Technology Replacement

Over periods of months and years, the work you do is dynamic – new projects and new products. Sometimes you have to buy more scope bandwidth to address your next problem – and quite honestly, the best scope company this time may not be the same as it was last time. Scopes have become commodities.

You might also be considering using digitizers instead of scopes in order to reduce costs. Digitizers provide an impressive data acquisition value in terms of cost per channel of acquisition, and are well-suited for automated testing.

When your tools can easily adjust to the changing nature of your work, your life is better and your team is more effective. M1™ specifically addresses this in a way that aligns with your needs and doesn't try to tie you in to a particular acquisition hardware.

Any effective technology replacement strategy needs to consider two things: Updating your hardware and updating the functionality you need to get your work done. The simple fact that M1 supports virtually all real-time oscilloscopes from the four major manufacturers, and digitizers from Acqiris/Agilent, National Instruments, and GaGe, coupled with a low-cost license transfer fee, means there is literally no impact on your measurement workflow when a hardware upgrade is required. Just pick M1 up and slide a new device underneath it.

Technology replacement at the software level is almost easier. ASA has a track record, measurable now in decades, of delivering new and groundbreaking functionality to the market well ahead of anyone else, and doing that roughly every 6-10 weeks. ScopeCo on the other hand rarely (if ever) updates their existing software packages. The steady stream of M1 technology enhancement, coupled with an inexpensive software Subscription, and also coupled with a rich automation and automation-sharing strategy provides you with the ONLY software technology replacement strategy in the industry.