It's Time To Put the Power of Ethernet to Work in Test Systems

It’s Faster. It’s Easier. It’s Better. It’s About Time. 

The LXI (LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation) Standard for Test & Measurement is finally here. LXI, the LAN-based successor to GPIB, combines the advantages of Ethernet with the simplicity and familiarity of GPIB. 

Introduced in 2005, the LXI Standard has been rapidly adopted by a who’s who of test and measurement companies as the natural successor to GPIB. They recognized that it was time for instruments to go beyond GPIB to make it easier for test system designers and integrators to create faster, more efficient systems. 

LXI reduces the time needed to set up, configure and debug test systems. It offers six distinct advantages over GPIB-based systems:

• The speed, simplicity, worldwide reach, low cost, ongoing enhancement and backward compatibility of LAN.
• Quick, easy configuration through the intuitive web interface built into compliant instruments.
• Simplified programming and greater software reuse through IVI drivers.
• The ability to create hybrid systems that include LXI, GPIB, VXI, PXI, CANbus, etc.
• Enhanced system performance and event handling via hardware- and LAN-based triggering modes.
• Synchronization of local and remote instruments through the IEEE 1588 precision time protocol.

LXI is an idea whose time has finally come. It puts the power of Ethernet to work for test and measurement engineers by improving the modularity, flexibility and performance of small to medium size systems. Its compact package, high-speed I/O and reliable measurements meet the needs of R&D and manufacturing engineers in virtually every electronic market segment.

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