Device test data reuse for device simulation

• US 20100217578A1
• Filed: 02/25/2009
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Kelley, Brian H., Qin, Zhihong, Moorthy, Mahesh
• Granted Patent: US 8,423,849 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/20
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3696 Methods or tools to render software testable

Abstract

A method and system reuse data logs generated from testing of programmable devices in order to provide an input file of parameter values and settings for use in automatically configuring a device simulator. The programmable device testing process generates a data log output with data formatted so that parameter data are associated with unique variable labels. The data log output file is processed in a parser operation that filters out private and unnecessary information, organizes the data and generates a simulation input file in a format compatible with the simulator. The process can be fully automated.

Claims

1. A method for generating a simulation input file from a device test data log file, comprising:

receiving device test data; and

generating a simulator input file in a predefined format from the device test data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the simulator input file comprises:

parsing the device test data to identify parameter name-value pairs; and

removing private and unnecessary information.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising inputting the simulator input file into a simulator shell.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the device test data so as to include parameter name-value pairs.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the simulator input file is generated in XML file format.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the steps are accomplished automatically.

7. A computer, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor,

wherein the processor is configured with software instructions to perform steps comprising;

receiving device test data; and

generating a simulator input file in a predefined format from the device test data.

9. The computer of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured with software instructions to perform further steps comprising inputting the simulator input file into a simulator shell.

10. The computer of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured with software instructions to perform further steps comprising generating the device test data so as to include parameter name-value pairs.

11. The computer of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured with software instructions to perform steps such that the simulator input file is generated in XML file format.

12. The computer of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured with software instructions to perform steps such that all steps are accomplished automatically.

13. A computer, comprising:

means for receiving device test data; and

means for generating a simulator input file in a predefined format from the device test data.

8. The computer of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured with software instructions to perform steps such that the step of generating the simulator input file comprises:

parsing the device test data to identify parameter name-value pairs; and

removing private and unnecessary information.

14. The computer of claim 13, wherein means for generating the simulator input file comprises:

means for parsing the device test data to identify parameter name-value pairs; and

means for removing private and unnecessary information.

15. The computer of claim 13, further comprising means for inputting the simulator input file into a simulator shell.

16. The computer of claim 13, further comprising means for generating the device test data so as to include parameter name-value pairs.

17. The computer of claim 13, further comprising means for generating the simulator input file in XML file format.

18. A tangible storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor of a computer to perform steps comprising:

receiving device test data; and

generating a simulator input file in a predefined format from the device test data.

19. The tangible storage medium of claim 18, wherein the tangible storage medium has stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor of a computer to perform further steps comprising:

parsing the device test data to identify parameter name-value pairs; and

removing private and unnecessary information.

20. The tangible storage medium of claim 18, wherein the tangible storage medium has stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor of a computer to perform further steps comprising inputting the simulator input file into a simulator shell.

21. The tangible storage medium of claim 18, wherein the tangible storage medium has stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor of a computer to perform further steps comprising generating the device test data so as to include parameter name-value pairs.

22. The tangible storage medium of claim 18, wherein the tangible storage medium has stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor of a computer to perform further steps comprising generating the simulator input file in XML file format.

23. The tangible storage medium of claim 18, wherein the tangible storage medium has stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor of a computer to perform the steps automatically.