeared in the May 2012 issue of Test & Measurement World. See the PDF. Test engineers have used open standard interfaces since1975, when the IEEE approved IEEE 488, ...

Rapid evolution in standards such as wireless telephony is placing unprecedented pressure on the test instrument industry to quickly create new instruments to support product design, certification, ...

With each passing year, modular instruments gain ever-more capabilities that were once only possible with benchtop instruments. Assembling a complete test system once ...

As modular test equipment continues to grow in popularity, so have the abundance of myths surrounding the advantages and disadvantages of modular compared to traditional “box” instruments (Figure 1 ...

Abstract: Modular instrument has the advantages of small volume, low cost, and strong flexibility. It has been widely used in testing systems and testing instruments. In the design of the traditional ...

Abstract: The convergence of functionality between modular (e.g. VXI, PCI, PXI, LXI) and benchtop (conventional rack and stack) test and measurement instruments leads to decreased test costs and ...

So, where are we with modular instrument adoption, as we review 2013? Though I’ll have to do final calculations after the beginning of the year, it appears that modular systems have again outgrown ...

The research study from Technavio covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global modular instruments market for 2016-2020. The market is segmented into PXI, VXI, and AXIe, with the PXI ...

Future Market Insights, an ESOMAR-certified market research and consulting firm, has released an in-depth analysis highlighting the remarkable growth trajectory of the global modular instruments ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Moog has a deep history with modular synthesis. Bob Moog’s original pioneering synth design was a modular instrument, the ...