Automatic Test Equipment

The main purpose of this book is to demystify automatic test equipment. Existing literature on automatic test equipment is often written by engineers who look at automatic test equipment from inside-out. However, engineers are not renowned for high qualities of authorship. Other main sources of literature are worldwide standards. But these do not usually explain automatic test equipment; instead they merely formalize its component parts. From any existing literature therefore it is difficult to ask the question,''What is automatic test equipment''? and find a satisfactory answer. This book is for anyone who has an interest in automatic test equipment - anyone in the industry who needs to know what types of equipment are available, what each type is capable of doing, what tests are performed, what computer buses are used, what the buses are capable of, and so on, will find answers here. Managers, engineers, technicians, scientists, students, teaches, graduates, those in purchasing positions should benefit. It is a general-purpose book, which explains concepts, and also a reference book which defines specifications 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 of great use to practitioners from different fields who wish to utilize automatic test equipment in their work. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Preface , Pages vii-x 1 - What is automatic test equipment? , Pages 1-9 2 - Types of automatic test equipment , Pages 10-21 3 - Fixtures , Pages 22-37 4 - Test strategies , Pages 38-69 5 - Test methods and processes , Pages 70-91 6 - Computer and instrument buses , Pages 92-114 7 - General-purpose interface bus , Pages 115-153 8 - VMEbus , Pages 154-175 9 - VXIbus , Pages 176-210 Glossary , Pages 211-218 Worldwide addresses , Pages 219-224 Further reading , Pages 225-227 Index , Pages 228-230