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One-stop RF/Microwave Resource Center
The best-in-class sourcing database is the only knowledge base of its kind in
the world. VTIs relationships with leading component suppliers coupled with the
extensive experience of our engineering staff allows customers to:
- Select from an extensive library of components
- Download data sheets and compare specs
- Access to 100’s of technical notes
- Utilize engineering charts and calculators
To begin the process, choose a component type and refine your search based on a
variety of criteria.
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Compare component specs
Search and select from a comprehensive list of components and save it to your
configuration database. Links to data sheets allow for quick comparison of
products. Don’t see a component? Add it to the list through the click of a
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Create a configuration cart and upload it to your RF assembly
Once all the components have been added to the configuration cart, view the
component list online, and save it to a file that can be retrieved at a later
time for editing or sharing with other project engineers.
Through the click of a button, convert the configuration cart into a device
configuration file that can be directly uploaded to any EX7000 family product.
The EX7000 product will then have knowledge of all the components specific to
this design
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Customize the product for your application
Import the configuration file into the EX7000 device configuration editor and
assign logical names to the inputs and outputs to the box, and define the
component interconnect (i.e the wiring diagram) which will facilitate end-end
path level programming.
Each relay control line is automatically assigned to drive lines on the EX7000.
If the default assignments differ from the intended design implementation, they
can be quickly reassigned through this utility.
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Automatically Generate a GUI
Once an EX7000 configuration file has been uploaded to an EX7000 series product,
the device can be immediately monitored and controlled using a powerful soft
front panel. The soft front panel will reflect the components that have been
entered in the configuration file, including logical names and the paths that
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Automatically Generate a BOM
Use the EX7000 device configurator editor to generate a BOM specific to the
application. The BOM is created as a .csv file that can be easily modified.
EX7000 series products have on-board storage space for BOMs and other documents
such as users manuals and wirelists that can allow the system to be maintained
from anywhere in the world.
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Develop Code using IVI path-level Programming
The EX7000 family is LXI Class A compliant, and as such it is delivered with a
driver that conforms to the IVI industry-standard specifications. The IVI API
provides path-level programming where end points are ‘connected’ as opposed to
traditional programming calls where multiple individual relay coils are closed
to form a path.
The device configuration file created by the EX7000 configuration editor
provides the basis for path-level programming and application code can be
written using the end points (inputs/outputs) defined through the editor. In
addition to path-level programming, the EX7000 drivers provide:
- Exclude Lists which prevent undesirable simultaneous connections (prevent source
to ground or source to source)
- Relay Odometers that track relay closures and assist in preventative maintenance
- Configuration tables that allow for the definition of power-on and reset states,
as well as common setup states
- Scan Lists which remove the burden of managing and synchronizing the sequencing
of switch states from the host controller in order to speed up test execution
EX7000 drivers can be used in virtually any application environment, as well as
in Windows and Linux operating systems.
