Firewire: standard computer industry interconnect for test and measurement AutoTestCon ´98

Author

Atchison, Lee

Author_Institution

Div. of Meas. Syst., Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

24-27 Aug 1998

Firstpage

272

Lastpage

275

Abstract

Do you know what Firewire is? If not, you soon will. IEEE 1394, or Firewire, is an up-and-coming electronics industry standard that will soon be in wide use for interconnecting a massive variety of electronic equipment. It will be used for connecting CD-ROMs and scanners to computers, and it will be used for connecting VCRs, DVDs and satellite dishes to digital televisions. How does this affect Test & Measurements? This paper discusses Firewire, along with it´s lower-end companion, USE, and how they can be and are being utilized in T&M applications to replace T&M specific technologies, such as IEEE 488, and MXI. The advantages-and disadvantages-of these new technologies are discussed along with what the Test & Measurement industry should do to support these new technologies

Keywords

IEEE standards; automatic test equipment; peripheral interfaces; Firewire; IEEE 1394; IEEE 488 replacement; MXI replacement; electronics industry standard; high-speed peripherals; standard computer industry interconnect; test and measurement; universal serial bus; Computer industry; DVD; Digital TV; Electronic equipment; Electronics industry; Firewire; Joining processes; Satellite broadcasting; Testing; Video recording;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON '98. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference., 1998 IEEE

Conference_Location

Salt Lake City, UT

ISSN

1088-7725

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4420-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.1998.713456

Filename

713456