Albuquerque, N.M.—ZTEC Instruments is providing IVI-C drivers for its ZT530 series of PCI, PXI and VXI function generators/arbitrary waveform generators.

For more on the ZT530 series, click here.

The IVI-C driver architecture is defined by the Interchangeable Virtual Instruments (IVI) Foundation and is supported and used by instrumentation manufacturers and end users around the world.

The ZT530 series IVI-C driver complies with the IviFgen specification, including the IviFgenBase Capability Group and the following extensions: StdFunc, ArbWfm, ArbFrequency, Trigger, SoftwareTrigger, and ZtecExtensions.

In addition to IVI-C, ZTEC also offers ZT530 drivers that provide hooks into key programming environments such as: C, LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, COM, Visual Studio and others.

The ZWave soft front panel (SFP) application has also been improved and updated. The GUI enables complete instrument control via a Windows PC (Windows 2000/XP/Vista) or a workstation running Linux 2.6.x. ZWave's operation is similar to a benchtop function generator.

ZTEC Instruments Inc., 1-505-342-0132, www.ztecinstruments.com