Pickering Interfaces is a test and measurement company headquartered in Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom. Pickering designs, manufactures and markets a range of switching, simulation and cabling products in the LXI, PXI, and PCI platforms. These products are sold into the functional test, hardware-in-the-loop simulation and design verifications markets. Pickering is a privately owned company with design and manufacturing facilities in Clacton-on-Sea, UK and Trinec in the Czech Republic, together with additional company operated direct sales and support operations in the USA, Germany, France, Sweden and China.
1988 - Pickering Interfaces formed as a sister company and launches its first product an IEEE-488 controlled modular switching system, System 10, in the 3U modular format.
1990 - High performance IEEE-488 switching solution, System 20, launched in the 6U modular format.
1995 - High-density VXI Switching module range, System 30, released.
2000 - Pickering enter the PCI switching card market with System 50.
2002 - Pickering release the BRIC range of ultra high-density switch modules in the PXI format with over 4000 relays per module, the highest density available in any test platform.
2005 - Pickering now have released over 500 PXI Modules .
2005 - Pickering and Agilent were the first companies to release LXI certified products , Pickering with the 60-100 modular switching product available with over 500 switch cards at launch.
2007 - Many additional LXI matrix, microwave, RF, optical, high voltage and power switching products released.
2009 - The company introduced Built In Relay Self Test into its PXI Matrix product line.
2011 - Autotestcon Conference/Exposition, Baltimore, September 12: Pickering Interfaces launch 13 new PXI/LXI products .
2016 - Pickering Interfaces introduces Signal Routing Software.
2016 - Pickering Interfaces introduces an online tool to create customized cable assemblies.
2016 - Pickering Interfaces introduces ideal for simulating the operation of a thermocouple.
2016 - Pickering Interfaces introduces a small lightweight form factor for portable, benchtop, and, space restrictive applications.
2017 - Pickering Interfaces introduces for high-performance matrix requirements.
2017 - Pickering Interfaces introduces designed for signal routing in Automatic Test Equipment and data acquisition systems.
2017 - Pickering Interfaces introduces , it supports between one and four of Pickering’s 3U PXI modules. Possible systems include switching matrices up to 2208 crosspoints or up to 72 channels of programmable resistor/sensor simulation.
2018 - Pickering Interfaces'
2018 - Pickering Interfaces introduces to this growing family of chassis design for portable or rack mounting and feature remote control via LXI Ethernet or USB.
2019 - Pickering Interfaces introduces - 39% higher density than competing modules; enables complete functional ATE in a 3U PXI chassis.
2020 - Pickering Interfaces introduces , with up to 32 independent isolated channels in a single PXI slot.
Principal product range
Pickering's primary products are in the PXI, LXI, USB and PCI platforms, specifically in switching, programmable resistors, attenuators, power supplies, basic instrumentation, software and cabling for these products.
