element14 is broadening global access to Emerson NI Nigel AI, bringing purpose-built artificial intelligence directly to test and measurement professionals.
The latest round of updates shifts the technology from a basic advisory assistant into a full-fledged AI author, introducing powerful prompt-based code generation and automated test development across the entire NI software ecosystem.
As modern engineering environments shift toward connected, software-defined systems, test teams are under mounting pressure to accelerate validation without cutting corners.
Unlike standard, general-purpose AI models, Nigel AI was custom-built by Emerson specifically for test engineering workflows. It is natively embedded within NI software to understand application data, legacy test setups, and complex engineering code.
Moving From Advisory Guidance to Active Authorship
With these new upgrades, Emerson NI Nigel AI steps beyond routine troubleshooting and guidance. Key updates include:
- Prompt-Based Code Generation: Directly inside NI LabVIEW™, engineers can write plain-text prompts to generate code.
- Automated Sequence Generation: Streamlined workflow creation built directly into NI TestStand™.
- Rigorous Oversight: Designed to speed up development cycles while leaving engineers firmly in control of reviewing and deploying final code.
Emerson highlighted the tool’s impact at NI Connect 2026, demonstrating how a complex task, previously taking roughly 20 hours over a two-week period using standard coding assistants, was completed in just 20 minutes on the very first try.
Integrating AI Across the Test Lifecycle
Rather than functioning as an isolated sandbox tool, Nigel AI links hardware, software, and data directly within the AI-ready NI platform.
By tapping into element14’s expansive global distribution network, engineering teams of all sizes can easily integrate these cutting-edge capabilities into the tools and workflows they already rely on every day.
The new range of products from NI is now available and shipping from Farnell in EMEA, Newark in North America and element14 in APAC.
Leadership Comments
Andy Weatherill, Global Head of Product and Technology, element14, said, “AI has enormous potential to improve engineering productivity, but its real value comes when it fits naturally into the way engineers already work. By making Emerson’s NI Nigel AI available through element14, we’re helping customers adopt purpose-built AI that complements engineering expertise, accelerates development, and supports the high standards of quality and validation that modern test environments demand.”
Siddarth Sethi, Vice President and General Manager, NI Test and Analytics Software, Test & Measurement, Emerson, added,“The future of AI in engineering isn’t about replacing engineers—it’s about enhancing the way they work. Nigel brings AI directly to the systems, workflows, and data that engineers rely on every day, combining speed with rigor and helping teams solve increasingly complex challenges with confidence.”
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