Effective test software

The author describes the development of a high productivity software environment for generating test programs. The main aim was to make a system which would be very easy to use, having a minimal learning curve and minimising the need for detailed knowledge of the wide range of test equipment available today. The IBM PC was selected as the host computer to run the software and Microsoft Windows as the environment. The use of a multitasking environment offered the possibility of communications with other applications for processing and presentation of test results