Title :
Automated fault injection for digital systems
Author :
Hummel, Robert A.
Author_Institution :
Westinghouse Electr. Corp., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
An automated fault injection system developed for an air-traffic-control system processor is reported. Its development from initial conception through the design tradeoffs to its final implementation is described. It is shown how the system was used on the target processor, and the impact it had on the built-in testing and fault-isolation-testing (BIT/FIT) facilities
Keywords :
air-traffic control; automatic testing; electrical faults; reliability; ATC; air-traffic-control system processor; automated fault injection; automatic testing; built-in testing; digital systems; fault-isolation-testing; reliability; target processor; Air traffic control; Automatic testing; Computer architecture; Digital systems; Fault detection; Hardware; Process design; Signal processing; Software testing; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1988. Proceedings., Annual
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
DOI :
10.1109/ARMS.1988.196428