Airline get SMART for avionics testing

Author

Melendez, E.M. ; Hart, Damon C.

Author_Institution

ARINC Corp., Annapolis, MD, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

17-21 Sep 1990

Firstpage

505

Lastpage

508

Abstract

The authors present a technical overview of the SMART (Standard Modular Avionics Repair and Test) architecture and discuss some of the test program development and execution features which are expected to improve productivity and lower costs. SMART provides a standard interface for all SMART testers, instrument interchangeability, and a standard ATLAS test language for test programs. It is concluded that SMART´s arrival entail big changes in avionics testing for the airlines and substantial benefits to the entire commercial air transport industry. SMART provides a standardized minimum set of control and support software and an ATE (automatic test equipment) front panel interface

Keywords

aircraft instrumentation; automatic test equipment; automatic testing; computer architecture; computer interfaces; electronic equipment testing; high level languages; standards; ATE; SMART; Standard Modular Avionics Repair and Test; air transport industry; airline industry; architecture; automatic test equipment; avionics testing; front panel interface; standard ATLAS test language; standard interface; support software; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft manufacture; Computer industry; Computer languages; Manufacturing industries; Software maintenance; Software testing; Software tools; System software; 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.1990.111554

Filename

111554