Test resource management

Author

Jones, Scott G.

Author_Institution

Marconi Integrated Syst., San Diego, CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

377

Lastpage

383

Abstract

This paper will address Test Resource Management in the form of Test Program programming in an instrument independent environment. It begins with a short history of BASIC and ATLAS language implementations and extends the concepts into the visual programming environment now becoming prevalent. A short discussion of instrument oriented, signal oriented and finally test oriented programming techniques leads into the complexities involved in using the newer generations of test instruments which provide single action controls implementing the equivalent of a block of ATLAS code. Strategies of providing alternate instrumentation for accomplishing the same test are explored and tradeoffs are identified for considering implementation alternatives

Keywords

automatic test software; programming environments; virtual instrumentation; visual programming; ATLAS code block; ATLAS language implementation; BASIC language implementation; COTS test development environment; TPS life cycle cost; implementation alternatives; instrument independent environment; instrument oriented programming; signal oriented programming; single action controls; test oriented programming; test program programming; test resource management; transportable test programs; virtual instruments; visual programming environment; Algorithms; Costs; History; Instruments; Life testing; Programming environments; Resource management; Signal generators; System testing; Test equipment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON '99. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference, 1999. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

ISSN

1080-7725

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5432-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.1999.800405

Filename

800405