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For the very latest specifications visit www.aeroflex.com PXI Studio Application software for advanced RF digital communications test Vector Signal Generator and Vector Signal Analyzer /Spectrum Analyzer application software with options for wireless data and cellular standards: • GSM/EDGE • UMTS/HSUPA • LTE (FDD) • CDMA2000 and 1xEV-DO Rev A • WiMAX • WLAN • Bluetooth (+ EDR) Ideal for production, R&D and test system engineering applications using Aeroflex 3000 Series PXI modular RF instruments. INTRODUCTION PXI Studio is a WindowsTM software application for use with the Aeroflex 3000 Series. This highly flexible application allows you to simultaneously generate and characterize complex modulated RF signals. Measurement tools enable difficult problems to be tracked down quickly and help simplify design proving or test system development. PXI Studio installed in a PC and connected with your PXI hardware modules forms a tightly coupled high performance laboratory test instrument. PXI Studio presents a single integrated graphical user interface to control multiple configurations of Aeroflex PXI 3000 Series modules. As standard it provides Signal Generator and/or RF Digitizer control with general purpose spectrum or time domain analysis for RF component testing or alignment of radio communications transceivers. Optional measurement plug-ins extend measurement support to cater for a wide variety of communication standards within the same application framework making the test solution extremely versatile. In each case the plug-in extends the capabilities to provide power, spectrum and modulation analysis with results displayed in user configurable tiles. A variety of trace displays are provided as appropriate to the communication standard each permitting close examination of underlying problems beyond the scope of traditional measurement instruments. When used synchronously with complex signal generation, stimulus and response component measurements or complete transceiver characterization can be accomplished with ease. All measurement processing is performed within the host PC. Performance is therefore directly enhanced as PC processing power improves and thereby prolongs the productive life of the system. PXI Studio plug-ins each have an associated remote programming interface (.dll with .net assemblies) for use in a wide variety of application development environments such as National Instruments LabView/LabWindows CVI/Test Stand, Microsoft Visual Studio and Visual Basic. In addition, each measurement suite provides hardware independent low-level function libraries enabling more experienced programmers the option to maximize test system flexibility by coding PXI hardware control and measurement functions independently.