NI draws on decades of experience to study the trends influencing electronics-based industries
National Instruments announces its 2014 Automatic Test Study Report, available in French, which presents the results of the company's research into test and measurement technologies and methodologies. Engineers and managers can take advantage of this report, which details trends across a wide range of industries, to leverage the latest strategies and best practices for optimizing any test organization.
The 2014 study report on automatic testing draws on data from academic and industry research, business intelligence and customer feedback (forums, surveys, etc.).
It details the following trends:
Corporate strategy: organizational skills
As far as test engineers are concerned, the talent pool is shrinking and managers need to improve organizational competence through more relevant recruitment, better induction of new staff and greater investment in training to ensure a competent and adequately staffed organization.
Architecture: test system management
New technologies offer a wider range of test equipment features, helping test managers to monitor the condition of their systems, reducing costs and maximizing uptime.
Processing: cloud computing for testing
Unable to provide the ideal balance between performance and cost, or to adapt to actual product demand, traditional test platforms are a drag on profitability. As in IT, cloud computing applied to automated testing can alleviate these growing concerns.
Software: scalable test software architectures
The need to deliver test systems faster with ever fewer resources is driving software strategies away from rigid solutions in favor of software-based platforms to maximize longevity and scalability throughout the product lifecycle, and from one new product design to the next.
Inputs/outputs: redefining the concept of sensors
The number of sensors in products has increased dramatically, challenging test managers to keep pace with new technologies and adapt to this growing demand. Test managers need flexible test solutions that can be modified as quickly as the products incorporating the sensors they are testing.
Learn more: www.ni.com/ato/f