{"id":2941,"date":"2025-02-06T21:59:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/?p=2941"},"modified":"2025-09-05T19:12:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:12:51","slug":"ni-hardware-obsolescence-guide-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/ni-hardware-obsolescence-guide-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NI Hardware Obsolescence Guide 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/NI-Hardware-Obsolescence-Guide-25.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Listen to this post here.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to test equipment obsolescence, the best approach is a proactive one. As an NI Suggested Supplier, Apex Waves has the experience and resources to equip and prepare you to deal with test equipment obsolescence without having to replace your entire legacy system. In this post, we will take a look at the common cause and effects of obsolescence, as well as identify specific models that will be going obsolete throughout 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f1ab2d50c634b890794db747b7481ed3\" style=\"font-size:25px\">Defining Test Equipment Obsolescence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The term \u201c<strong>test equipment<\/strong>\u201d encompasses a wide range of tools that are essential for research, optimization, diagnostic, and quality control applications. There are a few reasons why any given piece of test equipment is deemed \u201cobsolete\u201d by the manufacturer, including changing industry standards and the cost of maintenance. However, the most common reason that test equipment is declared obsolete is that advancements in technology result in changing application and compatibility needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In 2025, technology is continuing to improve at unprecedented rates. When compared to previous decades, the capabilities of existing testing hardware can be rendered obsolete relatively quickly. For some industries, such as the military and other government entities, specific hardware is relied on for as long as possible. When not adequately addressed, outdated and obsolete test equipment that is incompatible with existing test systems may provide health and safety risks. At worst, it may cause disruptions in the global supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of test equipment manufacturers will phase older equipment of production in favor of new and improved models, leading to a growing need for companies to have a plan to address obsolescence as it occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tech_cropped_2.png\" alt=\"Technician inspecting NI Hardware\" class=\"wp-image-2958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tech_cropped_2.png 604w, https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tech_cropped_2-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tech_cropped_2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-abed6c5f07be3b00e1a6b4ada2389ff7\" style=\"font-size:25px\">Impact of Obsolescence on NI Hardware<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The impact of test equipment obsolescence extends beyond hardware. Software, the accessibility of replacement parts, the ability to get certain parts calibrated, and general support services can all be impacted. These impacts can be felt across a wide range of industries, as test and measurement is critical to the designing, manufacturing, and maintaining of their systems and products. These industries include but are not limited to defense, aerospace, semiconductor manufacturing, telecommunications, medical, automation, research, and transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">NI operates with a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ni.com\/en\/support\/hardware-product-life-cycle-policies.html?srsltid=AfmBOoq_4vl-uMPfbW1qS2Bv8CcXDQAd8NRWR5Wi9PX4jp3c628WOMFe\">Product Lifecycle<\/a>\u201d for all of its hardware. This lifecycle is comprised of six phases; Active, Mature, Last Time Buy, Standard Support, Limited Support, and Discontinued. After a product moves out of the \u201cLast Time Buy\u201d phase of the lifecycle, it will no longer be offered for sale by NI. The \u201cStandard Support\u201d phase lasts for a brief time, and is followed by \u201cLimited Support\u201d- during which time NI only offers \u201creasonable effort\u201d for support services. The final phase, \u201cDiscontinued\u201d, is when NI no longer provides support or purchasing of any kind for the product and only offers \u201creasonable effort\u201d for calibration services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d1a4a326e0d94ae5d83b03f822fb2d90\" style=\"font-size:25px\">List of NI Hardware Approaching Obsolescence in 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The tables below outlines NI hardware modules that are approaching obsolescence throughout 2025. Following these &#8220;<em>Last Time Buy Date<\/em>s&#8221;, the availability of services from NI continue to decline as time goes on. <strong>However, the following modules will remain available for both purchase and support services in perpetuity with Apex Waves.<\/strong><br><br><em>This list might be incomplete and may be added to in the future. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Model Name<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">January 2025<br>Last Time Buy Date<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"74\" class=\"wp-image-2943\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-5652-angle.jpg\" alt=\"Side view of the NI PXIe-5652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-5652-angle.jpg 1065w, https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-5652-angle-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-5652-angle-1024x507.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/modular-systems\/national-instruments\/pxi-signal-generator-modules\/PXIe-5652\">PXIe-5652<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1\/30\/2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Model Name<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">April 2025<br>Last Time Buy Date<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"74\" class=\"wp-image-2944\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ni-roborio-front.jpg\" alt=\"Front view of the NI roboRIO\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ni-roborio-front.jpg 1065w, https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ni-roborio-front-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ni-roborio-front-1024x507.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/modular-systems\/national-instruments\/compactrio-controllers\/RoboRIO\"> roboRIO<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4\/30\/2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Stratom CAN Adapter for myRIO<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4\/30\/2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Model Name<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">May 2025<br>Last Time Buy Date<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Digilent Digital Electronics Board for NI Elvis III<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5\/1\/2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Digilent myPROTO<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5\/1\/2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Emona DATEx Telecommunications Board for <br>NI ELVIS II<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5\/1\/2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/modular-systems\/national-instruments\/ni-elvis\/NI%20ELVIS%20III\">NI ELVIS III<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5\/1\/2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Model Name<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">June 2025<br>Last Time Buy Date<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/modular-systems\/national-instruments\/mxi-express-x1-series\/PXIe-PCIe8363\">PXIe-PCIe8363<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6\/30\/2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Model Name<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">July 2025<br>Last Time Buy Date<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"74\" class=\"wp-image-2945\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-8360.jpg\" alt=\"Side view of the NI PXIe-8360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-8360.jpg 1065w, https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-8360-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-8360-1024x507.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/modular-systems\/national-instruments\/mxi-express-x1-series\/PXIe-8360\">PXIe-8360<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">7\/1\/2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Model Name<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">December 2025<br>Last Time Buy Date<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/modular-systems\/national-instruments\/mxi-express-x8-series\/PCIe-8383\">PCIe-8383<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12\/31\/2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"74\" class=\"wp-image-2946\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-8381-angle.jpg\" alt=\"Side view of the PXIe-8381 module from NI\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-8381-angle.jpg 1065w, https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-8381-angle-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-8381-angle-1024x507.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/modular-systems\/national-instruments\/mxi-express-x8-series\/PXIe-8381\">PXIe-8381<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12\/31\/2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"74\" class=\"wp-image-2947\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-8384-angle.jpg\" alt=\"Side view of the PXIe-83847 Module\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-8384-angle.jpg 1065w, https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-8384-angle-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pxie-8384-angle-1024x507.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/modular-systems\/national-instruments\/mxi-express-x8-series\/PXIe-8384\">PXIe-8384<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12\/31\/2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"74\" class=\"wp-image-3158\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crio-9064-front.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crio-9064-front.jpg 1065w, https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crio-9064-front-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crio-9064-front-1024x507.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/modular-systems\/national-instruments\/compactrio-controllers\/cRIO-9064\">cRIO-9064<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12\/31\/2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-52baeb4dc9582ae5b8a3afad47f7a452\" style=\"font-size:25px\">HOW APEX WAVES HELPS YOU PLAN FOR OBSOLESCENCE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">As a trusted value added reseller of NI Hardware, Apex Waves is not subject to any &#8220;Last Time Buy&#8221; dates. No matter what stage of the \u201cNI Product Lifecycle\u201d a product is listed under, it can be found in our diverse and fully tested inventory. We offer much faster lead times than the manufacturer can achieve, providing comprehensive 2 year warranty guarantees for any purchase of refurbished hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Apex Waves goes above and beyond for our customers, offering repair services and both basic in-house and third-party calibration services. Need a specific driver to help integrate hardware with your existing system? Look no further than our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/drivers.php\">Drivers Download<\/a> page. We are also a one-stop shop for all of your official NI documentation needs with our archive of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/manuals.php\">NI Manuals<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><em>Ready to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/fast-quote.php\">request a quote<\/a> for legacy NI hardware? We will get back in touch within 24 business hours!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to test equipment obsolescence, the best approach is a proactive one. As an NI Suggested Supplier, Apex Waves has the experience and resources to equip and prepare you to deal with test equipment obsolescence without having to replace your entire legacy system. 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