LXI Consortium Certifies 69 Instruments as LXI-Compliant
Many new LXI instruments were certified at the Consortium's 15th PlugFest event held recently in Longmont, Colorado.
Online, March 23, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Niwot, Colo. - March 23, 2010 - Since October 2009, the LXI Consortium certified 69 new instruments as LXI (LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation) compliant. Many of these instruments were certified at the Consortium's 15th PlugFest event held recently in Longmont, Colorado.
The newly compliant products bring the total number of LXI-compliant instruments to 1288, which are available from 28 different LXI vendors. The list of new compliant instruments available includes:
• A scanning/measuring system from VTI Instruments Corporation
• Spectrum analyzers, an amplifier, and an audio analyzer from Agilent Technologies
• Oscilloscopes from LeCroy and Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Power supplies from Rigol Technologies, Kikusui Electronics, and AMETEK Programmable Power
• A function/arbitrary waveform generator from Thurlby Thandar Instruments
• Switches from Pickering Interfaces Ltd.
• A mezzanine carrier from Informtest Ltd.
• Switches from Hitech Group International Ltd.
Von Campbell, president of the LXI Consortium, noted, "We are pleased by the continuing growth of LXI instruments in the market and the impact that's making in assisting test system builders. We welcome two new members, Kikusui Electronics from Japan and Informtest Ltd. from the Russian Federation; both companies certified products at the PlugFest."
The following chart demonstrates the steady growth in the number of LXI instruments available since the founding of the LXI Consortium in 2005.
A complete list of all LXI-compliant instrumentation is available for download from the Consortium's website.