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EMERSON

Automated Test & Measurement

Emerson delivers future-ready test and measurement solutions through the power of NI platform-based technology and services. By combining high-performance, modular hardware, open software, and AI-driven capabilities, NI solutions enable better productivity across research, validation, and production. The NI platform is open and scalable—future-proofing test systems and empowering teams to solve complex challenges with speed and precision.

Powering Test & Measurement

NI Platform

The NI platform is built to accelerate innovation and transform how engineers measure and control the world. It combines powerful software, modular hardware, and AI-driven capabilities to deliver scalable, future-ready solutions.

NI software is open and optimized for test and measurement—enabling productivity from defining requirements and automating test systems to driving insights. Modular NI hardware is designed for adaptability and ready for an AI-driven future, going beyond traditional instrumentation. A connected ecosystem of engineers, partners, and organizations extends the NI platform—scaling development and domain expertise.

Together, these elements form a unified, software-centric approach that delivers faster time to market, lower costs, and higher product quality.

NI CTO, Kevin Schultz, discussing AI for test and measurement and the NI Nigel AI Advisor, an AI tool optimized for test and measurement that provides contextual advice, automation, and insights from within NI software.

Work more efficiently with the NI Nigel™ AI Advisor—the AI optimized for test and measurement. Nigel provides contextual advice, automation, and insights from within your NI software.

Featured Applications

Explore how NI solutions enable engineers to measure and control the world around us.

Engineer using NI hardware and software for data acquisition in a laboratory setting.

Data Acquisition (DAQ)

Powering Test and Measurement

Capture and analyze data—like voltage, current, temperature, strain, and vibration—to validate product design, test during manufacturing, or drive your industry through academic and commercial research. NI DAQ solutions include hundreds of devices for computer systems with software support for NI LabVIEW, NI FlexLogger™, Python, and C/C++.

Engineer working on automated electronic testing equipment, adjusting components and connections while monitoring data on a computer in a laboratory environment.

Electronics Test and Instrumentation

Test electronic devices with precision and efficiency, from the lab to the manufacturing floor. NI hardware and software for automated electronics test are seamlessly integrated, customizable, and enable streamlined analytics. 

Industrial cabinet with NI CompactRIO hardware installed for control and monitoring in a factory setting.

Control and Monitoring

Collect, analyze, and act on data in real time. NI control and monitoring solutions integrate signal-conditioned I/O modules and communication protocols with real-time control and FPGA hardware. Use NI LabVIEW software to solve advanced control, remote monitoring, predictive maintenance, and custom design needs faster and with fewer resources.

Engineers testing 5G wireless communication system using NI software-defined radio equipment and NI LabVIEW software.

Wireless Research and Prototyping

Quickly transition from algorithms and simulations to over-the-air testbeds and real-world experiments to validate emerging wireless technologies like 5G, 6G, and beyond. NI solutions combine software defined radio (SDR) technology, RF instrumentation, and software into one platform, enabling fast prototyping and iteration.

Engineer operating a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test system based on NI PXI hardware and NI software to validate embedded control algorithms.

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Testing

Connect systems with simulated environments to validate embedded control algorithms. The open, modular NI HIL architecture is built on the NI PXI platform and NI LabVIEW+ Suite for HIL, which include FPGA technology and communication bus interfaces to speed testing, reduce risk, and scale with evolving requirements.

Engineer in a modern lab analyzing test data with NI SystemLink software dashboards, to monitor health of connected test systems, teams, and data.

Systems and Data Management

Plan, manage, and optimize tests—intelligently, collaboratively, and at scale. From small labs to large enterprises, NI SystemLink™ software connects your test systems, teams, and data so you can monitor health, streamline software deployments, and centralize results—giving you visibility, control, and insights to boost quality and accelerate decisions.

NI Products

Data Acquisition (DAQ) Hardware
Data Acquisition (DAQ) Hardware

The NI DAQ hardware catalog is one of the largest on the market, offering options for portable or desktop use, lab test benches, production test systems, and rugged field deployment—designed to measure almost any electrical signal or physical sensor.

PXI Hardware
PXI Hardware

NI PXI systems offer a modular, scalable instrumentation platform, with chassis, controllers, and modules, for high-performance, mixed-measurement, automated test systems.

CompactRIO Hardware
CompactRIO Hardware

NI CompactRIO systems include high-performance controllers with real-time processing, chassis with a user-programmable FPGA, and sensor-conditioned I/O modules, ideal for advanced control, large-scale monitoring, and system design applications. 

Software Defined Radio (SDR) Hardware
Software Defined Radio (SDR) Hardware

NI SDRs are RF transceivers for rapid prototyping and deployment of advanced wireless systems.

Test & Measurement Automation Suite
Test & Measurement Automation Suite

The NI LabVIEW+ Suite combines purpose-built NI software—LabVIEW, TestStand, DIAdem, FlexLogger, and more—to accelerate the automation of measurement, test, and analysis, and includes the test-optimized Nigel AI Advisor.

Test & Measurement Development Software
Test & Measurement Development Software

NI LabVIEW is development software for integrating real-world I/O for measurement and control. It offers intuitive graphical programming, connectivity to any instrument, integrated user interfaces, and the test-optimized Nigel AI Advisor.

Test Management Software
Test Management Software

NI TestStand is off-the-shelf test management software for validation and production test that eliminates the need for in-house sequencer development and maintenance—and includes the Nigel AI Advisor to help you develop even faster.

Test Configuration Software for DAQ
Test Configuration Software for DAQ

NI FlexLogger™ is interactive software for fast sensor setup, mixed-signal data logging, and intuitive test configuration with NI DAQ hardware.

Instrument Test Configuration Software for PXI
Instrument Test Configuration Software for PXI

NI InstrumentStudio™ consolidates use of the NI PXI benchtop, through a project-based, interactive interface for measurement, debugging, and simple sequence automation.

Analysis and Visualization Software
Analysis and Visualization Software

NI DIAdem is measurement data analytics software for viewing and analyzing data and creating automated reports so you can find and share insights.

Systems and Data Management Software
Systems and Data Management Software

NI NI SystemLink™ allows engineering and test teams of all sizes to plan, manage, and optimize tests—intelligently, collaboratively, and at scale.

Hardware in the Loop (HIL) Suite
Hardware in the Loop (HIL) Suite

The NI LabVIEW+ Suite for HIL is a complete set of NI software tools for embedded software test and simulation. Get VeriStand, LabVIEW, LabVIEW FPGA and Real-Time modules, and more, along with the Nigel AI Advisor.

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