Modular hardware. Powerful, open software.
The NI PXI platform keeps you a step ahead of your next engineering challenge.
Break Out of the Box
“I really cannot imagine people still testing complex systems with individual instruments.”
—Diego Carvalho, Software Team Lead, Valeo
The Engineer's Reality
You’re under pressure to deliver reliable test results faster than ever, but traditional instruments weren’t built to scale. Every new requirement feels like starting from scratch: slowing innovation, stretching timelines, and making it nearly impossible to keep test cost under control. Your test workflow needs to be as agile and efficient as you are. To keep up with mounting business requirements like automation, standardization, and data traceability, you need a test platform that’s future-proof, flexible, and easy to scale.
Stuck in the Box
As electronics grow more complex and testing deadlines tighten, traditional instruments only slow you down. Flexible, scalable, and software-driven NI PXI systems can help you break free from rigid, standalone boxes that limit your ability to scale, synchronize, and adapt.
Break Through with a Modular Approach
Build high-performance automated test systems and stay a step ahead of your next engineering challenge with NI PXI. This innovative platform combines modular hardware with productive, open, optimized software to ensure the highest levels of accuracy, reliability, and synchronization across your workflow—giving you the flexibility and scalability you need to keep up with rapidly changing technologies and requirements.
Flexible & Scalable
Get unparalleled accuracy, reliability, and timing capabilities. Synchronize across multiple modules and chassis. Customize and scale as requirements change.
High Performance
Experience unrivaled instrument performance, blazing data throughput, and low latency across your test and measurement applications.
Vibrant Ecosystem
Connect with our global network of vendors, integrators, and consultants for unlimited customization and best-in-class support.
“What we get is great accuracy—the best accuracy that we’ve been able to find on test equipment for this type of measurement. We started with development, expanded into applications and characterization, and ultimately moved into production. PXI grew with us every step of the way.”
—Tony Testa, GM, Connectivity Components, Qorvo
Software-Powered Speed
From first measurements to full automation, our connected software platform helps you test faster, adapt to change, and scale with confidence, so you can focus on engineering—not managing instruments.
Measure in Seconds
Control multiple instruments in one view, quickly log data, and save configurations so that you can pick up testing right where you left off—all with NI InstrumentStudio™ software.
Pause execution of any process for debugging, identify issues faster, and resume without needing to restart.
Automate in Minutes
When testing demands more, move from manual control to full automation. Meet NI Nigel™ AI purpose-built for test workflows. Using Nigel, you can automate any instrument in minutes.
Leverage the NI LabVIEW graphical approach to quickly build custom measurements or use NI TestStand to orchestrate complex sequences and reporting.
Extend Beyond the Box
Reuse existing code, extend your current workflows, and scale into a synchronized, automated test system—without disrupting how you already work.
The NI PXI platform works with the languages and tools you already use (Python, C/C++, C#) while integrating with NI software like InstrumentStudio, LabVIEW, and TestStand to accelerate automation.
PXI Performance You Expect, at a Cost You Didn’t
New cost-effective NI PXI hardware helps more teams build adaptable, automated test systems with high-density instruments, precision, and software-driven flexibility.
New All-Hybrid PXI Chassis
NI PXIe-1081 (18-slot, 2 GB/s)
New Embedded Controller Variants
NI PXIe-8842 (Intel® Core™ i5, 8 GB/s)
NI PXIe-8862 (Intel Core i7, 16 GB/s)
New High-Density 4- and 8-Channel Oscilloscope
NI PXIe-5108 (100 MHz, 250 MS/s, 14 bits)
New ±10V, 18-bit, 625 kS/s Multifunction I/O
NI PXIe-6381 (16 AI, 2 AO, 24 DIO)
NI PXIe-6383 (32 AI, 4 AO, 48 DIO)
“Before using PXI-based hardware, everything felt like a black box. Every project started from scratch. After moving to a unified PXI architecture, the hardware and software became consistent across projects, and many of those uncertainties disappeared.”
—Won-Kyung Ham, Manufacturing Technology Manager, Hyundai Kefico
Electronics Validation Application Resource Kit
Enhancing Validation Efficiency with PXI Hardware and Intelligent Software
Modernize your validation workflow with flexible and scalable NI PXI hardware and powerful software tools. Explore real-world examples that combine LabVIEW, Python, C#, and third-party hardware.