Since I joined UEI, I have repeatedly seen customers reduce cost and increase reliability by putting an IO module close to the test area. Long runs of complicated wires become a single Ethernet cable, an IO module and small amount of IO wiring. Sometimes you don’t even need the Ethernet Cable. Customers have even asked to use our embedded, stand-alone product as the controller for our networked products to put multiple IO modules throughout the test area or near the DUT.
Please invite us in to see your test area to see if we can reduce costs and increase reliability.
Also, please see our videos about all this at www.ueidaq.com.