LXI Consortium’s Beijing Meeting Draws Record Attendance
Consortium’s
First Asian General Meeting Shows Strong Interest Among Instrument Manufacturers
and System Integrators
DENVER, CO, July 9, 2007
The LXI Consortium announced a record attendance for its
general meeting in Beijing, China, June
19-21. More than 150 product developers and system integrators, nearly twice the
previous high for similar LXI events held on other continents, heard
presentations in two technical tracks: How To Develop LXI Products and How to
Implement LXI Technology. Presentation podcasts were captured and are available
for viewing on the LXI site at
www.lxistandard.org/about/events/. Member companies from around the world
also demonstrated the capabilities of their products at a mini trade show.
Commenting on the
attendance, Bob Stasonis, LXI Marketing Committee chair, said, “The large
turnout from product developers confirms that there is a great deal of interest
in LXI by test and measurement equipment manufacturers.”
Jianping
Cui, deputy publisher of the
Journal of Electronic Measurement and Instrument and a member of the China LXI Committee, supported this view. He noted that
many engineers are paying close attention to developments in LXI technology. He
stated that LXI is widely used in ATE systems today, and acceptance is
developing very quickly. He also indicated that hundreds of university
laboratories and thousands of researchers are working on and with LXI-related
products. He cited a number of opportunities for LXI in China and concluded that
LXI has a vital presence and a bright future in the country.
In a podcast from
the meeting, Bob Rennard, LXI Consortium president, stated that the consortium
chose to hold a general meeting in Beijing because China is an important center
of test and measurement technology in Asia. He described the benefits of LXI and
the consortium’s role in advancing the new standard.
Introduced in 2005, the LXI
standard has been rapidly adopted by 50 companies, representing a who’s who of
the test-and-measurement industry. They recognize LXI as the natural successor
to GPIB and that it is time for instruments to go beyond GPIB to make it easier
for test system designers and integrators to create faster, more efficient
systems.
About
LXI and the LXI Consortium
LXI is the LAN-based
successor to GPIB. The LXI standard goes beyond GPIB to provide
additional capabilities that reduce the time it takes to set up, configure, and
debug test systems. LXI also helps integrators leverage the time and effort
already invested in system software and architecture.
The standard is 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 flexible packaging, high-speed I/O, and prolific use of
LAN address a broad range of commercial, industrial, aerospace, and military
applications.
Additional information about LXI-compliant products as well
as licensing, specifications, and consortium membership is available at
www.lxistandard.org.
|