Fundamentals of Building a Test System

May 18, 2020

Press Release

Fundamentals of Building a Test System

Learn the recommended process for building test systems from start to finish, including tips for using the NI ecosystem and the PXI platform to create robust modular test systems.

This is a comprehensive compilation of articles on the fundamentals of building a test system. It includes the following topics: 

  • Modeling the Total Cost of Ownership of an Automated Test System
  • Selecting Instrumentation
  • Automated Test System Power Infrastructure
  • Switching and Multiplexing
  • Test Executive Software
  • Hardware and Measurement Abstraction Layers
  • Rack Layout and Thermal Profiling
  • Mass Interconnect and Fixturing
  • Software Deployment
  • System Maintenance