Title :
Design and development of a versatile testing system for analog and mixed-signal circuits
Author :
Dimopoulos, Michael G. ; Papakostas, Dimitris K. ; Hatzopoulos, Alkis A. ; Konstantinidis, Evdokimos I. ; Spyronasios, Alexios
Author_Institution :
R&D Dept., Olympia Electron. S.A., Kolindros-Pieria
Abstract :
In this paper the design and development of a test system based on a microcontroller is presented. This system is versatile to test various analog and mixed-signal systems without any hardware modification. Preliminary results from the application of the system to the production line testing of emergency light products are presented showing the effectiveness of the proposed testing scheme.
Keywords :
circuit testing; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; analog circuit; emergency light product; hardware modification; mixed-signal circuit; mixed-signal system; production line testing; versatile testing system; Circuit testing; Electronic equipment testing; Emergency lighting; Hardware; Light emitting diodes; Microcontrollers; Operational amplifiers; Random access memory; System testing; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuit Theory and Design, 2007. ECCTD 2007. 18th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seville
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1341-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1342-3
DOI :
10.1109/ECCTD.2007.4529729