Firewire: standard computer industry interconnect for test & measurement

Author

Atchison, Lee

Author_Institution

Div. of Meas. Syst., Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO, USA

Volume

14

Issue

8

fYear

1999

fDate

8/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

24

Abstract

Do you know what Firewire is? If not, you soon will, IEEE 1394, or Firewire, is an up-and-coming electronics industry standard that will soon be in wide use for interconnecting a massive variety of electronic equipment. It will be used for connecting CD-ROMs and scanners to computers, and it will be used for connecting VCRs, DVDs and satellite dishes to digital televisions. How does this affect Test & Measurement? This paper discusses Firewire, along with it´s lower-end companion, USE, and how they can and will be utilized in T&M applications to replace T&M specific technologies, such as IEEE 488, and MXI. The advantages-and disadvantages-of these new technologies are discussed along with what the Test & Measurement industry should do to support these new technologies.

Keywords

IEEE standards; peripheral interfaces; CD-ROMs; DVDs; Firewire; IEEE 1394; VCRs; digital televisions; satellite dishes; scanners; standard computer industry interconnect; test and measurement; universal serial bus; Computer industry; DVD; Electronic equipment; Electronics industry; Firewire; Joining processes; Measurement standards; Satellite broadcasting; Testing; Video recording;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.784045

Filename

784045