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Geotest Marvin Test Systems, Inc.
Overview
A subsidiary of Marvin Engineering Co., Inc., Geotest - Marvin Test Systems, Inc. is a global producer of PXI and PC-Based test equipment and test solutions. Located in Southern
California and with a worldwide network of distributors and representatives, Geotest is an ISO-9001 company producing hundreds of products for the electronic test industry.
Established in 1988, Geotest specializes in the design and manufacture of PXI and PC-based test equipment including test instrumentation, instrumentation controllers and chassis,
test development software, and turnkey test systems. Geotest's off-the-shelf products include state-of-the-art software and hardware for the test and measurement market such as
ATEasy®, the leading software development environment for A.T.E. applications, a broad range of PXI products, GTXI®, Geotest's 14 slot test instrumentation chassis, and
DIO®, the world's fastest PC-based digital I/O.
Capabilities and Experience
The engineering core of Geotest is a group of highly skilled electronic, software, and systems engineers with an impressive track record
of automated test systems development that ranges from commercial and industrial to military and aerospace applications.
Products
Geotest specializes in high-end, cost-effective software and hardware products for the test industry. Among its products are:
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ATEasy: A flexible, object-oriented, 32-bit programming environment, ATEasy is a complete test application development studio that directs users to create reusable components,
from instrument drivers to complex test applications. Specifically designed for functional Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) applications, ATEasy dramatically simplifies test application
development process and reduces test development and maintenance cycles. Combining the familiar user interface of Visual BasicTM and Visual C++®, ATEasy takes test application
development to new heights. The revolutionary ATEasy offers several exclusive features such as: Instrument Interchangeability Technology (I2T) that goes beyond IVI, Test Engineering
Language (TEL) for simplified programming and maintenance, Open System Architecture supports ActiveX/OCX, COM, DLL, DDE as well as VXI, PCI, cPCI, PXI, GPIB, TCP/IP, RS-232, USB, and
ISA, built-in Test Executive, Application Builder, Multithreading support, configuration management tools, HTML test logs, and many more features.
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PXI Products: Geotest's state of the art PXI products include a 6U, 20-slot chassis and a wide range of PXI test instruments including digital I/O, switching and ROM Emulators. |
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Instrumentation Chassis: Geotest's GTXI® series is the only computer platform that can accommodate PXI, cPCI, PCI and ISA instruments in a single chassis. The GTXI® computers
offer unparalleled performance in an industrial chassis with features such as front loading of PC cards, separate power systems for CPU and instruments, state-of-the-art interfacing
options to the UUT, extended I/O addressing range and improved cooling and cableways.
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Digital Instruments: The GT25/50 and the GT5150 are unique 32 bit, 25/50/100MHz dynamic digital I/O cards with unparalleled performance and a wide range of built-in features including:
test rates up to 100 MHz, up to 128 Mbit of memory behind each pin, 32 bits per card, up to 512 pins per system, multiple I/O options (TTL, ECL, PECL, programmable levels), an algorithmic
sequencer and more.
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Switching Cards: Geotest offers a wide range of high-end, PC-based switching cards. The GT6416 is the highest density PC-based Switch Matrix with up to four groups of 2x16. The GT6041
and GT6042 are the only PC-based RF switching units with a bandwidth exceeding 200 MHz and up to 8 x 1:4 configuration. The GT6064 is the only PC-based Scanner/Multiplexer with 2x32 or
1x64 channel capabilities. The GT6020 is a general purpose, high-current switching card containing 20 individual channels and built-in drivers for 12 external switching mechanisms.
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Stimulus Instruments: A wide variety of Arbitrary Function Generators (up to 50MS/Sec), Pulse Generators (5 MHz), Sinewave Generators (up to 70 MHz), and Digital to Analog Converters (up to 16 bit resolution). |
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Measurement Instruments: A wide variety of Digital Multimeters (5½ and 6½ digits, up to 1000 readings per second), Time Interval Counters (100 MHz, 9 digits resolution),
Time Interval Analyzers (up to 400 MHz, 2 pSec resolution), Digital Storage Oscilloscopes (100, 200, and 300 MHz), and Analog to Digital Converters (12/16 bit, up to 1 MHz).
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Customer Profile
Geotest's customers range from design engineering firms to systems integrators. Geotest's product line is used predominantly by the test industry, although several products (such as the
GTXI® instrumentation chassis) are being used for different applications.
Geotest's products are also being integrated into other products, and then being resold worldwide as a complete solution. An avionics test system by Honeywell (Redmond, WA) that utilized
ATEasy® as the testing operating system is currently being used by most U.S. and European airlines. A test system for the oil drilling industry by Halliburton Energy Services (Houston, TX)
that utilizes ATEasy® as the testing operating system and several PC-based instruments from Geotest is currently deployed world-wide.
Geotest has a worldwide customer base including governments, armed forces, aerospace companies, and industrial/commercial firms. An abbreviated customer list is shown below:
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| Aerospace: |
Aerospatiale
Allied Signal
Augusta Aviation
BAE Systems
Boeing North American
Honeywell
Hughes Aircraft
Hughes Missile Systems
Interstate Electronics Corp.
L-3 Communications
Learjet
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Litton Systems
Lockheed-Martin
Loral
Northrop Grumman
Orbital Sciences
Raytheon Systems
Teledyne Controls
TRW
Texas Instruments
U.S. Airways
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| Semiconductor: |
Analog Devices
ESS Technology
Harris Corporation
Lattice Semiconductor
Linear Technology
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Motorola
National Semiconductor
Philips Semiconductors
Schlumberger
Samsung
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| Medical: |
GE Medical
Medtronic
Welch Allyn
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| Automotive: |
General Motors
Visteon Automotive Systems
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| Telecom: |
ADC Telecommunications
AT&T
Com Dev Wireless
LXE Inc.
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Nokia
Sony Trans Com
Tellabs Wireless, Inc.
Trimble Navigation
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| Industrial & Computer |
Agilent Technologies
Analogic Corporation
Calimetrics
Crane Hydro-Aire
Delco Automotive
Dictaphone
Eastman Kodak
Elbit Systems
Ford Electronics
General Electric
Halliburton Energy Services
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IBM
Lexmark
Life Fitness
Polaroid Corporation
Square-D Company
Tektronix
Teradyne
Westinghouse Elect. Systems
Xerox Corporation
United States Postal Service
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