Developing intelligent automatic test equipment

Author

Simpson, William R. ; Sheppard, John W.

Author_Institution

ARINC Res. Corp., Annapolis, MD, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

20-24 May 1991

Firstpage

1206

Abstract

The authors discuss internal research of the past 10 years which led to the evolution of several maintenance tools and an architecture for intelligent ATE (automatic test equipment). Specifically, the objectives of the research program, some of its results, and its applications are reviewed. A demonstration intelligent ATE system consisting of a Racal-Dana VXI, instruments-on-a-board automatic test unit for an AV8B power supply is described, and the capabilities of this system and its implications for more generic ATE architectures are discussed

Keywords

automatic test equipment; computer architecture; electronic equipment testing; fault location; knowledge based systems; maintenance engineering; military equipment; power supplies to apparatus; ARINC; AV8B power supply; Air Force; Army; Navy; POINTER; Racal-Dana VXI; STAMP; aircraft; airline industry; automotive industry; fault diagnosis; inference system; intelligent ATE; intelligent automatic test equipment; maintenance tools; Automatic control; Automatic test equipment; Automatic testing; Automation; Built-in self-test; Computer interfaces; Fault trees; Instruments; System testing; Test equipment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1991. NAECON 1991., Proceedings of the IEEE 1991 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0085-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1991.165914

Filename

165914