AdvancedTCA Extensions for Instrumentation and Test (AXIe) is a new modular instrumentation standard created by its three founding members:

• Aeroflex Inc
• Agilent Technologies
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• Test Evolution Corporation (Note as of June 30 2009 Aeroflex has a controlling shareholding in Test Evolution Inc http://www.aeroflex.com/images/Form_10-Q_6-30-09.pdf)

AXIe is an open standard based on AdvancedTCA (ATCA) that is targeted to general-purpose instrumentation and semiconductor test. AXIe leverages existing standards from AdvancedTCA, PXI

PXI

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, LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI), and IVI.

AXIe was formally launched on 10 November 2009. http://www.axiestandard.org/images/Aeroflex_Agilent_and_Test_Evolution_Propose_New_AXIe_Test_Standard_091110a.pdf http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221601038 http://www.evaluationengineering.com/NewsItem.aspx?id=2590.

Additional members joining the AXIe Consortium subsequent to formation: Guzik Technical Enterprises (Dec 2009), Giga-tronics (Jan 2010) http://www.axiestandard.org/members.html

External links

• An overview presentation of AXIe
• AXIe Consortium website
• Aeroflex website
• Agilent website
• Test Evolution website