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Author Brindley, Keith

Title Automatic Test Equipment
Published Burlington : Elsevier Science, 1991

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Description 1 online resource (241 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Automatic Test Equipment; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. What is automatic test equipment?; Types of automatic test equipment; Fixtures; Test strategies; Test methods and processes; Basic methods of creating automatic test equipment; Advantages of automatic test equipment systems; Chapter 2. Types of automatic teste quipment; Component parts test equipment; Unpackaged assembly test equipment; Packaged assembly test equipment; Maintenance and service tests; Automatic test equipment administration; Type and availability of automatic test equipment
Chapter 3. FixturesBed-of-nails fixtures; Moving probe fixtures; Electrical considerations; Mechanical considerations; Chapter 4. Test strategies; Functional test; In-circuit test; Combinational test; Bench-top test; Design for testability; Ad hoc design for testability; Test area management systems; A total company test strategy; Economics of overall test strategy; Chapter 5. Test methods and processes; General processes and considerations; Digital testing processes and considerations; Digital circuits; Analog testing and considerations; Chapter 6. Computer and instrument buses; Buses
Available busesChapter 7. General-purpose interface bus; Bus structure; Devices: functions and messages; Interface; Bus operation; Command sequences; Interface messages and functions; Device-dependent messages; Devices; Size and speed limitations; Hardware; Chapter 8. VMEbus; Hardware essentials; Functional modules and data transfer bus cycles; Process cycles; Signals, lines and protocols; Electrical considerations; Side buses; Futurebus+ extended architecture; Further reading; Chapter 9. VXIbus; Basic VXIbus system components; Electrical architecture; System buses; Mechanical considerations
Power suppliesDevices and communications; Glossary; Worldwide addresses; Further reading; Index
Summary Automatic Test Equipment provides a clear and concise discussion of automatic test equipment. The book is comprised of nine chapters that deal with both concepts and standards. Chapter 1 reviews the term of automatic test equipment, while Chapter 2 covers the types of test equipment. Chapter 3 discusses fixture, and Chapters 4 and 5 talk about the strategies, methods, and processes used by automatic test equipment systems. The book also deals with computer and instrument buses, and then covers general-purpose interface bus. The last two chapters discuss the VMEbus and VXIbus. The text will be
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Subject Automatic test equipment.
Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Testing.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
Automatic test equipment
Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Testing
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781483101156
1483101150