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Hardware-in-the-Loop

"NI VeriStand has played a significant role in achieving the quality and reliability standards that have helped us win new automotive business."

- Jason G. Bauman - Lear Corporation

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The diverging challenges of faster time to market, greater reliability, and increasing product complexity necessitate an HIL test platform that provides:

  • Efficiency in development and maintenance

  • Scalability to meet diverse and rapidly changing requirements

  • Innovation to deliver the latest advances in technology to your applications

The NI HIL platform provides these necessities for success through a truly open hardware and software platform; the greatest variety, value, and availability of products; industry-leading real-time multicore and FPGA technology; global services, support, and partner expertise; and a test platform that you can use from requirements definition to manufacturing test.


National Instruments modular hardware and graphical software tools can help decrease the cost and increase the flexibility of hardware-in-the-loop test systems.

Learn how to use National Instruments tools to build a customized HIL test system that meets your needs. The following technical tutorials explain key strategies for architecting your test system.

HIL Simulator Reference System

Configure a complete NI hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation reference system.

  • High-performance and low-cost system options
  • Configuration-based, programming, and turnkey application development methods
  • Multifunction and field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based I/O

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Automotive HIL Simulator Reference System

Configure a complete NI HIL simulator reference system for automotive applications.

  • High-performance and low-cost system options
  • Conditioned I/O interfaces
  • CAN and FlexRay bus interfaces

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Mil/Aero HIL Simulator Reference System

Configure a complete NI HIL simulator reference system for aerospace applications.

  • High-performance and low-cost system options
  • MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, and AFDX bus interfaces
  • High-channel-count fault insertion capabilities

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Meet with a local NI field engineer to create a system configuration to meet your specific application requirements, to learn more about developing HIL test applications with NI software, or to discuss options for having an HIL test system delivered to your specifications.

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Why Engineers Choose the NI HIL Platform

  • Truly open hardware and software
  • Hardware value, variety, and availability
  • Industry-leading real-time multicore and FPGA technology
  • Global services, support, and partner expertise
  • Test platform that extends beyond HIL testing

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