Guides to Getting Started: Test Systems
National Instruments has developed a rich collection of technical and business content to assist you with all elements of your test system design. The content is based on best practices shared by industry-leading test engineering teams and the expertise of the NI test engineering and product research and development teams. Ultimately, these resources are designed to share test engineering best practices in a practical and reusable manner.
Resources Included in the Download
Automated Test Outlook
The Automated Test Outlook report shares the findings of National Instruments research into the innovations and technologies shaping today’s test and measurement applications. The 2011 Outlook is organized into four categories: Business Strategy, Architectures, Computing, Software and I/O.
Designing Automated Test Systems
This practical guide details how to design software-defined test systems from start to finish. Best practice topics range from software, instrument, and rack selection to maintenance and deployment strategies.
Software-Defined Test Fundamentals
This guide teaches you the fundamentals of architecting modular, software-defined test systems using the five-layer architecture. It introduces you to the strengths and weaknesses of various instrument buses and modular instruments and also discusses software application development environments that facilitate scalability and code reuse.
Documentation Templates
This e-kit contains reference material including a manufacturing test specification and limits spreadsheet template, manufacturing test strategy document template, and test coverage template. You can use this content to document the process of building your test system.Automated Test Products and Services
Explore the wide array of NI test products and services.
Explore test equipment and software
Looking to Optimize Your Test Organization?
View the available business and technology resources for test managers.