Integrated design for testability and automatic testing approaches

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