The Power and
Flexibility of Software Centric Instruments
As the power of reconfigurable and embedded devices
increases, we find ourselves with the ability to design, simulate, analyze, and
even emulate more complex devices with application-specific embedded processors.
From the Software centric instrument point of view, the process of measurement
has been reduced only to signal excitation, capturing, conditioning,
processing, and output display.
The
instrument market is fragmented because instruments are specialized in hardware
to serve thousands of slightly divergent test applications. In fact, the
traditional classification of measurement instruments (such as Voltmeter, Frequency
Counter, Function Generator, Oscilloscope, FFT analyzer, Power Supply, etc) has
now become a single unit with software interactivity.
In present
scenario the concept of circuit design has been switched from discrete design
to system on chip i.e. SOC type design. Firstly today’s IC is software
configurable and for that user has to use software interface using PC / laptop.
So computer is the necessity for engineers in all domains (basic electronics,
VLSI, Embedded, DSP, Instrumentation, etc.). Secondly traditional TMI is the basic need for
the design engineers.
In the
modern world, PC based muti-instrument is the ultimate solution for design
engineers. As it is space saving, allows faster testing time, faster
troubleshooting, multiple large and simultaneous windows, and large storage of
waveforms on PC, sharing waveform data via server/ internet, different TMI
capabilities as per specifications etc.
Scientech
DesignLab is an ideal Real-time
Software Centric Instrument. It includes Digital Storage Oscilloscope, Mixed
Signal Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer, Synthesized Function Generator, Pattern /
Word Generator, Programmable Clock and Variable Power Supply for every design
engineer. Convert your laptop /desktop into multi-instrument using interactive
software and use all instrument simultaneously.
