探讨降低ATE测量不确定度的方法

由于机载ATE的多样性和复杂性,使得影响其测量不确定度的因素多.本文针对机载ATE计量校准的特点,从分析测量不确定度的来源入手,针对计量过程中不确定度引入的实际情况,介绍了减少机载ATE测量不确定度的方法.     

机载计算机ATE计量校准软件的研究与设计

全面有效地计量校准军用ATE,对保证其正确性有效性非常重要.设计开发ATE计量校准程序,可以实现ATE自动化整体原位校准,提高计量保障效率和测试质量.介绍了机栽计算机ATE计量校准软件的系统结构,重点讨论了计量校准程序结构和面向信号的程序开发方法,最后描述了计量校准程序流程和实现方法.     

自动测试系统适配器的计量方法

对自动测试系统(ATE)中适配器的计量进行了探讨,指出适配器计量的必要性,通过对适配器进行分类,提出了适配器计量的一般原则,指出了对不同的适配器,应采用不同的计量方法.通过对某型综合ATE适配器进行计量的实践表明,使用该方法对适配器的计量能全面准确地保证ATE的性能指标.     

BIT和ATE组合测试技术及其应用

详细介绍了BIT和ATE组合测试技术及其在机载电子设备测试与故障诊断的具体应用。应用表明BIT和ATE组合测试技术可有效提高设备的测试性。     

自动测试系统适配器的计量方法

对自动测试系统（ATE）中适配器的计量进行了探讨，指出适配器计量的必要性，通过对适配器进行分类，提出了适配器计量的一般原则，指出了对不同的适配器，应采用不同的计量方法。通过对某型综合ATE适配器进行计量的实践表明，使用该方法对适配器的计量能全面准确地保证ATE的性能指标。     

论航空装备的测试性与计量及计量性设计

分析了测试与计量的关系及测试设备的计量特性;论述了BITE,ATE等设备的计量需求;以装备研制过程贯彻计量性设计为主线,分析了计量性设计的工作内容及BITE和ATE的计量性设计策略,从理论上为装备测试的可计量提供支持。     

《计测技术》2007年第27卷总目次

综合评述从计量角度探讨机载ATE技术指标的确定纪明霞吴凌燕丁国臣(1—1)…………………………………………………角加速度测量……………………………孙丰甲彭军(2—1)新一代仪器总线标准———LXI……………………王琦(2—4)光纤陀螺技术的军事应用及前景………………于明飞(     

民航航机电子附件维修检测通用自动测试设备（ATE）介绍

民用航空大部分的机载电子设备高度数字化、集成化，目前世界各发达国家均采用自动测试设备对这些设备进行功能测试。本文以AEROSPATLALE公司ATEC Series6通用型ATE为例，在硬件和软件平台两方面介绍了民用航空电子附件维修通用ATE的构成。     

ATE综合测试台设计

介绍了对机载计算机进行自动测试的ATE8000-1系统的硬件组成及各部分功能,并以FMC为例,给出了测试软件的分类和软件设计思想。     

基于虚拟仪器技术的直升机机载电子设备故障检测系统设计

本文以陆航某部ATE的设计过程为基础,介绍了直升机机载电子设备故障检测系统的硬件组成,并详细阐述了系统软件平台的层次结构和设计方法。     

ATE综合校准系统的软件设计及实现

通用自动测试设备（ATE）的测量准确性、可靠性会直接影响飞机综合保障的质量,因此,对此检测设备进行全面有效的测试校准,是确保测试系统完成任务的关键。为了保障测试数据准确可靠和量值传递统一及实现现场的系统性校准工作,本课题以通用自动测试设备为对象,建立了一套基于虚拟仪器技术基础上的综合校准系统。本文对系统的软件结构设计进行了分析和设计,以LCOD原型生命周期为基础,使用了面对组件的设计模式,设计和实现了软件功能,使得该系统具有一定的兼容性和可移植性,并且为扩展留下了接口,同时保证了校准数据的可靠性和精确性。     

热电偶自动检定系统主要技术指标实现

以TCM-3热电偶自动检定系统为例介绍了热电偶自动检定系统的组成及主要技术指标的实现方法。     

Applying independent verification and validation to the automatictest equipment life cycle

Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) is becoming increasingly more sophisticated and complex, with an even greater dependency on software. With the onset of Versa Modular Eurocard (VME) Extensions for Instrumentation (VXI) technology into ATE, which is supposed to bring about the promise of interchangeable instrument components. ATE customers are forced to contend with system integration and software issues. One way the ATE customer can combat these problems is to have a separate Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) organization employ rigorous methodologies to evaluate the correctness and quality of the ATE product throughout its life cycle. IV&V is a systems engineering process where verification determines if the ATE meets its specifications, and validation determines if the ATE performs to the customer's expectations. IV&V has the highest potential payoff of assuring a safe and reliable system if it is initiated at the beginning of the acquisition life cycle and continued throughout the acceptance of the system. It is illustrated that IV&V effects are more pronounced when IV&V activities begin early in the software development life cycle, but later application of IV&V is still deemed to have a significant impact. IV&V is an effective technique to reducing costs, schedule, and performance risks on the development of complex ATE, and a “tool” to efficiently and effectively manage ATE development risks. The IV&V organization has the ability to perform a focused and systematic technical evaluation of hardware and software processes and products. When performed in parallel with the ATE development life cycle, IV&V provides for early detection     

Successful deployment of commercial ATE to an Air Force I-level (back-shop) repair facility

In today's world of constrained budgets, one of the problems the military faces is the challenge of trying to maintain organic maintenance capabilities. Historically, the US Air Force has desired to achieve an autonomous capability to maintain the equipment it uses. This has been achieved, traditionally, by setting-up three levels of maintenance: organizational; intermediate (back-shop); and depot. The I-level back-shops often utilize militarized automatic test equipment (ATE) and test program sets (TPSs) to test today's complex aircraft line replaceable units (LRUs). And even though this is still a cost-effective maintenance philosophy, it has become costly to develop militarized ATE. The Department of Defense (DoD) has been very active in trying to reduce the total ownership cost of ATE in the government inventory. One approach is to utilize commercial, instead of Mil-Spec, ATE. However, utilizing commercial ATE at an USAF back-shop is not without its tradeoffs and challenges as it represents a significant deviation from the way the USAF maintenance squadrons are accustomed to "doing business." This paper documents the current success story of replacing the legacy C-17 I-level ATE with a commercial ATE.     

自动测试设备的效率方程

效率是各项指标的综合度量。首先提出度量自动测试设备(ATE)效率的8项技术指标:故障检测率FDR、故障隔离率FIR、检测准确度FDA、测试时间t_d、故障检测概率P_d、故障漏报概率P_m、虚警概率P_f和故障分辨率δ。重点是建立ATE的效率方程,包括建立和求解ATE的工作状态方程,导出故障检测效率方程,无模糊故障隔离的效率方程和模糊故障隔离的效率方程,即ATE的效率方程,从而为ATE指标的分析与综合提供一种理论依据。     

C-17 successful application of existing automatic test equipment

The C-17 Program utilizes existing B-1B Automatic Test Equipment (ATE). The C-17 decision is in harmony with the Air Force emphasis on reducing proliferation of unique ATE. The ATE selection was made after consideration of cost, performance and supportability tradeoffs. Minimal augmentation of the government inventoried equipment was required which did not affect the existing hardware and software configuration, This approach significantly reduced C-17 program ATE development costs and afforded the program the use of established logistics elements and support structure. The C-17 program demanded concurrency of support structure and aircraft development-the ATE solution met that demand by reducing risks to a manageable level for both test program set development, and Air Force operation and training requirements     

The benefits of using ATE systems in the testing of printed circuitboards

An industry-based pragmatic review is provided of the economic and product-quality consequences of automatic test equipment (ATE) usage in printed circuit board testing. The company selection process, the nature of the industrial participants, and the data collection process are described. The benefits obtained by users are identified. It is demonstrated that the use of ATE systems does result in definable economic and quality-level benefits     

Reconfigurable COTS test systems

Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) systems are used to qualify, accept, and troubleshoot electronic products. ATE systems may be in the form of large general-purpose systems that can test a wide variety of products or the more commonly used custom, turnkey systems that are designed for specific test application(s) and requirements. Turnkey ATE systems are labor-intensive; as a result, even a relatively simple turnkey tester is costly and may take months (or even years) to develop, integrate, and deploy. The main reason for this aspect of turnkey ATE systems is that even though the instrumentation may be off-the-shelf components, most everything else is custom and requires design, development, extensive debug and integration. Time and again, systems integrators have tried to find a solution that would combine the cost effectiveness of COTS systems with the flexibility of custom ATE. This paper suggests a solution to this problem and that it is feasible to combine COTS testers with custom requirements. This solution, called CreATE, provides a flexible architecture using COTS components (including instruments, cabling and interfacing products)     

Teaching old tricks to new dogs [automatic test equipment]

This describes why transferring test programs and fixtures from obsolete automatic test equipment (ATE) to new equipment are not as simple as it should be. No one would argue that technology has made major advances on test in the last 30 years. Today, speed, overall performance, computing power, and software tools are more sophisticated than 20 or 30 years ago, when the first ATE appeared. As these ATE now head for retirement and as the programs they support still have a long life to live, one would think legacy replacement with new ATE would be a simple task. Unfortunately, this is seldom the case. We realize that old ATE had a number of cards up their sleeves to deal with. For example, high voltage technology, lack of computer aided engineering (CAE) data, requirements for parametric tests, extensive usage of the guided probe, and many other aspects might be not so simple to be reproduced with modern, yet powerful, ATE. The paper shall identify the specific constraints involved with old technology and give examples of success stories where new ATE has been adapted to respond to the challenge. Paraphrasing (in reverse) and old saying, it is like "teaching old tricks to new dogs".