With more LXI hardware coming to market and engineers taking a closer look at this technology, questions from developers and system integrators also involve software issues: What tools are available ...
The SCPI (Standards Command for Programmable Instruments) protocol is exceptionally popular in lab and workspace tools, letting you configure and fetch data from oscilloscopes and lab scales alike in ...
If you've ever replaced an instrument in a test rack with a new or competitive model, you've probably run into programming problems caused by differences in command sets. Similarly, if you've ever ...
La Center, WA. Signal Hound, a developer of RF test and measurement equipment, has announced the addition of SCPI compatibility for its spectrum analyzers via its Spike software. Spike provides ...
A version of this article also appeared in the May 2012 issue of Test & Measurement World. See the PDF. Test engineers have used open standard interfaces since1975, when the IEEE approved IEEE 488, ...