Marlboro, Mass., − March 6, 2007 − Data Translation announces Measure Foundry® 5.0 offering open and complete support of all system standards including VISA and SCPI. Existing standard interfaces such as GPIB, USB, PCI, LXI, PXI/VXI, and RS-232 are supported. Users can now easily and quickly combine various test and measurement instruments to create bigger and more powerful applications without writing code.
According to Fred Molinari, President, Founder, and CEO of Data Translation, “Measure Foundry opens up the user to the vast world of instruments through complete accessibility and support of all standard instruments and existing Data Translation USB and PCI interfaces. This major new release of Measure Foundry provides the user with the power and flexibility of a programming language in an easy-to-use drag and drop graphical environment.”
Measure Foundry 5.0 is an open, powerful application builder for test and measurement systems. Measure Foundry 5.0 fulfills the promise of being able to build complex test and measurement applications without writing any code and opens up the user to the world of instruments through
graphical means.
Other new features available in Measure Foundry 5.0 include:
• A VISA Script Component to send SCPI commands to any instrument on your system.
• A Process Component that allows the creation of automated test sequences.
• Built-in text based language allows programming ability for all mathematical and other
requirements
• “One-Click” distribution to create Windows executables without programming.
• Enhanced inspector tool to view your entire application at a glance.
• Key software components such as real-time crash safe Disk Recorder, real-time Scope, real-time Chart Recorder, real-time Spectrum Analyzer
Price and Availability
Measure Foundry 5.0 is currently available in two versions:
Measure Foundry Base – A full-featured, powerful application builder that is the standard Measure Foundry. Existing industry interfaces are supported through SCPI commands via the VISA transport layer. Academic versions are available. Contact Data Translation for further details.
Measure Foundry Professional – All the power and flexibility of the Base version with the addition of a built-in installer for easy, royalty-free, one-click distribution of executables.
Prices start at $1,995. Measure Foundry 5.0 is available immediately.
Visit us at www.measurefoundry.com for more information.
About The Company
Data Translation Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes highly accurate data acquisition hardware and software products for PC based measurement systems including easy to use USB modules.
