Software lets you automate test equipment, and if your software has a quality GUI (graphical user interface), test operators will be able to use it to test just about anything. Software not only lets ...

Embedding test and measurement instrumentation on chips is not new; it’s been going on for years. What is new is how these instruments can be deployed beyond their original, limited, chip-specific ...

National Instruments is proposing to create an “app store” of downloadable test instruments which could change to the way general purpose test instruments are used. “What if the user decided which IP ...

PXI, PXIe, and AXIe—from per-pin parametric measurement units (PMUs) to RF/microwave instruments—are making inroads in the semiconductor test space as vendors introduce modules suitable for IC test.