Pickering Interfaces, Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom, has launched Test System Architect, a free online graphical toolset designed to simplify signal path design for electronic test systems, allowing engineers to design, configure, and visualize complete test architectures before deployment. The Test System Architect is the first dedicated, graphical design tool for signal switching and cabling systems. Its end-to-end workflow integrates solutions such as the System Configurator Tool, Schematic Design Tool, Product Selector, and Migration Tool with previously released tools, including the company’s Cable Design Tool and Microwave Switch Design Tool. This powerful graphical toolset, available free and online, enables engineers to create detailed schematics, automate cable designs, and configure complex test systems with ease. Engineers can select appropriate PXI, PXIe hybrid, and LXI/USB chassis and pinpoint the exact switching, simulation, and instrumentation modules for their specific application. They can also incorporate third-party instruments, visually configure the system, graphically interconnect all items and automatically generate cable designs.

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This article first appeared in the May, 2026 issue of Tech Briefs Magazine (Vol. 50 No. 5).

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