Managing automatic test systems in the 90´s

Managing Automatic Test Systems in the 90´s is more than writing BASIC test programs to control IEEE 488 instruments. Managing your Automatic Test System involves Test Program Set (TPS) development, management of re-usable test objects, data management, tester resource management and user interface management. In addition, the Automatic Test System must provide a Test Executive that controls the overall test development and execution environments. The benefits of this type of system are, lower TPS development cost, a common user interface and lower TPS development cost, a common user interface and lower operator training cost. This paper focuses on these aspects of Automatic Test System Management