Keithley Sponsors LXI Consortium PlugFest

Aug. 25, 2006

The LXI Consortium's most recent PlugFest (July 25-27, Cleveland, OH) featured more than 50 attendees and included real-world testing of products meeting Class A and Class B LXI requirements. Products for Class A include time synchronization via the IEEE 1588 precision time protocol as well as a hardware trigger bus. Sponsored by LXI member Keithley Instruments, all of the tested products are expected to receive certification shortly, bringing the total number of LXI-certified products to more than 150. The testing process also included interface bridges that enable integrators to create "hybrid" systems that utilize non-LXI equipment alongside LXI-compliant devices. This capability will help system creators leverage their existing investments - and expertise - in other architectures such as GPIB, VXI, and PXI. The next PlugFest, to be hosted by LXI member The MathWorks, is scheduled for October 17-19, 2006, in Boston, MA. For more information about the LXI Consortium or Keithley Instruments, visit their respective websites with the links below:

Keithley Instruments ---> http://www.keithley.com/

LXI Consortium ---> http://www.lxistandard.org/

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.