Agilent Technologies Selects Pacific MindWorks Nimbus Driver Studio to Accelerate Development of IVI Drivers
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PALO ALTO, Calif., July 11, 2006 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that it has chosen the Pacific MindWorks Nimbus Driver Studio to develop instrument drivers compliant with the Interchangeable Virtual Instrument (IVI) standard. Agilent selected the Nimbus tool because it enables greater efficiency in the development of IVI-compliant drivers, which translates to faster development cycles.
"Our developers can now spend more time focused on designing and implementing instrument functionality because the Nimbus Driver Studio handles the IVI conformance details," said Mark Pierpoint, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Technology and Services Organization. "Easier creation of conforming drivers is also important when developing LXI-compliant devices because the LXI Standard requires IVI drivers as its programming interface."
Agilent's new instruments exceed LXI Standard requirements by providing both IVI-COM and IVI-C drivers. Many of these drivers were created with the Nimbus tool, and many more are in development.
Similar to the use of printer drivers to ease the connection of peripherals to a PC, instrument drivers simplify instrument connectivity to PC-based test systems. By simplifying instrument interchange over the life of a test system, IVI drivers can help reduce the cost of initial software development and future software maintenance.
IVI drivers are also part of Agilent Open, which streamlines system development through system-ready instrumentation, PC-standard connectivity and open software tools. By supporting IVI drivers, Agilent Open enables programmers to use virtually any popular application-development environment -- graphical or text-based -- when creating test systems.
About Pacific MindWorks
Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Pacific MindWorks was founded by a veteran team of engineers who wanted to apply the latest software technologies to the test-and-measurement industry. Equipped with a combination of leading software expertise and solid electronics knowledge, Pacific MindWorks is uniquely positioned to deliver software products and services to the industry. Information about the company is available on the Web at www.pacificmindworks.com.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 20,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $5.1 billion in fiscal 2005. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.
Janet Smith, for Agilent Technologies
+1 970 679 5397
janet_smith@agilent.com
Kirk Fertitta, for Pacific MindWorks
+1 858 587 8876, extension 237
kirk@pacificmindworks.com
