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First LXI Products Shipped by Agilent
Technologies and Elgar Electronics
SAN DIEGO, CA, March 13, 2006
The LXI Consortium today announced that Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) and Elgar
Electronics are the first companies to ship LXI-certified products. LXI (LAN
eXtensions for Instrumentation) is a next-generation, LAN-based modular platform
for automated test systems. LXI certification indicates approval by the LXI
Consortium to officially license the LXI logo for display on compliant products.
Agilent is now shipping a variety of modular and compact instruments within five
product families: the Agilent N6700 Series Modular Power System; the Agilent
N5700 Series System DC Power Supplies; the Agilent 34410A and 34411A Digital
Multimeters; and the Agilent 34980A Multifunction Switch/Measure Unit.
“These products represent the first wave of Agilent’s commitment to LXI,” said
Scott Sampl, vice president and general manager of Agilent’s System Products
Division. “Modifying existing products, such as the N5700 Series, to meet LXI
Class C specifications is a major step toward providing a greater variety of
compliant instruments.”
Elgar achieved certification for two programmable DC power supply families: the
DCS Series and the DLM 600 Series. These product families include 41 models
ranging from 600 to 3,000-W maximum power and programmability of 0 to 5 V up to
0 to 600 V.
Bill Ruff, vice president of marketing at Elgar, added, “We believe LAN-based,
LXI-compliant interfaces represent the future of ATE instrumentation. Elgar is
pleased to be leading the industry in the delivery of LXI-compliant interfaces
and committed to extending this capability across all its major product
families. With the broad acceptance of LAN and the logical LXI enhancements for
instrumentation, we view this interface as the ideal choice for automated test
systems as well as key process-control applications worldwide.”
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies is a measurement company and a technology leader in
communications, electronics, life sciences, and chemical analysis. The company’s
20,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net
revenue of $5.1 billion in fiscal 2005. Information about Agilent is available
on the Web at www.agilent.com.
About Elgar Electronics
Elgar Electronics products are sold under the Elgar, Sorensen, and Power Ten
brands. The company’s technology plays a key role in industries such as
automotive, aerospace, medical, telecom, semiconductor, defense, and OEM
applications. Elgar’s range of products includes programmable AC and DC power
supplies and electronic loads. In addition, Elgar produces turnkey power systems
such as solar array and avionics bus simulators and certification tools. For
more information on Elgar, visit
www.elgar.com, e-mail an Elgar applications engineer at
sales@elgar.com, or call 800-733-5427.
About the LXI Consortium
LXI is the next-generation, LAN-based modular architecture standard for
automated test systems managed by the LXI Consortium, a not-for-profit
corporation comprised of leading test and measurement companies. The group’s
goals are to develop, support, and promote the LXI standard. LXI’s compact,
flexible package, high-speed I/O, and use of LAN meet the needs of
aerospace/defense engineers developing radar, electronic warfare, and satellite
and military communications systems and address a range of industrial and
commercial applications.
Additional information about the LXI Consortium’s product offerings, licensing,
specifications, and membership is available at
www.lxistandard.org.
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