National Instruments has introduced NI TestStand 2010 for automated validation and production testing. NI TestStand helps test engineers build a powerful 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.
"We have been using NI TestStand for the last six years and have seen significant efficiency gains when compared to a custom test executive," said Warren Scott, Software Design Engineer at Tektronix and Certified TestStand Architect. "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."
With the new NI TestStand 2010 Sequence Analyzer, teams can more efficiently collaborate on sequence development without spending time performing manual error checking. For example, after engineers create a test sequence, the Sequence Analyzer checks the code against standard rules to ensure error-free code. It includes numerous rules for common errors and also helps engineers create their own custom rules within the analyzer utility. A new three-way diff-and-merge utility complements the Sequence Analyzer and provides teams with improved functionality for comparing and easily merging different files. This is especially useful for teams using source-code control software to manage the revision control of their test software development.
