Title :
GRADE: a graphical ATE desktop environment
Author :
Williams, William L.
Author_Institution :
AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, MD, USA
Abstract :
The GRADE (Graphical ATE Desktop Environment) operating shell, some requirements which prompted its design, and future enhancements are discussed. The objective of GRADE is to improve and standardize the user interface with automatic test equipment (ATE) while providing a platform that displays virtual instrumentation and allows paperless maintenance. The problem addressed in its development was how to simultaneously provide a consistent, easy-to-learn interface for the end user (thereby lowering training costs), satisfy the sophisticated text/graphics requirements for paperless technical orders, (multimedia) and virtual instrument front panels, and make only minimal changes to the ATE operating system (a nonintrusive ATE operating system shell)
Keywords :
automatic test equipment; graphical user interfaces; maintenance engineering; military systems; operating systems (computers); programming environments; virtual machines; GRADE; automatic test equipment; end user; graphical ATE desktop environment; military systems; multimedia; nonintrusive ATE operating system shell; paperless maintenance; paperless technical orders; text/graphics requirements; user interface; virtual instrumentation; Displays; Graphical user interfaces; Graphics; Instruments; Mice; Multimedia systems; Operating systems; Size control; Testing; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
AUTOTESTCON '90. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference. 'Advancing Mission Accomplishment', Conference Record.
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
DOI :
10.1109/AUTEST.1990.111519
