NI LabVIEW for Automating Test and Validation Systems
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LabVIEW is an intuitive graphical programming environment that helps you quickly develop powerful test software. With support for thousands of instruments and technologies such as multicore and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), you can develop high-performance automated test systems. The LabVIEW platform, an industry leader for automated test software, has an expansive community featuring thousands of developers, integrators, and collaborators worldwide.
Top Reasons to Use LabVIEW for Automating Test and Validation Systems
Reduce Test Development Time With Intuitive Graphical Programming
Develop test software using drag-and-drop graphical icons instead of writing lines of text. You can complete programs that take weeks to write in traditional languages in hours, even if you have no programming experience.
Quickly Automate Any Instrument Using Free Instrument Drivers
Download thousands of LabVIEW drivers for virtually any instrument free of charge. Structured APIs help you install these drivers in seconds directly from LabVIEW.
Easily Integrate Next-Generation Technologies Such as Multicore and FPGAs
Meet the performance requirements of your test systems by using LabVIEW and take advantage of the latest technologies such as multicore and FPGAs.
Explore LabVIEW in Automated Test Applications
Lower RF Test Times With a Software-Defined Approach
Combine LabVIEW and PXI RF modular instruments for a new level of flexibility and performance in your test systems.
Incorporate FPGA Technology Into Your Test Applications
Take advantage of the parallelism, performance, and reconfigurable nature of FPGAs in your test systems with NI off-the-shelf hardware combined with LabVIEW.
Find Improved Stability in LabVIEW 2011
New features in LabVIEW 2011 provide improved stability from development to deployment.
Develop a Modular Software Architecture With LabVIEW and NI TestStand
Create test systems with LabVIEW and NI TestStand that result in lower costs, increased test throughput, and the ability to scale for future requirements.
View Resources and Hardware Products for Automated Test
Reduce the cost of test by investing in a platform that combines open PC technologies and modular instrumentation with industry-leading test system software, LabVIEW, and NI TestStand.
Explore How TriQuint Semiconductor Improved Test Throughput by 10 Times
TriQuint Semiconductor used LabVIEW with NI PXI modular instrumentation to develop a characterization system that helped improve test times, reducing capital equipment cost, power consumption, and physical space.
Learn How LabVIEW Simplifies Software Engineering
Take advantage of code analyzers and unit test frameworks to demonstrate the quality of graphical code and automate practices such as regression testing and validation against requirements.
Optimize Automated Test Applications for Multicore Processors
Read a white paper on the benefits of implementing parallel test algorithms with LabVIEW and multicore processors. Also see programming techniques for improving application performance.
See the Latest Trends and Technologies Impacting Automated Test
Stay current on the key trends, methodologies, and technologies impacting engineering organizations in the test and measurement industry with the Automated Test Outlook.
Discover the Benefits of Switching to Software-Defined Test Systems
Learn how NI customers dramatically reduced their total cost of test by using a software-defined approach: LabVIEW with PXI modular instruments.
Start Building Your Automated Test System
Select the appropriate chassis, controller, and modules for your application, and let the advisor recommend the necessary components and accessories to complete your system.
Schedule a Personal Online LabVIEW Demo With an NI Engineer
In this free, one-hour online session, you will receive best practices, answers to your technical questions, and an overview of relevant hardware. (US and Canada only)
Attend a LabVIEW Hands-On Seminar
Learn the basics of graphical programming by attending a free three-hour hands-on event.
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A technical representative will call you to walk through your project-specific needs.
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