High Reliability and Easy of Use
The 40-573 PXI BRIC is designed to minimise the cost and
complexity of cable assemblies to the device under test and
instrumentation. Analog busing is housed within the module
using a high performance screened analog backplane.
Pickering can construct custom cable assemblies for all of our
PXI modules, please contact sales office for further assistance.
yIntegrated PXI 2Amp Matrix Module With Built
In High Performance Screened Analog Bus
y2-Slot Configurations to 58x8 (2-Pole),
4-Slot Configurations to 116x8 (2-Pole) &
8-Slot Configurations to 232x8 (2-Pole)
yLoad Just The Number Of Daughter Switch
Cards You Need For Your Application
yMaximum Current 2 A Hot or Cold Switching
y2-Pole Switching up to 240 VDC/250 VAC and
up to 60 W Max Power
y3 ms Operate Time
yAutomatic Analog Bus Isolation Switching
Gives up to 15 MHz Bandwidth
yDrivers Supplied for Windows and Linux, Plus
Support for Real-time Systems
ySupported by PXI or LXI Chassis
ySupported by
BIRST
™ and
eBIRST
™ Test Tools
y3 Year Warranty
Built-In Relay Self-Test -
BIRST
BIRST provides a quick and simple way of finding relay
failures. No test equipment is required, simply disconnect
the UUT from the BRIC, launch the BIRST application to run a
diagnostic test that will find all relays with faulty contacts.
For more information go to: pickeringtest.com/birst
BRIC
™
2nd Generation PXI 2 A Switch Matrix
The 40-573 BRIC is a range of high density matrix modules
able to switch up to 2 A at 240 VDC/250 VAC. They are
available in 2, 4 or 8-slot sizes to suit most high performance
matrix requirements, constructed using quality electro-
mechanical relays for high switching confidence.
Typical applications include signal routing for functional ATE
systems. With this high level of switching density, 40-573 PXI
matrix modules allow a complete ATE system to be housed in
a single 3U PXI chassis, BRIC Modules allow the use of much
lower cost 8 or 14-slot PXI chassis.
• BRIC2 - 2-slot PXI Module, this can hold 1 or 2 matrix
daughtercards, 464 crosspoints (up to 58x8 2-pole).
• BRIC4 - 4-slot PXI Module, this can hold up to 4 matrix
daughtercards, 928 crosspoints (up to 116x8 2-pole).
• BRIC8 - 8-slot PXI Module, which can hold up to 8 matrix
daughtercards, 1856 crosspoints (up to 232x8 2-pole).
The 2 A Matrix BRIC range is a higher power/voltage version
of Pickering’s established range of PXI Matrix BRIC modules.
It features higher voltage, current and power handling than
Supported by
eBIRST
eBIRST switching system test tools simplify switching system
fault-finding by quickly testing the system and graphically
identifying the faulty relay.
For more information go to: pickeringtest.com/ebirst
the ultra high density reed relay based BRICs. However,
it is not suited to switching low level signals - specifically
signals <100 µV - here ruthenium reed relays are a better
choice and have a very long lifetime of up to 1000 million
operations. For superior low level switching please refer to
our 40-560A/561A/562A range.
pickeringtest.com
40-573
PXI 2 A BRIC™ Multi-Slot Matrix Modules
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