Test software design techniques for reuse and portability

Author

DeAbren, B.

Author_Institution

Electron. Sensors & Syst. Sector, Northrop Grumman Corp., Baltimore, MD

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

334

Lastpage

338

Abstract

A test station software, developed using LabWindows^TM/CVI^TM, was implemented using a flexible architecture and modular design techniques in order to facilitate reuse and portability during the various stages of product development. The various software components-User Interface, Instrument Control, Data Collection, and Results Analysis-were partitioned into independent sub-units with limited end clearly defined interfaces between each other. This eliminated the coupling of software modules across software components. A test station configuration software component was also designed to centralize access and distribution of test station data

Keywords

automatic test software; product development; production testing; software architecture; software portability; software reusability; COTS equipment; LabWindows/CVI; centralised data storage; data collection; design verification test software architecture; factory test software architecture; flexible architecture; independent subunits; instrument control; instrument driver code; modular design techniques; product development; production testing; results analysis; software portability; software reuse; test software design techniques; test station software; user interface; Computer architecture; Costs; Design engineering; Independent component analysis; Instruments; Scheduling; Software architecture; Software design; Software testing; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON Proceedings, 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1080-7725

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5868-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.2000.885610

Filename

885610