Integrated design for testability and automatic testing approaches

Author

Esker, Eugene A. ; Martin, Jean-Paul ; Simpson, William R. ; Sheppard, John W.

Author_Institution

ARINC Res. Corp., Annapolis, MD, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

17-21 Sep 1990

Firstpage

509

Lastpage

514

Abstract

The Standard Modular Avionics Repair and Test (SMART) concept was developed to provide an approach to standardizing ATE (automatic test equipment,) architectures and making the ATE and test program set (TPS) a modular development process. The System Testability and Maintenance Program (STAMP) was developed to meet the need for designing testable systems and verifying the testability of systems. The Portable Interactive Troubleshooter (POINTER) was developed as an intelligent test executive to dynamically manipulate testability models. Using the SMART approach to automatic testing and the STAMP approach to design for testability, an approach for integrating the two with a dynamic tool-POINTER-into a complete architecture for ATE and TPS development is presented

Keywords

CAD; aircraft instrumentation; automatic test equipment; automatic testing; computer architecture; interactive systems; maintenance engineering; modules; standards; ATE; POINTER; Portable Interactive Troubleshooter; SMART; STAMP; Standard Modular Avionics Repair and Test; System Testability and Maintenance Program; TPS; aircraft instrumentation; architectures; automatic test equipment; automatic testing; intelligent test executive; test program set; testability; Aerospace electronics; Automatic test equipment; Automatic testing; Computer architecture; Design for testability; Instruments; Software standards; Software testing; Standards development; 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.1990.111555

Filename

111555