LXI-Equipped Products Achieve $200 Million in Annual Sales in Two Years
NIWOT, CO, September 17, 2007
The LXI
Consortium announced that a survey of its member manufacturers shows that annual
sales of LXIequipped test and measurement equipment now exceeds $200 million.
This represents the fastest ramp-up in sales of any communications standard in
the history of the test industry, according to LXI Consortium officials. This
announcement is being made at the AUTOTESTCON 2007 trade show, the same show at
which the LXI Standard was introduced just two years ago.
"The LXI
Consortium is justifiably proud of the success this new standard is enjoying,"
said Bob Rennard, LXI Consortium president. "To achieve this in two years is in
vivid contrast to other instrumentation protocols that have taken many years to
achieve the same level."
In addition, the c-onsortium announced that there are more
than 419 LXI-equipped products, including switching subsystems, spectrum
analyzers, multifunction mainframes, digital multimeters, signal generators,
signal analyzers, power supplies, power analyzers, waveform generators,
oscilloscopes, and digitizers from manufacturers as Agilent Technologies,
Xantrex/Elgar, Keithley Instruments, Pickering Interfaces, Rohde & Schwarz, and
VXI Technology.
For a representative list of LXI-equipped products, visit
www.lxistandard.org/applications/products/
Introduced in 2005, the LXI Standard has been rapidly adopted by 48 companies,
representing a who's who of the test-and-measurement industry. They recognize
LXI as the natural successor to GPIB and 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. To date, more than 419 products have been
certified as being compliant with the LXI Specification.
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 |