Title :
VAX2PC [military automatic test equipment]
Author :
May, Eric ; Jones, Lynda
Author_Institution :
NSWC Crane, IN, USA
Abstract :
The CASS (Consolidate Automated Support System) is a standard military automatic test platform. Designed in the 1980´s and fielded in the early 1990´s, the Block I version of the bench depends on a VAX 3900 from the former Digital Equipment Corporation for its computing power. Software is available to emulate the VAX 3900 on a Windows PC. With the potential for significant performance enhancements due to faster run times, Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center implemented an effort to explore the possibility of replacing the VAX with a PC running Software Resources International´s (SRI) Charon-VAX emulation software. This paper details the result of that effort.
Keywords :
DEC computers; automatic test equipment; automatic test software; microcomputer applications; military avionics; military computing; Block I CASS station; Charon-VAX emulation software; Consolidate Automated Support System; Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center; VAX 3900 emulation; military automatic test platform; Aircraft navigation; Costs; Cranes; Manufacturing; Microcomputers; Military computing; Military standards; Radio frequency; Software performance; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
AUTOTESTCON 2004. Proceedings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8449-0
DOI :
10.1109/AUTEST.2004.1436876
