An advanced platform to develop test software for domestic appliances based on hybrid architecture

Test systems are widely adopted to assist the design and testing of domestic appliances. A test system mainly includes computers, data acquisition instruments and test software. Development of test software often suffers from low efficiency due to the complex design, programming and debugging process. In this paper, we design a platform to facilitate the development of test software based on Client/Server and Browser/Server hybrid architecture. The development process of the test software is turned into configuring parameters through the graphic user interface (GUI). The platform presented consists of the reusable component libraries, client-based assembly subsystem, Web-based assembly subsystem, data collection subsystem and customization subsystem. Our platform is validated by various cases of developing test software for manufacturing enterprises. The results demonstrate that our platform remarkably improves the development efficiency and quality of test software.