Interface Test Adapter Configurator

Author

Phillips, Benny ; Bacon, Charles

fYear

1990

fDate

17-21 Sep 1990

Firstpage

255

Lastpage

257

Abstract

A rule-based system for designing the interface test adapter (ITA) used in automatic testing of the circuit boards of an aircraft´s components is described. The design task, known as ITA design, requires significant use of heuristic techniques. The system, called the Interface Test Adapter Configurator (ITA-C), written in Prolog and hosted on a PC, reads in the user-created data file of the test requirements of the circuit board, performs a series of rule-based analyses, optimizes the design, and generates the ITA schematic for fabrication. Although the ITAC is not intended to perform the ITA design at the level of the human experts, it is expected to be a very capable assistant

Keywords

CAD; PROLOG; aircraft instrumentation; automatic test equipment; computer interfaces; electronic engineering computing; knowledge based systems; printed circuit testing; ITA-C; Interface Test Adapter Configurator; Prolog; automatic testing; circuit boards; interface test adapter; Aircraft; Automatic testing; Circuit testing; Design optimization; Fabrication; Knowledge based systems; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Printed circuits; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON '90. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference. 'Advancing Mission Accomplishment', Conference Record.

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.1990.111518

Filename

111518