National Instruments intros NI TestStand 2010

BANGALORE, INDIA: National Instruments today introduced NI TestStand 2010, test management software for automated validation and production testing.

NI TestStand helps test engineers build a software framework for accelerating the development of test sequences and minimizes the total cost of ownership of maintaining test executive software deployed across many test stations said a press release.

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The release further added, latest version adds team-based development features including a Sequence Analyzer, a three-way file diff-and-merge utility, support for new PC technologies and enhanced integration with NI LabVIEW graphical system design software.

NI TestStand 2010 is ideal for a variety of automated test applications within telecommunications, consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace/defense and other industries.

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“The new Sequence Analyzer feature promises to greatly reduce the time required to debug our test sequences and help us to better adhere to our coding guidelines and best practices for NI TestStand,” said Warren Scott, software design engineer at Tektronix and Certified TestStand Architect.

With the new NI TestStand 2010 Sequence Analyzer, teams can more efficiently collaborate on sequence development without spending time performing manual error checking, added the release.

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NI TestStand 2010 also supports the latest PC technologies with features including a redesigned .NET Adapter that takes advantage of chained calls with dot notation and many other .NET Framework improvements.

Additionally, NI TestStand 2010 supports 64-bit integers and pointers, which simplifies migration to 64-bit code modules so engineers can develop more memory-intensive applications. With these enhancements, engineers can implement the most advanced technology in their test system designs.

NI TestStand also integrates with LabVIEW projects and classes to help teams implement object-oriented programming and combat obsolescence by using hardware abstraction layer architectures.

As an added benefit, engineers using NI TestStand 2010 gain enhanced support for symmetric multiprocessing to simplify access to LabVIEW multi-threading for improved performance on multi-core processors.