Talking AI and Edge Computing in Advanced Test
What you'll learn:
- How AI is changing edge computing and embedded engineering.
- Considerations in AI deployment in advanced systems.
AI has been a powerful force in the embedded electronics industry, although it’s still in its infancy. It has a great promise to automate systems in every facet of the industry, yet it’s not a silver bullet (yet).
In this podcast, we talk to Rudy Sengupta, VP & General Manager of Emerson NI, about the company’s latest efforts in the space. NI LabVIEW+ Suite 2026 leverages Nigel to introduce new features, including new AI-driven code completion, enhanced debugging, and updated UI development.
Nigel is an AI specifically built for test and measurement applications, with advanced test expertise and integration into NI software. The AI has been taught in test system design, methodologies, and data analysis, combined with advanced knowledge of NI hardware and software, so that you can make better development decisions more quickly. Unlike general-purpose AI tools, Nigel provides highly relevant, deep technical answers for test application questions.
SHOW NOTES
00:38 – Is AI One-Size-Fits-All?
03:21 – Vertical AI and General AI
05:48 – Programming with AI
09:37 – Integrating AI in LabVIEW
About the Author
Alix Paultre
Editor-at-Large, Electronic Design
An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Also check out his YouTube watch-collecting channel, Talking Timepieces.
Rudy Sengupta
Vice President and General Manager, Test and Analytics Software Emerson NI
As vice president and general manager of test and analytics software at Emerson’s test and measurement business, formerly NI, Rudy Sengupta is responsible for driving differentiation and resiliency through software and recurring revenue growth.
With almost two decades of experience at NI, Sengupta has held multiple progressive leadership positions in engineering, product management and strategy. Most recently, he served as vice president of product management and software growth strategy, focused on software portfolio transformation and product strategy across a broad product portfolio of RF, precision, conditioned measurement, communication, and data-acquisition hardware and application software.
Sengupta holds a Bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, with a technical focus on embedded systems and communication networks. He's still engaged with the university as a member of the Electrical Engineering Advisor Board.