PI Electronics AG

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	PI Electronics AG focuses on the engineering of automation systems for the industry and research labs where high performance, high reliability and usability are required for products and services. We have accumulated extensive expertise in the areas listed below:
	- Data acquisition - Process control and visualization - Motion control - Laboratory automation - Vision systems and inspection - Software development - Hardware engineering - EMC analysis of hardware - EMC concepts and designs - Consulting, training and support - On-site measurement campaigns
	Software-Engineering
	Our software is mainly implemented in LabVIEW and its modules and toolkits. Depending on the chosen system architecture the applications will run on Microsoft Windows platforms, real-time targets with a PharLap, VxWorks or Linux based OS, on FPGAs or in a combination of the various platforms. Apart of the robustness of the applications implemented in LabVIEW, the programming environment also offers a broad range of methods and tools to communicate with other applications or databases. Interfaces like DDE, ActiveX, .NET, Modbus, TCP-IP, SQL or OPC are typical selection of topology options for the close integration of data acquisition, vision inspection and motion control. LabVIEW further offers straight forward possibilities to embed MATLAB or NI DIAdem for data mining and analysis. Our software engineers have experience in software development with LabVIEW and its toolkits since the early days of this gra¬phical development environment. Our engineers are undergoing regular trainings and certification to stay up to date and under¬score the know-how and quality of service.

	Electronics Hardware Engineering
	The majority of the electronic circuits and devices developed at PI are customer specific solutions, mostly used as process front ends for commercially available data acquisition hardware. The front end’s functionality may range from a simple Nyquist-Filter to a high speed IR camera interface with digital giga baud communication or a simultaneous sampling interface for several hundred photomultipliers. Due to our expertise in EMC engineering we can offer solutions that operate reliably even under the harshest conditions.

	System-Engineering
	For more than 15 years as National Instruments Alliance Partner we offer system integration services. This includes consulting mandates to establish the best suited concept for a given task or system and follows through during the implementation phase right until the stage of operator training and support. The effective services provided are depending on customer needs and may range from a simple support task to taking the lead for the whole project in the role of a general contractor. The fact that we can develop and manufacture interface electronics in-house reduces the costs and risks for new development considerably. Turnkey solutions can thus be delivered rapidly and tightly integrated without interface problems between hard- and software.

	NI CompactRIO Module Engineering
	PI Electronics AG also offers its services for the engineering of application-specific I/O modules for the Compact-RIO (cRIO) platform manufactured and marketed by National Instruments. Custom I/O frontends further extend the range of application options of this versatile platform. The robust packaging of cRIO modules as well as their extended temperature range make applications possible that require versatility and reliability under harsh conditions.

	On-site Measurement Campaigns
	Apart from developing data acquisition hard- and software we also offer our services for on-site measurement and trouble¬shooting campaigns. Support during system commissioning and setup, validation or certification of industrial systems are typical examples of activities in this domain. PI Electronics AG offers assistance during the phase of concept definition, selection of ade¬quate instruments and also offers to carry out the measurement and data analysis. So far we have successfully taken assign¬ments for customers in Switzerland and in a number of countries worldwide.

	Email to services@pie.ch for more information.