An agreement for a strategic alliance and the joint development of high-performance digital test instrumentation has been signed by Geotest – Marvin Test Systems, Inc. and EADS North America Test and Services.
The activity will focus on evolving the capabilities of the new Talon Instruments family of T964 high-performance digital test instruments, which was recently introduced by EADS North America Test and Services in the VXI instrumentation standard. Under the agreement, Geotest will implement the T964 in the more compact PXI industry standard form factor.
The agreement brings together Geotest’s extensive PXI digital test instrumentation capabilities with the considerable experience in VXI-based digital test technology offered by EADS North America Test and Services. The accord was signed by executives of the two companies at last week’s AUTOTESTCON 2008 conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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. During the past several years, PXI has seen a rapid acceptance in the worldwide test sector, and today 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.
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