It is good to be back with our thoughts on the art and Science of visioning new architecture for the T&M industry and its markets.One of the thing being thought up is by replacing all the existing boxes and applications by PXI based modules.This itself is quite a big breakthru in a country which has very old legacy of portable installed bases.PXI internationally has been accepted in last decade or so very well and holds out promise for newer Product/Applications.The physical frame and the connectors etc are also standardised.In fact , going by todays stat the VXI seems to be yielding the space to PXI. The application layer is also expanding and standard datasheeted products are regularly hitting the market. But can it be, Should it be the prima facie architecture of choice,in India, for a lrge unwieldy and Government dominated installed base of India?
Another associated question is Should there be a new architecture ,or ANY architecture at all? Why not first try to look from the " Need behind the Need " angle? By this phrase I mean Why the instrument is needed and need to measure the parameters -like some conformance to the testing standard,or some other regulatory imposition on the applications? If we isolate all the "soft" and "hard" part from the boxes we can get the basis of practically virtualising the T&M box instrument and automating the test process,if needed externally.
What else can be the alternative architecture? Can the newer standards getting announced be applied to Indian conditions? Or should we think of absolutely brand new approach? We will discover more in our future posts,because this is critical from the growth of the market here.Watch this space!
Another associated question is Should there be a new architecture ,or ANY architecture at all? Why not first try to look from the " Need behind the Need " angle? By this phrase I mean Why the instrument is needed and need to measure the parameters -like some conformance to the testing standard,or some other regulatory imposition on the applications? If we isolate all the "soft" and "hard" part from the boxes we can get the basis of practically virtualising the T&M box instrument and automating the test process,if needed externally.
What else can be the alternative architecture? Can the newer standards getting announced be applied to Indian conditions? Or should we think of absolutely brand new approach? We will discover more in our future posts,because this is critical from the growth of the market here.Watch this space!
