Generation of software for computer controlled test equipment for testing analog circuits

Author

Tinaztepe, Cihan ; Prywes, Noah S.

Volume

26

Issue

7

fYear

1979

fDate

7/1/1979 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

537

Lastpage

548

Abstract

The NOPAL system automatically generates programs in the ATLAS test programming language to test and diagnose malfunctions in analog electronic circuit boards. The system consists of two parts: a top part which analyzes the circuit diagram and determines the necessary tests, and a bottom part which analyzes the required tests and produces a program in the RCA EQUATE ATLAS test language for use with the RCA AN/USM-410 automatic test equipment. The top part, the NOPAL language, and the bottom part are described in respective sections of the article. The operation and advantages of NOPAL are also illustrated with an example of a voltage regulator circuit board. The article concludes with a discussion of features of NOPAL for generating programs in other test programming languages and for other automatic test equipment.

Keywords

Analog integrated circuits; Automatic test software; Computer software design/development; Fault diagnosis; Integrated circuit testing; Integrated circuits, analog; Software-simulations; Analog circuits; Analog computers; Automatic test equipment; Automatic testing; Circuit testing; Computer languages; Electronic equipment testing; Software testing; System testing; Test equipment;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-4094

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCS.1979.1084670

Filename

1084670