Pickering Interfaces

Pickering Interfaces Ltd.
Company type	Private Company
Industry	Switching Product
Founded	1988; 36 years ago
Headquarters	United Kingdom Clacton-On-Sea
Area served	UK; United States; China; Europe
Products	PCI; PXI; LXI
Website	pickeringtest.com

Pickering Interfaces is a test and measurement company headquartered in Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom. Pickering designs, manufactures and markets a range of switching, simulation and cabling products in the LXI, PXI, and PCI platforms. These products are sold into the functional test, hardware-in-the-loop simulation (HILS) and design verifications markets.

Pickering is a privately owned company with design and manufacturing facilities in Clacton-on-Sea, UK and Trinec in the Czech Republic, together with additional company operated direct sales and support operations in the USA, Germany, France, Sweden and China.

Company history

1968 - Pickering Electronics[1] company formed to design and manufacture high reliability reed relays for the new Automatic Test Equipment market.
1988 - Pickering Interfaces formed as a sister company and launches its first product an IEEE-488 controlled modular switching system, System 10, in the 3U modular format.
1990 - High performance IEEE-488 switching solution, System 20, launched in the 6U modular format.
1995 - High-density VXI Switching module range, System 30, released.
1998 - First PXI switch card released, System 40.
2000 - Pickering enter the PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) switching card market with System 50.
2002 - Pickering release the BRIC range of ultra high-density switch modules in the PXI format with over 4000 relays per module, the highest density available in any test platform.
2005 - Pickering now have released over 500 PXI Modules [2].
2005 - Pickering and Agilent were the first companies to release LXI certified products [3] [4], Pickering with the 60-100 modular switching product available with over 500 switch cards at launch.
2007 - Many additional LXI matrix, microwave, RF, optical, high voltage and power switching products released.
2009 - The company introduced Built In Relay Self Test (BIRST) into its PXI Matrix product line.[5][6]
2011 - Autotestcon Conference/Exposition, Baltimore, September 12: Pickering Interfaces launch 13 new PXI/LXI products [7].
2013 - Pickering Interfaces launch 13 new PXI, LXI & PCI products
2014 - Partnership with OPAL-RT TECHNOLOGIES for Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Fault Insertion testing.
2014 - Pickering announces significant milestone of offering over 1,000 PXI modules
2014 - Pickering Interfaces launch 17 new PXI & PCI products
2015 - Pickering Interfaces introduces eBIRST Switching System Test Tools for PXI, LXI & PCI products.
2016 - Pickering Interfaces introduces Switch Path Manager Signal Routing Software.
2016 - Pickering Interfaces introduces Cable Design Tool an online tool to create customized cable assemblies.
2016 - Pickering Interfaces introduces PXI Thermocouple Simulator Modules ideal for simulating the operation of a thermocouple.
2016 - Pickering Interfaces introduces 2-Slot USB/LXI Modular Chassis a small lightweight form factor for portable, benchtop, and, space restrictive applications.
2017 - Pickering Interfaces introduces Ultra-High Density, Scalable PXI & LXI 1Amp Switch Matrices for high-performance matrix requirements.
2017 - Pickering Interfaces introduces 2Amp PXI Multiplexers designed for signal routing in Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) and data acquisition systems.
2017 - Pickering Interfaces introduces 4-slot LXI/USB Modular Chassis, it supports between one and four of Pickering’s 3U PXI modules. Possible systems include switching matrices up to 2208 crosspoints or up to 72 channels of programmable resistor/sensor simulation.
2018 - Pickering Interfaces' PXI 6U High-Density Matrix modules (model 45-542) Selected for A-10C Aircraft Ground Support
2018 - Pickering Interfaces introduces 6-slot LXI/USB Modular Chassis to this growing family of chassis design for portable or rack mounting and feature remote control via LXI Ethernet or USB.
2018 - Pickering Interfaces introduces high-accuracy Simulation Modules including: PXI & PCI Precision Programmable Resistors, PXI RTD Simulator Modules and PXI Programmable Resistors.
2018 - Pickering Interfaces introduces 4 & 6-Channel LXI Microwave MUX Solutions featuring excellent RF and repeatability characteristics.
2019 - Pickering Interfaces wins 2019 Queen's Award for Outstanding Short-term Grown in Overseas Sales.
2019 - Pickering Interfaces introduces New BRIC 0.5Amp PXI Matrix Modules with up to 6,144 Crosspoints - 39% higher density than competing modules; enables complete functional ATE in a 3U PXI chassis.
2020 - Pickering Interfaces introduces High-density PXI Millivolt Thermocouple Simulation Module, with up to 32 independent isolated channels in a single PXI slot.

Principal product range

Pickering's primary products are in the PXI, LXI, USB and PCI platforms, specifically in switching, programmable resistors, attenuators, power supplies, basic instrumentation, software and cabling for these products.

Pickering Interfaces group of companies

Pickering Interfaces Ltd, Clacton-on-Sea, England.
PIckering Interfaces Inc, Chelmsford, MA USA.
Pickering Interfaces s.r.o., Trinec, Czech Republic.
Pickering Interfaces GmbH, Haar-Salmdorf, Munich, Germany.
Pickering Interfaces SARL, Noisel, Paris, France.
Pickering Interfaces AB, Varberg, Sweden.
品英仪器（北京）有限公司, 北京, China.

Test industry associations

Pickering are Strategic members of the LXI consortium, [8].
Sponsor level members of the PXI Systems Alliance, [9]

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