The role of a signal interface in supporting instrument interchangeability

Author

Ramachandran, Narayanan ; Oblad, Roger P. ; Neag, Ion A. ; Tyler, David F.

Author_Institution

TYX Corp., Reston, VA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

403

Lastpage

416

Abstract

This paper investigates the principles of instrument interchangeability in Automatic Test Systems by identifying the effects of instrument replacement and by analyzing the existing solutions for interchangeability problems. The “robust” instrument interchangeability provided by the IVI-MSS approach is presented in detail. The solution proposed in the paper consists of the standardization of a Signal Interface as semantic contents for IVI-MSS interfaces. Besides the inherent advantages of the IVI-MSS architecture, this approach provides portability of components among different testing environments. The functional requirements, integration issues and associated business model for the proposed solution are analyzed

Keywords

automatic test equipment; computer architecture; peripheral interfaces; signal processing equipment; standardisation; ATS architecture; Automatic Test Systems; IVI-MSS; IVI-MSS architecture; business model; instrument interchangeability; instrument replacement; portability; signal interface; standardization; Automatic testing; Business; Communication system control; Documentation; Instruments; Life testing; Power generation; Standardization; System testing; USA Councils;

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.2000.885621

Filename

885621