While PXI is primarily aimed at manufacturing test applications, and indeed the platform is well suited for many automated/industrial requirements, we at Gage will also be taking PXI/CompactPCI systems to our traditional customer base of R&D engineers and scientists. We expect ultrasonic (be it NDT, medical imaging, or others) and SONAR/RADAR/LIDAR applications to be well served by PXI/CompactPCI solutions, integrating Gage digitizers. The communications industry, already using PXI/CompactPCI on assembly lines and in field test (and CompactPCI in its infrastructure), is starting to use such systems for development. And we clearly see the military (particularly the aerospace sector) fast coming on board with both deployed systems in the field, as well as design and development units in the lab. Of course, many customers will be hesitant to use a new platform. The small but real price advantages over other platforms is often not enough to win the customer over. But the market is realizing that the ruggedness, stability, and versatility of PXI/CompactPCI-based solutions are ideal for the changing requirements of fast-paced, innovative companies. PXI offers the flexibility of PCI within an industrial-strength platform. Combined with our top performance digitizers, which are themselves flexible and multi-purpose instrument building blocks, our customers will be well equipped to tackle their current and future challenges.
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