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Formally known as National Instruments, NI is a leading vendor in automated test and measurement.

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Austin, TX 78759
USA

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For more than 40 years, NI has developed automated test and automated measurement systems that help engineers solve the world’s toughest challenges. Let’s work together to find creative solutions to help your organization succeed today, tomorrow, and for the next 100 years.

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Systems

2025's Top Trends: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Bring Smarts to RF Systems

Nov. 26, 2024

Learn how AI and ML will help detect, classify, and identify RF signals in an increasingly crowded EM spectrum.

Test & Measurement

Customizing Tests for Today’s Electronically Scanned Arrays

March 7, 2024

The first scanned phased arrays used a single transmitter and receiver connected to all antenna elements through phase shifters. Currently, most use solid-state transmit/receive...

Test & Measurement

State-of-the-Art Testers Chase Complex Wireless Signals

Sept. 6, 2023

As wireless applications and frequencies ramp up, test equipment must increase measurement capabilities, even when operating as battery-powered portables, into the mmWave range...

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Test & Measurement

Emerson Acquires NI

April 19, 2023

Emerson sees value in merging NI’s test and software products with its automation technology.

Test & Measurement

NI Software Helps Bridge Gaps in Electronics Design and Test

June 3, 2022

DataStudio aims to help engineers harness more of the data stemming from product development.

Test & Measurement

2021 Special Report: 5G Test

June 14, 2021

5G infrastructure is growing by leaps and bounds, with more and more capability being added to the system. However, the effectiveness of the solution is strongly based on how ...

Videos & Resources

Systems

Products of the Week: July 18, 2022

July 18, 2022

Here's this week's selection of some of the most interesting new products that have been launched of late.

Test & Measurement

Driving the Adoption of Cellular-Based V2X Solutions

May 3, 2022

NI and S.E.A. talk about the SEA-NI V2X Bench Tester and the SEA-NI V2X Sniffer, which meets the OmniAir Qualified Test Equipment (OQTE) certification.

Systems

NI Joins 6G Initiatives

July 30, 2021

David Hall, NI's director of semiconductor marketing, discusses NI's targeted business cases for 6G development in the context of the company's memberships in the Next G Alliance...

Test & Measurement

The Latest in Test and Measurement Products

Oct. 17, 2020

As with any new technology, test and measurement systems continue to evolve to make sure products function correctly and that they meet new quality and reliability standards. ...

Test & Measurement

13 Things You Missed at NI Week

Aug. 19, 2014

The core of NI Week is the showcasing and discussion around technologies to accelerate productivity for software-defined systems in test, measurement, and control.

Technologies

Image Gallery: Best Of Microwaves & RF Award Winners Honored at IMS 2013

July 12, 2013

At IMS 2013, Microwaves & RF presented the first-annual "Best of Microwaves" awards, recognizing companies that are at the forefront of providing resources to microwave engineers...

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Events

The International Microwave Symposium Goes Virtual (Part 1)

Aug. 7, 2020

When it’s time to railroad, you lay rail, and so the industry must adapt. That’s why the International Microwave Symposium, the largest gathering of RF and microwave professionals...

COVID-19

Pivoting During the Pandemic

April 30, 2020

Global healthcare systems are facing enormous strain in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. How is the engineering community coming together to combat high-urgency...

Test & Measurement

Where Does 5G Conformance Testing Stand in 2020?

Dec. 20, 2019

The 5G test cases presented here encompass RF characteristics, radio resource management (RRM), and protocol suites that work at the chipset, device, and base-station levels on...

Test & Measurement

Demand Grows for Innovations in mmWave Test

Nov. 26, 2019

Compared to 4G, test setups for 5G devices pose numerous challenges that include high-bandwidth signals, greater band coverage, and beamforming devices with no access to RF connectors...

Industry Insights

Where Will Tomorrow’s Technology Take Us?

Nov. 4, 2019

Wireless technology has become a dominant force in our everyday lives, yet some are looking way ahead with the hope of pushing the envelope further to create tomorrow’s communications...

Test & Measurement

Looking Way Ahead to 6G

Oct. 23, 2019

While 5G represents the next generation of wireless communications, a new sub-terahertz testbed is already setting the stage for 6G research.

Systems

Modular Synths that Meet Today’s Tough Specs

Aug. 20, 2019

Trends in smaller and lighter frequency synthesizers for defense and aerospace applications translate to fitting more performance at higher frequencies into modular formats.

Test & Measurement

Test Capabilities Offer Reinforcement at Higher Frequencies

July 24, 2019

National Instruments recently unveiled higher-frequency test solutions that focus in on millimeter-wave 5G along with Ka-band radar and satcom applications.

Systems

The Race to 5G…and 6G?

June 26, 2019

As carriers reveal their 5G plans, some in the industry are already looking ahead to 6G.