VECTORIZED TEST PROGRAM SETS USING MATLAB AND THE TERADYNE AI-710 ANALOG TEST INSTRUMENT

摘要

Traditional Test Program Sets (TPS) for Naval Automated Test Systems operate in a serial fashion, collecting and analyzing data one unit at a time. Teradyne's Ai-710 Analog Test Instrument, which is currently being installed into the U.S. Navy's premier test system, CASS, allows for vectors of Input/Output data to be emitted and collected simultaneously. The MathWorks, under contract from the U.S. Navy, designed and implemented test software using MATLAB that controls the Ai-710. This software enables TPS developers to create Vectorized Test Programs Sets (VTPS) in which vectors of I/O data are sent, collected, and analyzed in parallel, increasing TPS efficiency, simulating real-world circumstances, and facilitating the use of the Ai-710.