SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, 13 Sept. 2008. EADS North America Test and Services, a division of EADS North America Inc., and Geotest, a supplier of PXI and PC-based products, systems, and solutions, created a strategic alliance for the joint development of high-performance digital test instrumentation.
The activity will focus on evolving the new Talon Instruments family of T964 high-performance digital test instruments, recently introduced by EADS North America Test and Services in the VXI instrumentation standard. Under the agreement, Geotest will implement the T964 in the PXI form factor.
T964 test instruments in the PXI standard can be deployed for a variety of uses, from the replacement of legacy automated test equipment (ATE) to production testing for both circuit board and component-level products.
The PXI modular instrumentation standard provides a rugged, high-performance PC-based measurement and automation system. PXI is used in market segments where measurement, control, or automation is required, including consumer electronics, communications, advanced research, aerospace, and military.
The VXI bus architecture is an IEEE-standard platform format that offers high-performance instrumentation in a rugged, compact, and modular form. Its core utilization is in automatic test systems for the military and avionics markets.
