Title :
PATRIOT-a boundary-scan test and diagnosis system
Author :
Wang, Laung-Terng ; Wu, Paul Y -F
Author_Institution :
SynTest Technol. Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Abstract :
A boundary-scan test and diagnosis system (PATRIOT) for detecting and locating defective chips and interconnects on printed-circuit boards is presented. These printed-circuit boards must be designed with boundary-scan chips conforming to the IEEE 1149.1 Standard. The PATRIOT system consists of interconnect test generation software, protocol interface firmware, X-window user interface, and a hardware test controller. It can be linked to any workstation or PC computer which has a SCSI-bus interface. PATRIOT uses the hardware test controller to coordinate data transfer between the computer and the printed-circuit boards. Up to four boards can be tested and diagnosed simultaneously.<>
Keywords :
automatic test equipment; boundary scan testing; fault location; graphical user interfaces; printed circuit testing; IEEE 1149.1 Standard; PATRIOT; PC computer; SCSI-bus interface; X-window user interface; boundary-scan chips; boundary-scan test and diagnosis system; data transfer; defective chips; hardware test controller; interconnect test generation software; interconnects; printed-circuit boards; protocol interface firmware; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Hardware; Manufacturing; Microprogramming; Protocols; Software testing; Surface-mount technology; System testing; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '92. Thirty-Seventh IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2655-0
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1992.186751
