Our obsolescence solutions, products, and services are used by the DOD and all major Mil/Aero companies to extend the life of their legacy ATE.

With the largest install-base of test instruments obsolescence solutions, WinSoft offers the best price/ performance ratio.

​US NAVY SPAWAR - Case Study

WinSoft Inc. has responded to an increasing problem of aging automatic tester equipment (ATE) by successfully installing more than 25 units at SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego. The WinSoft Instrument System Emulator, WinTE 7000, presents a form, fit, and function replacement for legacy systems (i.e. CASS, Grumman) for obsolete test instruments. The 1U unit is located between the computer/ CPU and the new instrument(s). No changes to the software (TPSs) are required. 

During phase I & II the following instruments have been replaced: 
  1. HP6942 Multi-Programmer including the HP59500A 
  2. HP3495A Scanner 
  3. Mantech International Interface Device. 
  4. Racal DMM 6000S4599
  5. HP 8160 Pulse Generator
  6. Racal Counter 9035-11A
  7. HP 8663 Signal Generator
  8. HP 8568 Spectrum Analyzer

The replacement made use of the above technology and utilized a variety of PXI modules

Schedule
Phase-I lasted for 4-5 months (including replacement of all the testers cables and RF switches), while phase II took 4 months.

Cost
SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego, Systems Support Engineering Division, calculated a saving of $2,200,000 during phase I and saving of more than $6,000,000 during phase II. This calculation is based on the DoD cost should there be a need for re-writing and re-validation of more than 100 TPSs. In addition, the down time of the station that utilizes this technology went from 50% to less than 2%.
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  • Replacement of legacy instruments without modifying the existing software, drivers, or TPSs
  • Scalable hardware replacement-path for flexible budget and schedule planning.
  • Unique architecture enables the emulation of multiple and different test instruments simultaneously.
  • Innovation technology preserve the legacy instruments original timing and support undocumented commands.
  • Supports common communication protocol such as GPIB, RS232, TCP/IP, USB, LXI.
  • Operates seamlessly with legacy programming languages such as ATLAS, HP-BASIC and FORTRAN.
  • Pass-through mode enables send/ receive commands without translation.
  • Fast implementation, 2-4 months per new pair​ of instruments.
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WinTE 7000
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WinTE 7000 production line
WinSoft supports most of the Maxsys legacy systems.
​Please call us for more details or if you need help with upgrading/replacing these systems. 

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