SMART 608 Interface Connector Assembly-this new standard employs innovative signal distribution and interface techniques

The airline industry, through ARINC, has undertaken development of the Standard Modular Avionics Repair and Test System (SMART) standard. The SMART standard embraces the 626-ATLAS language development and run-time software along with the SMART 608 Interface Connector Assembly (ICA). The SMART 608 ICA standard employs several innovations, such as low insertion force connectors, a signal distribution backplane. and resource allocation rules, which serve to ensure transportability of the test unit adapter (TUA) interface device. These techniques provide for lower-cost TPS (test program set) adapters, improved resource allocation flexibility, and increased UUT (unit under test) interface signal density. Several aspects of the 608 interface. such as weight, UUT interface density, wear characteristics and fault tolerance, can be advantageous to the new generation of transportable military test systems