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Automotive Multimedia: Infotainment and Rearview Camera Testing

"To develop a more flexible and reliable testing system, we based our system design on NI PXI hardware and LabVIEW graphical programming software, which shortened the programming development time."

- Koh Chee Lit - Sony EMCS

Automating Blu-ray Disc Player Video and Audio Testing Using LabVIEW and PXI

The testing of automotive systems has been growing both in size and complexity. Modern luxury cars might have up to 100 engine control units (ECUs) and these system’s technologies, buses, and synchronization are becoming more difficult to test with traditional approaches. Test engineers need a test strategy and platform that can address their needs for automation, automotive specific I/O, and flexibility.

National Instruments offers a suite of products to automate the testing of common automotive audio and video interfaces ranging from commercial interfaces such as DVI and HDMI to automotive specific such as LVDS. These solutions combine high-performance PXI-based modular instruments with powerful, easy-to-use application software.

Use the resources on this site to learn how PXI and LabVIEW can help you test your automotive multimedia devices.


With NI modular hardware and configurable software tools, you can create low-cost and high-throughput solutions for your automotive multimedia device test applications.

Learn how to use NI tools to build an automated audio and video test system to meet your needs. In following tutorials, find key strategies for architecting your video test solution combined with technical content for how to test analog and digital video. These resources can help you get started in testing your multimedia devices.

You also can work with certified National Instruments Alliance Partners to develop a turnkey, multi-UUT test system specific to your application. To learn more, contact your local NI field engineer.

NI PXIe-1491 HDMI and Mobile HD Analyzer

Add this PXI Express module for digital multimedia test to a PXI test system to:

  • Automate testing of HDMI, DVI, and mobile HD devices for fast test times and high throughput
  • Analyze protocol channels such as CEC, EDID, HPD, ARC, and HEC to ensure interoperability
  • Improve repeatability of audio and video performance testing with real-time, objective measurements using NI Picture Quality Analysis

View the NI PXIe-1491

LVDS Audio and Video Test System

Learn about this automated test system for LVDS audio and video:

  • Test multiple devices in parallel for high-throughput applications
  • Analyze the latest HDMI 1.4 capabilities including 3D, 4K2K, and 240 Hz content
  • Real-time bit error rate (BER) calculations against a reference image up to 20 GB/sec

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Certified National Instruments Alliance Partners

Learn about Alliance Partners and integrators that NI works with directly to provide services and support for set-top box and mobile player testing. These partners can deliver turnkey solutions to meet your measurement performance and throughput requirements.

Search the Alliance Partner Directory

Example Applications

  • Infotainment 4-up tester to ensure synchronized output on multiple screens
  • Rearview camera test to ensure signal integrity as well as extended use performance
  • 360° camera record and playback synchronized with CAN data for vision algorithm development


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