Tracking IVI Standards
Since before the IVI Foundation's public inception, Pacific MindWorks' team members
have not only been participating in the standardization efforts - we have been helping
drive the standards themselves. Our company often lead the way in creating and refining
the IVI-COM standards, and we are now on the front lines of the new IVI.NET Working
Group and the IVI Web Services Working Group. With a perennial seat on the IVI Foundation
Board of Directors, our commitment to IVI is ongoing, and it remains the principal
focus of our company.
C++ and COM Developers
While IVI reaps numerous benefits to the end user, it imposes new demands on driver
developers, requiring proficiency in numerous disciplines. Developers must be well
versed and experienced in C++ programming and COM technology to develop fully compliant
IVI-COM drivers. With years of real-world C++ and COM experience and pioneering
.NET development expertise, the team at Pacific MindWorks is uniquely equipped to
help you meet the challenges of IVI.
Parallel Development
It has become the nature of our business that IVI drivers must be developed concurrently
with the instrument they will control. This means that both the driver development
team and the driver development tool must be able to adapt effectively and efficiently
to frequent and ongoing design changes and requirement updates. Dealing with incomplete
instrument designs and buggy firmware can be disruptive and frustrating to all but
the most hardened and battle-tested driver developers; yet, it is crucial to a project's
success. At Pacific MindWorks, we do this every single day on virtually every driver
we develop, and with our Nimbus product in our arsenal, we can do it for you too.
Government Contract Requirements
As IVI gains traction in an ever-growing number of markets, the United States government,
and the U.S. military in particular, are taking an growing interest in the IVI standards.
Today, many government contracts are being issued with hard requirements for IVI
drivers. With an unrivaled knowledge of the IVI specifications and unmatched experience
in IVI driver development, Pacific MindWorks can help you meet even the most stringent
government requirements.
Drivers as Products
Some people think of the instrument driver as an afterthought. At Pacific MindWorks,
we believe drivers are products, and as such, we ensure that the drivers we develop
meet the same exacting standards as our own Nimbus product line. Considering that
an IVI driver is often the primary mechanism through which a customer interacts
with a $50,000 spectrum analyzer, you can see that our "drivers are products" mentality
is well placed.