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Keithley Introduces PXI Products for Hybrid Test Systems in Production Applications

21st November 2006

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Keithley Instruments has introduced a new line of PXI products designed for high speed automated production testing as part of a hybrid test system using precision instruments. Test engineers and designers can combine the high-speed data acquisition and tight trigger synchronization features of the new KPXI products with the precision measurement capabilities in Keithley instruments for a superior hybrid test system architecture. Taking advantage of additional Keithley innovations such as TSP (Test Script Processor), an architecture that enables distributed programming and concurrent execution, results in unparalleled accuracy and throughput.

Keithley is currently the only major instrumentation supplier to offer a broad range of precision measurement and high-speed data acquisition solutions, including PXI, LXI, PCI, USB, and GPIB. The new Keithley KPXI product line consists of simultaneous data acquisition boards, multifunction analog I/O boards, high speed analog output boards, a 130 MS/sec digitizer module, digital I/O modules, PXI
chassis, embedded PC controllers, MXI bridges (for remote PC control), and GPIB interface cards. KPXI products are designed for optimal integration with precision instrumentation, such as Keithley's Series 2600 System SourceMeter multi-channel I-V test solutions, which feature TSP and TSP-Link that let users program and execute high-speed, automated test sequences across multiple channels - independent of a PC operating system and its associated communication delays. This flexibility gives test engineers the freedom to design systems that maximize throughput and
precision with a variety of instruments and data acquisition products, using distributed programming and concurrent execution.

The Keithley KPXI product line adheres to the PXI Standard (PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation), based on the industry standard PCI interface. Keithley KPXI products include software examples and drivers that work with LabView, Microsoft .net, Visual Basic, and C programming languages.