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NASA LabVIEW User Group Meeting 3/22/23 (NI & Ansys Satellite Link Emulation)

In this meeting, NI Chief Aerospace & Defense Offering Manager Chris Behnke provided an overview of RF channel emulation using a PXIe embedded controller, a Vector Signal Transceiver, and an FPGA Co-Processor. The NI & Ansys Satellite Link Emulator is intended to validate next-generation satellite communication links with a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) approach that delivers maximum test fidelity and flexibility, emulating real-world system behavior and channel effects in a laboratory setting. The Ansys Systems Tool Kit (STK) is integrated with NI PXIe hardware and LabVIEW FPGA, enabling communication links between satellite and ground stations to be validated against accurate and realistic channel parameters in real-time.

To learn more about Satellite Link Emulation and Hardware-in-the-Loop testing using NI technology, please visit us in Austin at NI Connect (May 23rd and 24th). For more information about the Test System Security Summit on May 22nd, please email Steve.Summers@ni.com.

Resources Mentioned in Today's Presentation:

NI and Ansys Launch Joint Solutions for Customers in Aerospace and Beyond

https://www.ansys.com/blog/ni-ansys-launch-join-solutions-for-aerospace

NI Acquires SET GmbH (including Tech180)

https://investor.ni.com/news-releases/news-release-details/ni-acquires-set-gmbh-accelerate-power-sem...

NI Connect

https://www.ni.com/en/events/niconnect.html

AIAA Ascend Conference in Houston

https://www.ascend.events/ascendx/ascendxtexas-pathways-for-our-success/

Introduction to the PXIe-5842 Third Generation PXI Vector Signal Transceiver
https://www.ni.com/en-us/shop/wireless-design-test/vector-signal-transceivers/what-is-vst/pxie-5842-...

The Testing We Need to Get to Mars (Podcast)

https://www.ni.com/en-us/perspectives/the-testing-we-need-to-get-to-mars.html