With Test System Architect from Pickering Interfaces, you can design cable assemblies that connect your device-under-test to test equipment or switches. The cloud-based tool is free. You need only register to use it. Connecting electronic devices to test equipment can be daunting, especially when building an automated test system and connecting several test instruments to […]
PXI
NI boosts PXI with controllers, chassis, and I/O
PXI continues to grow with an 18-slot chassis, system controllers, multifunction DAQ, and an oscilloscope. NI’s line of PXI-based test instrumentation has received a significant boost. Nearing 30 years old, PXI has become the standard for modular instrumentation in automated test for it boasts a thriving multi-vendor ecosystem. PXI originator NI has added an 18-slot […]
PXI/PXIe battery simulators automate BMS testing
Pickering Interfaces has added two PXI and two PXIe battery simulators to its line of PXI test modules. The 41-754 (PXI) and 43-754 (PXIe) battery simulators are both available in 2-channel or 4-channel versions that can supply from 1 V to 8 V, 5 A per channel. The channels are fully isolated from ground and […]
System tests aircraft VMS using HIL
The Vehicle Management System test platform from Bloomy Controls lets you test aircraft VMS for electric, fueled, commercial, military, rotary, fixed-wing, piloted, and unpiloted aircraft.
15 W PXI programmable resistor modules simulate sensors
These modules let you perform HIL testing for industrial, automotive, medial and other products.
NI president: “We are the LabVIEW company”
EE World met with Ritu Favre, who emphasized a return to the company’s product roots. National Instruments, now NI and a part of Emerson, has a long, dominant history in test and measurement. Best known for LabVIEW graphical programming and its supporting cast of software for instrument control and data analysis, NI was founded in […]
21-slot PXI chassis features 20 hybrid slots
The 42-927 PXI chassis from Pickering Interfaces saves test-rack space by accepting up to 20 PXI or PXIe instruments and switch cards. No matter how many instruments they hold, large, automated test systems always take up too much floor space. While test racks may have increased in density since the PXI bus was introduced in […]
