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August 2005 [Test & Measurement] Synthetic Instruments Tackle Military Testing Synthetic instruments (SI) promise a flexible, cost-effective future for military systems testing. These modular function blocks can be combined under the command of different software engines to perform all of the functions currently offered by traditional "rack-and-stack" test systems, but at a fraction of the cost and without the built-in obsolescence that plagues application-specific measurement solutions. Several new SI modules from Agilent Technologies (Santa Rosa, CA),... February 2005 [Test & Measurement] Surveying Synthetic Instruments For Defense Synthetic Instruments (SI) became an important issue for test-equipment suppliers as soon as the United States Department of Defense (DoD) announced the award of the ARGCS (Agile Rapid Global Combat Support) contract in September 2004. Although the ARGCS represents only a technology demonstration, it may well foretell the future of high-performance analog and microwave test equipment used in automatic test systems (ATS). What follows is a... |
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