Is VXI/VME the Right Choice?
The Best Technologies
VXI combines the best technology from GPIB instruments, modular plug-in DAQ boards, and modern computers. Like GPIB, VXI offers a wealth of instruments from a wide variety of the world's leading instrument vendors. Like plug-in PC boards, VXI offers modularity, flexibility, and high-performance connectivity to the computer. Because VXI combines a sophisticated instrument environment with a modern computer backplane, VXI instruments have the ability to communicate at very high speeds using the best technology from both GPIB instruments and plug-in DAQ boards
Easy to Use
A wealth of powerful VXI software is available to simplify the programming task. Thanks to VXIplug&play standards, VXI instruments are delivered with ready-to-use standardized software, including soft front panels, instrument drivers, and installation routines written by the instrument vendor to take full advantage of instrument capabilities and make your programming task as easy as possible.
Reduce Test Time and Lower Cost
Competitive pressures demand faster time-to-market, lower unit costs, and an increasing emphasis on quality. While traditional rack-and-stack systems still meet many test needs, they are limited by slow data rates and proprietary components. VXI delivers this performances so you can make measurements faster and realize higher throughput even in entry-level systems. Built on open standards, VXI also keeps system costs down by fostering competition on equal technical ground, ensuring that you can choose the best components for your application. Finally, VXI delivers more compact systems that require less floor space, cabling and hardware.
The Value of Open Industry Standards
The baseline VXI hardware specifications require interoperability between hardware products from different vendors. These specifications cover mechanical and environmental requirements, such as module sizes, mainframe and module cooling, and EMC compatibility between modules, a well as automated system initialization and backplane communication protocols. The VXIplug&play Systems Alliance builds on these baseline specifications to address the system as a whole with the goal of having you up and running in "five minutes or less". Building a system based on open industry standards means that you choose components for your system based on your requirements, regardless of vendor.
