Wheelwright Enterprises

Electronic Test and Measurement

Musical Theater Productions

Services Offered:

LXI Compliance Testing. Information about the LXI Consortium is here. Results provided in .xml and pdf files. Testing is performed per the LXI test procedures.

LXI Core 2011: portable test system provided for on site testing. Access to the internet is required for IVI and LXI web site access.
LXI Extended Functions including an IEEE 1588 clock take more test time. Test clock is provided.
LXI Extended Function 'Hardware Trigger Bus' testing: Addional required test equipment must be supplied at the on site location (two prototypes and a dual channel oscilloscope).
Included with on site testing is testing of multiple products, consulting and re-testing (whatever can be done in the scheduled time) of devices that were found not to be compliant, other consulting relating to instrument design and development.

Electronic test instrument design consulting.

IEEE 488
SCPI command sets
Non ASCII command sets
LAN protocols
IVI driver design
Instrument architecture
Measurement throughput and speed optimization

Test system design and optimization consulting.

Experience:

35 years designing electronic test equipment for Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies - 5 patents.

Contact Information:

Lynn Wheelwright - Principle Consultant
Send me an email

Nominal Fee Schedule:

$ 2000 per day plus expenses for on site testing and consulting.
For instruments shipped to me (please include a return shipping voucher):

LXI Core 2011 -- $ 1000 per instrument.
If the instrument includes an IEEE1588 clock, the fee per instrument is $2000 because of the additional test time required.

Recently Published Papers

Autotestcon 2005: LXI IVI Programming Model for Synchronization and Triggering

Presentation slides for above paper - pdf file.
Received the 'Walter E. Peterson Award For Best Technical Paper'
Also published in the August 2006 issue of the IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine.

Autotestcon 2003: The Network Centric Test System

Presentation slides for above paper - pdf file.