Testing time can be decreased as well as product testing time with the flexible, powerful parallel testing in National Instruments TestStand Version 2.0.

With TestStand 2.0, users can automatically test multiple units in parallel to increase test throughput, lowering their cost to test and increasing their profit margins.

Many electronics companies use TestStand to test a variety of products, such as fiber-optic components, automotive multimedia electronic systems, and handheld wireless devices.

Increasing test throughput with advanced parallel testing is an interesting solution because, in an increasingly competitive electronics manufacturing market, even seconds off test times amount to millions of dollars of bottom-line cost savings. TestStand 2.0 automatically tests multiple units in parallel to increase test throughput and lower a manufacturer's cost to test.

Users can easily choose to run batch tests or asynchronous tests depending on the needs of their test systems. For sophisticated parallel test systems, TestStand 2.0 includes a set of powerful built-in synchronization tools to schedule and manage parallel tests and achieve the optimum balance between test throughput and equipment use.

TestStand 2.0 includes built-in project management tools, enabling single users to track test sequences with a project window that organizes test code modules and test sequences. Many users can work on test code as a team because TestStand 2.0 is compatible with a variety of commercial source control programs including Microsoft Source Safe, Perforce, and Clear Case. Projects in TestStand integrate seamlessly with source control tools to increase development productivity.