Test Cell Common Configurations
National Instruments currently offers many computer-based measurement and automation products that aid scientists and engineers in research, design, validation, and production testing of automotive mechanical components. The links below provide a more detailed list of NI software, data acquisition, signal conditioning, instrument control, and real-time control products that you can use to build your test cell applications.
NI Software and PXI
- LabVIEW Professional Development System -- With LabVIEW, you can rapidly create measurement and automation applications using intuitive graphical development. LabVIEW integrates measurements, vision and motion in one platform.
- LabVIEW Real-Time -- LabVIEW Real-Time and RT Series hardware deliver deterministic, real-time control needed for electronic control module test systems. You can choose LabVIEW RT Series hardware targets based on PXI and FieldPoint depending on the performance and I/O requirements of your electronic control module test system. These products can also be used for building hardware-in-the-loop and rapid control prototyping systems.
- PXI -- With PXI, you automatically benefit from the low cost, ease-of-use, and flexibility of PC technology using open industry standards. PXI combines the high-speed PCI bus with integrated timing and triggering to deliver more than a 10X performance improvement over older architectures.
Measurement Hardware and Signal Conditioning
Perform your durability and performance test more flexibly, more cost-effectively, and with better systems integration using National Instruments measurement hardware and signal conditioning.
- Measurement Hardware -- National Instruments has a variety of measurement hardware products that are applicable to test cell applications. These products include high-speed digitizers, multimeters, DAQ multifunction hardware, sources, digital I/O, counter/timers, and reconfigurable I/O. These products deliver accurate, reliable measurements for a wide variety of desktop, portable, and networked applications.
- SCXI -- NI SCXI is a modular signal conditioning platform for E Series DAQ devices that delivers a wide range of analog and digital conditioning options.
Instrument Control and Connectivity
National Instruments offers a wide selection of industry-standard instrument control and connectivity hardware and software tools to integrate and automate your electronic control module test measurements and reduce development time.
- GPIB -- NI provides industry-standard, high-performance GPIB instrument control for connecting to any GPIB-based device such as programmable load controllers.
- Serial Interface Boards -- National Instruments has long been a leading supplier of serial interfaces (RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485). NI offers a variety of serial hardware and driver software products that are 100 percent compatible with standard PC serial ports.
- CAN Boards -- National Instruments offers a wide variety of CAN hardware, including both low and high-speed CAN in multi-port configurations.
The Test Cell Common Configuration is recommended if you need to measure sensors or raw signals, generate voltages or currents, monitor digital lines, or route signals with switching.
Test Cell Common Configuration
The configuration below demonstrates one way to combine different hardware options in order to build a core platform for your test cell application. Please contact us in order to assist you in configuring a test system that fits your needs.
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| Microphone, Accelerometer |
Analog Input |
ICP |
NI PXI-4472 |
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| Voltage |
Analog Input |
Isolation |
NI PXI-6052E |
SCXI-1125 |
| Strain |
Analog Input |
Excitation |
NI PXI-6052E |
SCXI 1520 |
| LVDT |
Analog Input |
Excitation |
NI PXI-6052E |
SCXI 1540 |
| Frequency-to-Voltage |
Analog Input |
Isolation |
NI PXI-6052E |
SCXI 1126 |
| Temperature |
Analog Input |
Overvoltage, Cold-junction compensation |
NI PXI-6052E |
SCXI-1102 |
| Voltage Set Point, Waveform |
Analog Output |
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NI PXI-6713 |
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| Timing |
Digital Input |
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NI PXI-6052E, NI PXI-6713 |
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| Control Relays |
Digital Output |
Isolation |
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SCXI 1161, SCXI 1162HV
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