New commercial off-the-shelf testers are automatic and intelligent
A typical commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) automatic tester is based on a 60-MHz 486 PC with a 1-Gb hard disk. It uses open-architecture operating systems. The test engineer can create his own test programs, using packages such as LABVIEW, ATLAS, and SMART. He does not need support from a team of computer programmers. This is the direction in which commercial airlines are going. The COTS tester can have an IEEE Standard `VXI` box. Into it can be plugged virtual-instrument circuit cards. New automatic-testing technology ranges from multi-media presentations of test advice to the trouble-shooting technician, to 3-D video displays. This technology, plus orders for Department of Defense agencies to use COTS, presents to the armed services these choices: (1) continue buying and using 1980`s technology, or (2) go to the lower-cost, high-performance COTS that were shown and described at AUTOTESTCON `93 by the test-equipment industry. 9 refs.
- OSTI ID:
- 57339
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, Journal Name: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 10; ISSN 0885-8985; ISSN IAEMEE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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