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products include the ATS-3100 PXI integration platform for system development,
the PXIe-6943 32-channel pattern-based
digital stimulus/response instrument, the
PXIe-2461 2-channel, universal 235-MHz
frequency and time interval/counter, the
PXIe-1803 130/180-MS/s dual channel PXI
Express digitizer, the PXIe-3352 PXI rubidium standard (which combines a rubidium
oscillator with a GPS receiver), the PXIe1209 fully programmable dual pulse generator, and the PXIe-1802 2-channel AWG.
In addition, Hugues said, the company offers an RF and digital switching
product line, including ASCOR switching
products, CTS-6000 Series communications testers, and the ATS-6100 wire fault
tester. Astronics also sells the Tabor product line, including the new Proteus arbitrary waveform transceivers, he added.
According to Semancik at Marvin Test
Solutions, the company offers an array of
3U and 6U switching and instrumentation cards as well as chassis and controllers. He described several of these, saying
that the GX6xxx Series includes a range
of 3U PXI switch cards; the GX5960 Series

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GX7016 GENASYS switching subsystem with
integrated MAC Panel SCOUT receiver.

Hartmann Electronic 1U 6-slot PXIe chassis.

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digital subsystem addresses both legacy
and next-generation digital test needs, offering a 125-MHz vector rate with timing
per pin; the GX3700e user configurable
FPGA-based 3U PXI Express card offers
160 digital I/O signals and employs an
Altera Stratix III FPGA; the
GX3104 PXI source-measure
unit (SMU) forces and senses
both voltage and current
over a range of ±20 V; the
GX2065 DMM features 6½
digit resolution and up to
3,500 reading per second;
and the GTX22x0 PXI universal time interval counters
offer many of the functions of
high-end stand-alone frequency counters.
Semancik also said that the GX7016
GENASYS switching subsystem features
a compact footprint and the option to support both switching and instrumentation
resources within a single PXI chassis. An
integrated MAC Panel SCOUT receiver
provides a "cable-less" receiver interface,
eliminating thousands of wires.
Hartmann Electronic supports PXI
and PXIe, focusing on high-speed backplane technology and offering chassis for modular
test systems, according to
Frank Godulla, CEO. "Our
new LM H0 0 0792 PX Ie
chassis offers six slots in
a horizontal arrangement
by occupying only 1U rack
space. With four of the six
slots being configured as
hybrid PXI/PXIe, the chassis can be used for both PXI
as well as PXIe instruments,"
he said, adding that the chassis is
capable of 40 W/slot and can operate in
an ambient temperature range of -25°C
to 70°C. He also said the company provides an installation package for the PXIe

chassis to allow automatic detection by
the National Instruments Measurement
and Automation Explorer.

Rohde & Schwarz R&S CompactTSVP Test
System Versatile Platform.

According to Fischer, "Rohde &
Schwarz offers the modular platform R&S
CompactTSVP, which is based on PXI,
but with a lot of additional features not
covered by the standard PXI." It includes
modules for analog test, digital test, and
in-circuit test, with switching modules
from 1 A up to 50 A. "All measurement
modules are floating," he said, adding
that third-party PXI modules can be integrated into the R&S CompactTSVP by
means of an additional 6-slot 1U chassis
extension. "A specific mass interconnect
interface from Virginia Panel allows direct connection of the receiver to the R&S
CompactTSVP modules without any additional cabling," he added.
Rovini at SPECTRUM said the company
has focused on fast and high-resolution
digitizers and AWGs. "Their sampling
speed ranges from 1 MS/s to 5 GS/s," he
said. Key products include PCIe cards
with one to eight channels, which could
be combined to build extended systems
with more than 100 synchronous channels. Growing in popularity are the company's standalone Ethernet/LXI-boxes.
"The mobile versions, which contain up to
two of our PCIe cards, are a key product

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