IVI driver development and services by Pacific MindWorks

Navigating the Landscape of IVI

This paper will begin with a comparison of IVI-COM and IVI-C technologies, from both a driver developer and an end user perspective. It will go on to demonstrate new technology that allows both IVI-COM and IVI-C drivers to be developed and deployed together in a single component. This technology offers compelling advantages in terms of development time and cost, as well as in long term driver maintenance, while simultaneously delivering to end users the advantages of both IVI-COM and IVI-C drivers.

Navigating the Landscape of IVI.zip

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Nimbus Introductory Presentation to IVI Foundation

This presentation given on July 22, 2002 gives a comprehensive overview of the Nimbus product and how it solves many IVI driver development challenges, including the handling of complex instruments like the PSA series spectrum analyzers from Agilent Technologies. The presentation initially discusses the lessons learned by Pacific MindWorks staffers in building real-world IVI drivers and then explains in detail how those experiences shaped the development of Nimbus.

nimbus_ivi_presentation.zip

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The Role of ActiveX and COM in ATE

COM technology has incredible potential for ATE. This paper focuses on ways that COM will be used to transform instrument driver technology, and on the resulting benefits for test systems in general. Runtime polymorphism supports syntactical interchangeability. The IVI Foundation is currently pursuing technologies that promise to deliver this level of interchangeability to the ATE market. COM will also provide natural solutions for driver deployment/integration, remote access, and a variety of other benefits as well. Ultimately, COM will be used "in the box" to combine the functionality of driver and firmware.

The Role of ActiveX and COM in ATE.zip