Title :
CASS common ID set cuts TPS costs, eliminates ID redundancy
Author :
Eiranova, Anthony ; Mann, Stephen J.
Author_Institution :
GE, Burlington, MA, USA
Abstract :
When automatic test equipment (ATE) supports many different weapon systems, interface device (ID) proliferation substantially drives up test program set (TPS) design and production costs and creates significant ID storage problems at the user sites. The Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) common ID set, with its shared universal panel ID (UPID) and dedicated minor adapters (MAs), allows nearly all TPSs planned for CASS to use the same single UPID for their CASS general purpose interface needs. The authors describe the CASS common ID concept and the optimized UPID design. The CASS common ID set includes a UPID self-test TPS, with a self-test MA and a set of self-test shorting plugs and test cables. Documentation consists of a DOD-D-1000 Level 3 drawing package, an interface control document, and a user´s guide with guidelines on MA wiring design and optimum CASS resource allocation for minimum cost, simpler, fewer CASS ID designs.<>
Keywords :
automatic test equipment; built-in self test; economics; maintenance engineering; military computing; peripheral interfaces; system documentation; weapons; ATE; Consolidated Automated Support System; DOD-D-1000 Level 3 drawing package; TPS costs; automatic test equipment; dedicated minor adapters; interface control document; interface device; production costs; redundancy; self-test; shared universal panel ID; shorting plugs; test cables; test program set; user´s guide; weapon; wiring design; Automatic test equipment; Automatic testing; Built-in self-test; Costs; Design optimization; Plugs; Production systems; Storage automation; System testing; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
AUTOTESTCON '92. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference, Conference Record
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0643-0
DOI :
10.1109/AUTEST.1992.270121
