Nigel AI
Nigel AI is designed specifically for test, with extensive knowledge on test system design and methodologies and integrated directly into NI Software. Nigel AI can provide expert guidance so you get information quickly, generate code so you spend less time developing, and automate tasks so that you are more efficient. Nigel AI gives you more time to develop better test systems.
Why Choose NI Software?
Our comprehensive software platform scales from the instrument to the enterprise, allowing us to serve a complete range of needs, from performing a single measurement to managing test systems across the globe.
Built for Test and Measurement Engineers
Work with Speed and Efficiency
With a tightly connected toolchain of specialized software, you can work in the most productive environment for any given task and integrate them when your project expands.
Engineer with Confidence in an Evolving World
You need software that harnesses the latest commercial technologies such as AI, GPUs, and IT security standards in a way that allows you to leverage them without distraction.
Open Ecosystem & Modular Hardware
Get the best of both worlds. NI software integrates with NI hardware for seamless performance—while remaining open to connect with third-party instruments.
Work as Part of a Community
Gain insight from an active, global test-and-measurement-specific community with forums, user groups, and events.
NI LabVIEW
Graphical Development for Engineers
LabVIEW offers a graphical programming approach that helps you visualize your application so you develop faster and more intuitively. LabVIEW also simplifies hardware integration so that you have a consistent way to acquire data from NI and third-party hardware. Get the tool engineers have relied on for 40 years.
Why Engineers Choose LabVIEW:
- LabVIEW can automate any instrument–NI and non-NI hardware.
- LabVIEW provides an integrated, customizable user interface to monitor and control your system live.
- LabVIEW is flexible and can integrate code from other programming languages: Python, MATLAB®, C/C++, C#
- LabVIEW includes NI Nigel™ AI, the first AI optimized for test*
*Available in LabVIEW Professional and LabVIEW+ Suite
Select your LabVIEW License
Professional
Recommended for professional applications that require better development, reporting, and analysis tools.
Includes Nigel AI*.
*Nigel AI is included in LabVIEW Professional with an active service agreement.
Full
Recommended for performing inline advanced mathematics and signal processing.
Base
Recommended for simple desktop measurement applications and includes the standard functions of LabVIEW.
LabVIEW+ Suite
Get Access to More NI Software
The LabVIEW+ Suite includes LabVIEW plus more NI software, providing a set of purpose-built tools for automating measurement, test, and analysis. With powerful platform-wide integration and the test-optimized NI Nigel™ AI, it accelerates development even further to save you more time.
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What Can I Do with the LabVIEW+ Suite?
Create Electronic Validation Test Systems
The LabVIEW+ Suite helps engineers in electronics validation adapt to increasing product complexity by quickly integrating new hardware and setting up new measurements so that everything gets tested, without major disruption.
Build Electronic Production Test Systems
The LabVIEW+ Suite helps electronic production engineers build reliable, comprehensive and efficient test systems with tools that can integrate new measurements without complication and accelerate overall test time.
Set Up Electromechanical Validation Test Systems
The LabVIEW+ Suite provides electromechanical validation engineers with the tools they need to take measurements, build systems, and gather insights efficiently.
More of the NI Software Platform
NI TestStand
Test Executive for Validation & Production
TestStand is off-the-shelf test executive, equipped with NI Nigel™ AI and all the capabilities needed to rapidly develop, deploy, and manage automated test systems:
- TestStand can sequence tests written in various programming languages
- TestStand can optimize instrument use and test time with built-in parallel execution
- TestStand includes operator interfaces and deployment tools for scaling test
- TestStand automatically generates reports and can store results to local or network databases.
Select your TestStand License
*A DEVELOPMENT LICENSE IS REQUIRED TO BUILD NEW SEQUENCES AND A DEPLOYMENT TYPE LICENSE IS REQUIRED FOR EACH DEPLOYED SYSTEM.
TestStand Development System
Required for engineers and architects developing test systems.
TestStand Base Deployment Engine
Required for deploying sequences to additional test systems.
TestStand Debug and Deployment Environment
Recommended for engineers who deploy,
debug, and fix issues in their deployed systems.
NI DIAdem
Measurement Data Analytics Software
DIAdem is data analytics software specifically built for measurement data search, inspection, analysis, and automated reporting:
- Data Search and Inspection: Access any type of data and search through metadata to find data in local or network locations
- Visualization: Display data in multiple 2D-axis systems, play video data, and more
- Advanced Analysis: Utilize hundreds of built-in advanced analysis functions (bode order tracking, order and rain flow analysis, etc.) in addition to custom reusable formulas
- Automated Reporting: Automate your measurement data analysis workflow, from import to analysis to report
Select your DIAdem License
Professional
Recommended for teams analyzing complex or rotating machinery data sets.
Advanced
Recommended for engineers who need more powerful analysis, video synchronization, and workflow automation.
Base
Recommended for engineers who need to load, search, visualize, and report standard engineering data. Provides core DIAdem inspection tools and DataFinder-based search.
Supports viewing data in common graph formats and exporting standard reports
NI InstrumentStudio
Provides configuration-based software to control and configure instruments, run measurements, and develop test sequences within a single environment.
InstrumentStudio Professional includes Nigel AI to assist users in using the software and controlling instruments.
- Visualize and Control Multiple Instruments: Interface interactively with a wide range of NI PXI instruments and extend for non-NI instruments
- Run Custom Measurements: Integrate measurements developed in various programming languages with measurement plug-ins
- Develop Test Sequences: Sequence instrument and measurement panels as test steps and produce reports
- Monitor and Debug Applications: Monitor measurements within InstrumentStudio, LabVIEW, Python, TestStand, and others for run-time debugging.
Select your InstrumentStudio License
InstrumentStudio Professional
Recommended for automated validation and application-specific customization.
InstrumentStudio
Recommended for interactive, multi-instrument measurements, preparing for programming an automated test system, and debugging automated test systems.
NI FlexLogger
NI FlexLogger™ is data acquisition software designed to get you electrical or sensor data, fast—no programming required.
- View and Log Sensor Data: Quickly configure sensors with intuitive menus and visualize data with customizable screens and interactive graphs.
- Automate Mechanical Test Benches: Build your mechanical or product characterization test system faster with FlexLogger.
Select your FlexLogger License
FlexLogger Professional
Recommended for applications that require more complete validation capabilities or additional I/O.
FlexLogger Lite
Recommended for manual data logging and monitoring with NI DAQ hardware.
Included with all NI DAQ hardware purchases, available as a free download with no time limitations.
NI VeriStand
HIL Testing Software
VeriStand is real-time testing software for configuring and deploying hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) systems.
What can I do with NI VeriStand?
- Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Testing: Build and deploy real-time test systems through configuration, not code.
- Model-in-the-Loop (MIL) and Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) Validation: Validate embedded software before physical hardware exists.
- Real-Time Stimulus Generation and Fault Injection: Automate complex test sequences directly on the real-time target.
- Test System Automation and Integration: Connect VeriStand to existing test automation and enterprise workflows.
Select your VeriStand License
VeriStand Full Development
Recommended for embedded software teams that need to configure, develop, and deploy real-time test applications from a single license.
LabVIEW+ Suite for HIL
Recommended for embedded software engineers and system architects developing HIL and SIL validation workflows.
VeriStand PC
Recommended for teams that build and configure test systems on a desktop and use separate Operator licenses to deploy to real-time HIL targets.
VeriStand Operator
Recommended for deployment-only use cases where test engineers run pre-configured HIL systems without modifying the system definition.
NI SystemLink™
SystemLink is a trusted, centralized platform for engineering and test teams of all sizes to plan, manage, and optimize tests. It simplifies software deployment and systems management and boosts performance by using data to find correlations and remove inefficiencies.
What can I do with SystemLink?
- Operational Visibility: centralized visibility into system health, utilization, and operational status across distributed test environments.
- Deployment Standardization: standardize software deployment and configuration to maintain version consistency across distributed test systems.
- Test Insight and Traceability: consolidate test data to accelerate analysis and maintain traceability across systems and programs.
- Workflow Automation: reduce manual effort by automating repetitive operational and data workflows.
- Governance and Control: enforce controlled access and standardized practices across teams and environments.
Select your SystemLink License
SystemLink Server
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SystemLink Enterprise
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