Descriptive development system for true instrument synthesis

Synthetic Instruments are software entities, but there has been little dedicated support for them in available software tools. We claim that given the proper tools, the tasks of specifying, synthesizing, operating and maintaining synthetic instruments are simpler than the same tasks performed with natural instruments. We have developed a comprehensive software environment focused specifically on synthetic instrument technology. This new system fully synthesizes instruments and it does so automatically. Every aspect of the instrument is synthesized: the User Interfaces, the upward Automated Test Equipment drivers, the data persistence in files or databases, the calibration strategy, the visualization, and, of course, the measurement itself. Using this new architecture, we can synthesize, simulate, and implement instruments, automatically without end user coding.