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Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, has announced Test System Architect, a free online graphical toolset designed to simplify signal path design for electronic test systems, allowing engineers to design, configure, and visualize complete test architectures before deployment.

Reflecting on 2025, Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching & simulation solutions for use in electronic test & verification, has highlighted 12 months of notable product introductions and company milestones— as well as looking ahead to continued success and progress in 2026. 2025 was a year marked by both challenges and opportunities, as uncertain global economic and trading conditions continued. Pickering focused on serving its customers by investing in new products, its global engineering teams, and enhanced customer support worldwide.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, has announced a new compact 12-slot LXI/USB modular chassis: the 60-107-001. The highest PXI slot density chassis for PXI and PXIe modules, it provides 12 hybrid-compatible slots in a 2U form factor, and can be controlled via either USB or LXI (Ethernet)—eliminating the need for a dedicated PXI controller or embedded PC. The USB-compatible and LXI-compliant interfaces enable the chassis to be controlled directly through standard interfaces commonly found on most PCs, providing a very cost-effective route into modular test and measurement applications.

Pickering Interfaces the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, has announced a major new addition to its extensive range of PXI FIU (fault insertion unit) switch modules: available in a compact single-slot form factor, models

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, has announced a major new addition to its range of PXI battery simulator modules: available in a compact single-slot form factor, models 41-754 (PXI) and 43-754 (PXIe) are 2- or 4-channel battery simulators, capable of supplying up to 8 volts and 5 Amps per channel. The channels are fully isolated from ground and from each other, allowing series connection to simulate batteries in a stacked architecture.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, has announced a major expansion to its range of standard COTS LXI microwave switching solutions. Debuting at European Microwave Week (EuMW) in The Netherlands from September 23-25, the five new RFIU families provide the building blocks required to address a vast number of demanding RF testing applications.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, has announced a new family of high voltage programmable resistor modules in a compact single-slot PXI and PXIe form factor, model 40-230 (PXI) and 42-230 (PXIe), providing a simple solution for applications requiring voltage handling up to 1.2kV. Part of Pickering’s expanding range of programmable resistor modules, the new module is available in 70 standard builds, including four single-channel builds that offer a wide variety of resistance ranges and resolution capabilities, playing a pivotal role in simulating real-world resistive loads and fault conditions for high-voltage DUTs (devices-under-test) across automotive, aerospace, and energy sectors.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, has today announced the expansion of its 41-670 (PXI) and 43-670 (PXIe) LVDT, RVDT and resolver simulator modules to include high-speed resolver simulation up to 130kRPM rotation, addressing the growing need for precise and reliable testing of advanced servo systems in critical industries such as automotive, aerospace, and defense.

electronica 2024, Messe München, Munich, Germany, November 12-15, Booth #A3.240 - Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching & simulation solutions for use in electronic test & verification, has today announced its next-generation single-slot PXIe embedded controller (model 43-920-002) – the most compact and powerful 3U one-slot embedded controller available for the PXI Express platform. Debuting at electronica, the world’s leading trade fair for the electronics industry, the new module builds on Pickering’s existing controller offering.

European Microwave Week 2024 exhibition, Paris Convention Centre, Paris Expo Porte De Versailles, September 24-26, Booth #142C - Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, announced today that its Microwave Switch Design Tool – a free online tool for configuring application-specific PXI and LXI RF & microwave switching subsystems with just a few clicks – has been updated to include schematic design and simulation capabilities. Debuting at EuMW (European Microwave Week) 2024, the latest iteration of this web-based tool accelerates the design to production process – from block diagram to mechanical layout – and minimizes risk by enabling you to design your own custom RF switching subsystem with an immediate visual indication of electrical performance.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, has announced a new family of PXI and PXIe programmable resistor modules, its first that can handle up to 2A and 200V (or as limited by max power). Part of the company’s expanding range of medium to high power resistor modules, these PXI (model 40-254) and PXIe (model 42-254) products follow on from the 2.5 W (model 40-251), 5 W (model 40-252), and 10 W (model 40-253), providing a compact, simple solution for applications requiring 1 or 2 resistance channels, with up to 15 W of power handling capability per channel. The 42-254 range is also the first medium power module available in PXIe format.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, today announced a family of low leakage switching solutions targeting very low current driven-guard measurements in semiconductor parametric test applications such as WAT (wafer acceptance testing). The cross-platform products include PXI, PXIe and LXI versions and are based on the switched guard design principle, with the overall designs assuring isolation resistances of up to 1013Ω.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading provider of modular signal switching and simulation products for electronic test and verification, has announced four new industrial digital I/O families for PXI- and LXI-based systems. Expanding the company’s range of industrial digital input and output modules, these four families deliver higher density, expanded voltage and current ranges, and programmable logic levels – all in both PXI and PXIe form factors. With these additions, Pickering now has the industry's largest and most comprehensive portfolio of PXI and PXIe digital I/O modules.

In 2024, Pickering Interfaces, the leading provider of modular signal switching and sensor simulation products for electronic test and verification, is celebrating 25 years of supporting PXI (PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation), the scalable, high-performance modular instrumentation standard first introduced in 1997.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading provider of modular signal switching and simulation products for electronic test and verification, has announced a new family of high channel count PXI and PXIe microwave multiplexer (MUX) modules. Expanding Pickering’s range of RF and microwave switching, the 40/42-788 family is based on industry-leading, superior-quality Radiall mechanical microwave switches, with bandwidth options from 8GHz to 40GHz. Versatile switching configurations are available with single or dual SP8T, SP10T or SP12T multiplexers, suitable for constructing complex microwave switching networks.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading provider of modular signal switching and simulation products for electronic test and verification, has announced a new family of high-density PXI and PXIe multiplexer (MUX) modules for high voltage applications. Expanding Pickering’s range of high-voltage switching, the 40-321-1xx (PXI) and 42-321-1xx (PXIe) are 1- or 2-pole multiplexers available with various bank quantities and channel counts. They are capable of hot or cold switching up to 1000 VDC or 1000 VAC peak and use high-quality reed relays throughout the range.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching & simulation solutions for use in electronic test & verification, today announced its new 40/42-890 family of modular, flexible PXI/PXIe microwave switches, bringing highly configurable RF switching solutions up to 110GHz to the PXI platform. Debuting at AUTOTESTCON, this new range will support the latest and most demanding RF and communications test requirements as operating frequencies continue to evolve to ever higher levels.

Pickering Interfaces announced its Microwave Switch Design Tool, a new free online tool for configuring flexible LXI microwave switching products. The dedicated tool will simplify the configuration of custom LXI RF & microwave switching systems, helping bring powerful, flexible microwave design functionality to customers building systems for signal routing applications across 5G, wireless & telecommunications, semiconductor, medical, and aerospace and defense.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching & simulation solutions for use in electronic test & verification, today announced a new range of PXI/PXIe microwave relay modules capable of switching the 110 GHz signals associated with demanding RF & communications applications, including emerging technologies such as automotive radar. Launching at IMS, this extension to Pickering’s family of terminated SPDT microwave switches is the first to be offered in 110 GHz, delivering the highest RF switching performance available within a Pickering switching system. As operating frequencies evolve to ever higher levels, more of Pickering’s RF & microwave switching solutions will support 110 GHz to address the latest RF testing requirements.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching & simulation solutions for use in electronic test & verification, today announced a new range of PXI/PXIe microwave relay modules capable of switching the 110 GHz signals associated with demanding RF & communications applications, including emerging technologies such as automotive radar. Launching at IMS, this extension to Pickering’s family of terminated SPDT microwave switches is the first to be offered in 110 GHz, delivering the highest RF switching performance available within a Pickering switching system. As operating frequencies evolve to ever higher levels, more of Pickering’s RF & microwave switching solutions will support 110 GHz to address the latest RF testing requirements.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching & simulation solutions for use in electronic test & verification, today announced the latest version in its 41/43-752A range of battery simulator modules. Ideal for EV battery stack emulation in BMS test applications, the 41/43-752A-111’s increased voltage isolation (now 1000V) will be essential as the EV industry shifts from 400V to 800V architectures.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, today introduced new models in its range of space-saving, versatile optical switches with the launch of the 65-280 (matrix) and 65-281 (multiplexer) plug-ins for the LXI 65-200 platform. The 65-28x plug-ins feature a range of high-density configurations up to 16x16 (matrix) and 32:1 (multiplexer) for a single plug-in. The new topologies fit well with the LXI platform, as its larger real estate permits up to six plug-ins in a single 2U 65-200 chassis.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, today launched its model 42-926-001 18-slot PXIe chassis, which offers Gen2 performance, is higher spec’d than competing models, with double the PXISA cooling spec per slot and more power to the backplane, and is available on shorter lead-times at a lower cost.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, has launched new ranges of switching test modules that deliver high performance up to 9 kV. Their 4x-323 PXI range and 65-23x LXI range are available in various topologies such as multiplexers and smaller ‘building block’ uncommitted SPST switches, enabling complex test setups to be implemented. Hardware interlock is provided on all models in addition to loop-thru ports on multiplexer and matrix products to facilitate simple expansion.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, today announces a significant upgrade to its Cable Design Tool (CDT). Pickering introduced the CDT six years ago to make it easier and faster for test engineers to select and create the interconnect solutions for their test systems. The latest version features a similar look and feel to the original but has many new features based on user feedback.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, has augmented its 4x-785C range of SP4T & SP6T microwave multiplexers with the addition of 67 GHz terminated SP4T / SP6T modules to support the latest requirements of the 5G and semiconductor test sectors. The 40-785C (PXI) and 42-785C (PXIe) modules feature internal relay terminations that can improve signal integrity. Devices feature panel and remote mount options that enable users to locate the switches at the most convenient location for their application; remote mount options occupy a single chassis slot but can control up to three switches, saving space.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, has added new models to its high-density precision resistor module family, improving sensor simulation accuracy. The updated 40-297A (PXI) and the new 42-297A (PXIe) modules are now available with additional resolutions - 0.125Ω, 0.25 Ω, 0.5Ω, 1Ω, 2Ω, 4Ω and 8Ω - extending the resistance range to 85.3MΩ on a single 6-channel module. The setting accuracy is now +/-0.1% +/-resolution (was +/-0.2% +/-resolution). These additional models allow our simulation products to address even more applications than before.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for electronic test and verification, has introduced new integrated PXI RF matrix modules with a 32x8 topology — representing a 33% increase in matrix density per chassis slot. The new compact-footprint 40-724 PXI & 42-724 PXIe modules provide high performance with a usable bandwidth of 300 MHz for non-loop-thru models.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for electronic test and verification, is now an OpenTAP partner. Pickering joins other notable test companies in the open source, shared software workshop that enables users to contribute, collaborate and create automated test solutions.

Pickering Interfaces, the leading supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for use in electronic test and verification, today launched the 65-218, a 50x4, 1-pole LXI matrix plug-in modules. Used in conjunction with the 65-200-002 LXI modular chassis, these modules are part of a scalable, high voltage matrix platform that enables the construction of matrices of up to 300x4 in steps of 50x4. Available in two variants that are capable of delivering cold switching to 400 VDC or 750VDC (1kV pulse) up to 1A (switching) or 2A (carrying), the single-pole matrix modules use high-quality electromechanical relays offering a long service life.