SCSI Scripts move more processing onto the SCSI controller. The SC PMC/160 is an Ultra160 SCSI controller with 8 kbytes of on-chip Scripts storage that plugs into a 64-bit/66-MHz PMC (PCI mezzanine ...

Editor’s Note: David Wyban from Keithley Instruments explains how consumers’ demand for higher functionality makes embedded software necessary for next-generation test and measurement instrumentation.

Scripting is a powerful and convenient way to provide programmability for instruments in test and measurement applications. Script-based instruments provide architectural flexibility, improved ...

Programmable instruments, which allow creating and storing on-board programs for on-demand execution, have been available in some form for many years. Hardware and programming language improvements ...