A case for Ada TPS programs

An approach is proposed for integrating general-purpose Ada tools and special-purpose test-oriented tools in a test programming support environment. The approach capitalizes on the strengths of both Ada and ATLAS; test programs would be written in Ada except that they would use a standard test package, written in Ada and modeled after ATLAS, to implement the test-oriented functions. The standard test package would be linked into the test program so that its procedures could be called from the main program. The test package would contain procedures that perform signal-oriented functions such as applying an AC signal with parameters selecting the test instrument, amplitude, frequency, and connection. Standard Ada statements would be used for all other functions, such as control flow, input/output, and data processing