The Future of Test is Not Just an Instrument

The Future of Test is Not Just an Instrument

 

 

Innovation is often advertised in a package with the latest gadget that promises to revolutionize everything you do. Don't get us wrong—cutting-edge tools are great. Where would we be without them? But the full story is more complex.

When you look at the future of test, it’s full of increasingly complex products that rely on connected systems and data to ensure the utmost safety and reliability. You need a 360 view of your test strategy. One that automates test to save you time, uses standard processes and tools that speak to each other and enable streamlined collaboration, and puts the rich depth of data your organization has at its fingertips to work to reveal insights essential to product development. 

We've been examining the bigger picture of test and the incredible impact it can have on business when used to its full potential. We encourage you to take a closer look at how your systems, processes, and tools can connect across your organization to unlock the next-level performance required to tackle the next wave of product innovation.

NI Opens Michigan Engineering Innovation Center to Accelerate the Performance of EVs and AVs with Automotive Manufacturers

The opening of NI's Engineering Innovation Center in Novi, Michigan marks a significant milestone in our ongoing efforts to help automotive manufacturers and suppliers optimize their test strategies. This facility is not just a test hub, it’s a symbol of our commitment to helping businesses extract maximum value from their test practices by integrating automation, standardization, and digital transformation initiatives.

The cutting-edge technologies available at the Engineering Innovation Center provide an ideal platform for automation, a crucial element in optimizing test. The center enables the collaboration between manufacturers and NI engineers to automate measurements and enable essential test data that informs the entire product development lifecycle. This improves the quality of EV components and ADAS sub-systems and empowers manufacturers to scale their test coverage as product complexity increases.

The center champions an approach that fosters organizational consistency, design-cycle reuse, and platform adoption—translating into greater efficiency and speed. This complements NI's broader aim of enabling businesses to make strategic strides in their test operations.

“Efficient time to market and test operations are critical to ensuring the acceleration of EV and ADAS programs as they become increasingly complex to test,” said Drita Roggenbuck, senior vice president and general manager of transportation, NI. “This Innovation Center will allow our customers to use the latest solutions from NI to test the rising software and technology going into vehicles to ensure that it is functioning properly at every step of the process, which is key to propelling the automotive industry forward.”