Modular instruments started as proprietary products, leading to the problem of test engineers being locked into a single company's architecture. In 1987, the VXI bus (VME eXtensions for ...

Yes, it’s that time of the year when pundits place their bets on what will be the key events in each of their industries. I made 10 predictions about modular instruments for 2012, and graded myself ...

Reliability testing has long served as a method of ensuring that semiconductor devices maintain their desired performance over a given lifetime. As IC manufacturers continue to introduce new and ...

With each passing year, modular instruments gain ever-more capabilities that were once only possible with benchtop instruments. Assembling a complete test system once required a rack-mount enclosure ...