---
title: "Video Review of NI's VirtualBench"
description: "See what the bald engineer thinks about VirtualBench in this review video. Spending some time with the VB gave me a chance to provide real feedback."
canonical: "https://www.baldengineer.com/video-review-of-virtualbench.html"
author: "James Lewis"
date: "2015-03-20T14:30:33Z"
lastmod: "2022-03-31T01:08:20Z"
image: "https://www.baldengineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/youtube-9T0Gwg8NCNk.jpg"
categories: ["reviews","videos"]
tags: []
---

# Video Review of NI's VirtualBench


National Instruments changed the world of instrumentation when it released the VirtualBench. For about $2000 (USD), they give you a bench's worth of equipment in a box about the size of [Horowitz's The Art of Electronics](/review-the-art-of-electronics-book.html "Review:  The Art of Electronics [Book]")!  In this [video review](http://youtu.be/9T0Gwg8NCNk "VirtualBench Video Review"), I take a look at the VirtualBench's 6 built-in functions.

This is a follow-up to my [written review of the Virtual Bench](/review-nis-virtualbench-one-instrument.html "Review of NI's VirtualBench, All-In-One Instrument"). I use the same [mixed signal oscilloscope (MSO) demo board](/category/projects/mso-demo-board "MSO Demo board posts"), to point out what I like and don't like about the VirtualBench.

## VirtualBench Review Jump Points

Here are jump points to specific parts in the review.

- 00:46 - [Power Supply](https://youtu.be/9T0Gwg8NCNk?t=45s "VirtualBench Power Supply")
  - 02:43 - Power Supply's: [Constant Current](https://youtu.be/9T0Gwg8NCNk?t=2m41s)
- 04:50 - [Mixed Signal Oscilloscope](https://youtu.be/9T0Gwg8NCNk?t=4m50s)
- 09:50 - [Function Generator](https://youtu.be/9T0Gwg8NCNk?t=9m50s)
- 11:04 - [GPIO Pins](https://youtu.be/9T0Gwg8NCNk?t=11m04s)
- 11:47 - [Conclusion](https://youtu.be/9T0Gwg8NCNk?t=11m47s)
- 12:50 - [Pros](https://youtu.be/9T0Gwg8NCNk?t=12m50s)
- 13:18 - [Cons](https://youtu.be/9T0Gwg8NCNk?t=13m18s)

Overall, I like the box and I think you'll see why.  The iPad App is amazing.  The specs are impressive.  And overall, the instrument works well.