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    Enhancing Automotive Electronic T est with LXI[...]

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    Enter L AN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI), an architecture for next- generation test systems based on pro ven, widel y used st andards such as Ether net. Combined with t he time-tested principles of pro viding just enough cooling, po wer , shielding and physical size to pro vide superb mea- surements in modular and traditional form factors, L[...]

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    Many of these systems are created with VXI- or PXI- based hardware and controlled with eit her an embedded PC or standalone PC connect ed through an inter face card and cable. LXI solv es four k ey prob- lems dev elopers would typicall y face under these met hods: • Interface: Rather t han an MXI or GPIB inter face, LXI uses Ether net, eliminatin[...]

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    3. Cost Minimizing the ov erall cost of test requires fast, reliable te sting at as low a price as pos- sible. Some trade publications hav e suggested t hat functional test adds no value: At this late stage, most manufacturers have inspected incoming par ts, per - formed X-ra y inspection and completed in-circuit test. While these steps do impro ve[...]

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    5. Longevity Figure 3 pro vides a compari- son of various inter faces o ver the past 30-plus years. Most notew or thy is the continuous impr ov ement in L AN perfor - mance while maintaining backward com patibility , sug- gesting that it will continue as a dominant for ce in the computer industr y f or a long time to come. Extensions designed into [...]

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    6 7. Rack space An LXI-based functional test system could be assembled in a rack as small as 750 mm tall (Figure 5). This space ef ficiency is due in part t o LXI-based devices such as an eight-slot switch/measure unit wit h a built-in DMM (second position in rack) and a 1U modular po wer system (lo west position in rack). T o achieve maximum densi[...]

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    7 The ability to put t he stimulus and measurement instruments where they are needed — with minimal or no cabling back to the core of t he system — is a feature unique to LXI. Modules such as the A gilent L4400A series are designed for this type of remote or distributed application (Figure 6). Another fact or that fav ors LXI is remote debuggin[...]

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