PXI Chassis & Controller

PXI chassis can accommodate plug-in modules according to the PXI/PXIe/cPCI standards. The basic device provides the supply, the ventilation and the bus for controlling the modules. PXI chassis differ in size and therefore in the number of slots available for compatible devices.

Either an external PC, which is connected to the chassis via a link connection, or an embedded controller in the form of a PXI plug-in module acts as the system controller.

For more information on the PXI standard, click here.

The PXI chassis of the PXC family are very space-saving, since the measurement instsruments are installed horizontally instead of vertically in contrast to the standard PXI chassis. Instead of the usual 4-6 U, only 1-2 U are required in the test system. Since the cooling of the modules is horizontal, no additional height clearances need to be taken into account during the integration, which leads to a significantly greater compactness.

An integrated trigger card is optionally available for the PXCe4006 6-slot chassis, which simplifies synchronization with external devices and does not require its own peripheral slot.

In addition to the PXI chassis, you will also find a high-performance 1-slot PXI embedded controller in the VX Instruments portfolio.