Emerson has announced the expansion of its Nigel artificial intelligence technology across the NI test software portfolio, introducing prompt-based code generation in the LabVIEW+ Suite.
The enhancements, expected to be available later this year, are intended to allow aerospace, semiconductor and transportation customers to develop and validate products faster while meeting reliability and safety requirements.
Nigel, which was launched last year, is a test-optimized artificial intelligence (AI) technology designed to operate within the constraints of test engineering environments. The expansion will extend Nigel across FlexLogger, InstrumentStudio, TestStand and SystemLink, providing context-aware guidance from development and reuse through to validation and deployment.
In internal testing, engineers have used Nigel to reduce test development and troubleshooting from days or hours to minutes, said the company.
“The NI platform has evolved through every major shift in technology, continually improving how test engineers reach their goals,” said Ritu Favre, president of Emerson’s test and measurement business. “As AI reshapes product development, it’s this adaptability that allows our AI-ready platform to stand out. The real strength of the NI platform isn’t any single capability; it’s in the integration of hardware, software, data and ecosystem that engineers can rely on as technology continues to evolve.”
The NI platform unifies modular hardware, open software and a shared data foundation. At the hardware level, it is designed to deliver low size, weight and power consumption while supporting diverse signals, precise timing and high-performance data movement for demanding test applications.
The software layer connects operating environments and computing technologies, allowing test workflows to incorporate AI over time. A shared data foundation simplifies the capture, management and reuse of measurement data, enabling analytics and collaboration across teams and sites.
During NI Connect keynote presentations in Fort Worth, Texas this week, companies including NVIDIA, Alstom, Valeo, Zap Energy and Cyth Systems described how they are using NI test and measurement technologies to accelerate development and validation of next-generation products.
