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Definition:
Software that runs on general purpose, non-specific measurement hardware with a high speed A/D or D/A converter at its core.

They are like ordinary instruments, in that they are specific to a particular measurement or test. They might be a voltmeter that measures voltage, or a spectrum analyzer that measures spectra. The difference is that Synthetic Instruments are implemented purely in software that runs on general purpose, non-specific measurement hardware with a high speed A/D or D/A converter at its core. In a Synthetic Instrument, the software is specific; the hardware is generic.

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Synthetic Instruments Concepts and ApplicationsSynthetic Instruments are implemented purely in software that runs on general purpose, non-specific measurement hardware with a high speed A/D or D/A converter at its core.
Using Synthetic Instruments In Your Test SystemAgilent
The hardware gets softer Test & Measurement World -- 07/01/2003Chris Nadovich of Julia Thomas Associates (www.jtan.com), one of the chief proponents of this approach, called the innovation "the most significant advance in electronic test and measurement since the introduction of ATE."
Wikipedia: Synthetic Instrument
Test's promised land? Test & Measurement World -- 03/01/2004Article about Synthetic Instruments


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