BENCH AND SOFTWARE FOR TESTING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, IN PARTICULAR A COMPUTER

• US 20170322857A1
• Filed: 10/27/2015
• Published: 11/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SPHEREA Test & Services
• Original Assignee: SPHEREA Test & Services
• Inventors: FAVARCQ, Nicolas Louis, GUY, Jean-Yves Gilbert, ROBIN, Guillaume Christophe Frederic
• Granted Patent: US 10,452,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/263 Generation of test inputs, e.g. test vectors, patterns or sequences ; with adaptation of the tested hardware for testability with external testers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2733 Test interface between tester and unit under test

Abstract

Disclosed is a test bench (1) for testing equipment (2), in particular a computer. The test bench includes: at least one programmable macro-instrument (12), a set of measurement and generation instruments (14), and a set of charges (15), switchable with one another. Also disclosed is a computer program for using such a bench (1).

Claims

1. Test bench (1) for equipment (2), in particular for a computer, comprising:

at least one programmable macro-instrument (12);

a set of measurement and generation instruments (14);

a set of charges (15);

means (11) for switching signals exchanged between said equipment (2) and said macro-instrument (12); and

,

means (13) for switching signals exchanged between said sets of measurement and generation instruments (14), charges (15) and said macro-instrument (12).

2. Bench according to claim 1, wherein

the at least one macro-instrument (12) comprises an electric network generator (35).

3. A nontransitory computer-readable medium on which is stored a program, which when executed by a computer, implements a test bench (1) for equipment (2) according to claim 1, wherein the program comprises at least one step (51) for setting the parameters of the configuration of at least one macro-instrument (12).

4. The nontransitory computer readable medium according to claim 3, wherein the program comprises a step (52) of configuring connections which include the supplying of a file that provides a correspondence between names of signals and input/output pins to which said equipment (2) is connected.

5. A nontransitory computer-readable medium on which is stored a program, which when executed by a computer, implements a test bench (1) for equipment (2) according to claim 2, wherein the program comprises at least one step (51) for setting the parameters of the configuration of at least one macro-instrument (12).