VXI Calibration Service

At RCL, we have recognized the increasing demand for the calibration of VXI cards and are now able to offer a comprehensive service for VXI test equipment.

VXI stands for VME eXtensions for Instrumentation. It is the standard bus for high performance instrumentation used for test systems, laboratory automation, and industrial control applications.

 

	VXI plug&play is a term indicating conformance to a new set of system-level standards, produced by the VXI-plug&play Systems Alliance. The goal of the Alliance is to achieve interoperability of mainframes, computers, instruments, and software through open, multi-vendor standards and practices. A key element our clients have outlined is the need for fast turnarounds. Many VXI systems provide constant analysis and testing around the clock. As a result, we are able to offer a turn-around time of 48 hours for calibration, providing the instruments have been pre-booked.
	It was essentially felt that there was a need to develop a standard that would be: • Capable of handling demanding electronic test problems • Open to all • Modules would be interoperable • Reduce size of current instrumentation systems • Increase the speed of ATE systems
In early April, 2000 RCL won a contract to calibrate 270 VXI cards from the Ministry of Defence. The contract was made up of Hewlett Packard Power Meters, Wavetek 6½-digit Digital Multimeters and Waveform Generators, Racal Counter Timers and Boonton Modulation Meters. VXI instrumentation is now part of our regular work load.