Larry Desjardin
Larry
Desjardin is the founder and president of Modular Methods. He joined Hewlett-Packard (now Agilent Technologies), serving in several R&D
and executive management positions. As an R&D Manager, he received the John Fluke Sr. Memorial Award in recognition of his contribution
to the creation of the VXIbus. Most recently, he was GM of
Agilent’s Modular Product Operation before retiring in 2011. Larry holds a BSEE from CalTech and an MSEE from Stanford
University.
Outside the BoxLink This | Email This | Comments (1) [RF] Space, The Final Frontier“These are the voyages of the starship PXI . Its five-year mission: to explore strange new applications; to seek out new markets and new segments; to boldly go where no modular platform has gone before.” I love it that splitting infinitives is now in fashion! Did you know that the root of the rule forbidding splitting infinitives was that it could not be translated... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (2) Getting Small. Does one modular standard beat the others?In my last blog post I summarized the advantages of downsized instrumentation. More portable, more flexible, higher performance, and lower overall cost were all advantages depending on the application. It’s pretty clear that modular instrumentation delivers significant space savings over traditional instruments through the elimination of keyboards, displays, and redundant... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Let’s get small!Why small size is a big deal for automatic test equipment. One of the advantages of modular instrumentation is the reduced size compared to traditional equipment. Eliminate the keyboards and displays, do more via virtual instrumentation, and you can easily achieve five to one size savings or even more. At one time this wasn’t considered such a big deal, but more and more... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) How’s My Divining? Call 1-800-CRYSTALBALLA Report Card for 2012 Predictions At the end of 2011, I made 10 predictions about the industry for 2012. Since we are now 4 months into the year, I though I’d review the predictions to see how I’m doing. It is also a good way to step back and take a look at the industry as a whole. 1. Modular instruments will outgrow traditional products by 10 points. Since... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) What’s up with proprietary modular systems?In my recent article Integrating Traditional and Modular Instruments , I drew a contrast between traditional box instruments and open modular platforms, such as PXI, VXI, or AXIe. I briefly mentioned a class of products that are proprietary modular designs. These are modular instrument systems from a single vendor that consist of that vendor’s plug-in modules. Applications range from... More |
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