Smart test program set (TPS)

The Boeing Company has several research and development efforts focused on improving interoperability of the test station with other external systems as well as the interoperability within the test station itself. This includes integrating UUT data, test set-up, test execution, test results, repair and replace actions with other systems to provide a "closed-loop" system. One example of the "closed-loop" system is a non-intrusive tool referred to as Smart TPS (Test Program Set). Smart TPS will provide informational services to the user that reduce diagnostic test times and provide an ordered list of replacement actions based on historical data. Where possible, data are exchanged via the automatic test markup language (ATML).     

Automated testing

Since the DoD was the leader in incorporating transistors, ICs and embedded processors, they also were on the forefront in developing automatic test equipment. The term automatic test equipment (ATE) encompasses all phases of computer controlled testing. It is based on the integration of instruments, computers and software. These systems generally include five basic elements: control, stimulus, measurement, switching and software. A special interface device or interface test adapter connects the unit under test (UUT) to the ATE. Test program software connects the ATE to the appropriate UUT test points, programs the input stimulus and monitors the output response     

ARINC429总线信号测试平台的设计

本文基于对ARINC429总线信号的分析,提出了ARINC429总线信号测试平台的设计,该平台可以及时发现测模块的潜在故障,有利于提高ARINC429总线信号模块产品的质量水平。该测试平台可以实现对各类包含ARINC429总线功能的模块进行自动测试,减少了专用测试设备的研制,极大的缩减了测试设备的研制经费和维护成本。     

航天器自动化测试语言研究

航天器测试语言是支撑航天器自动化测试的形式体系及航天器测试过程标准,在当前多航天器批产网络化测试的新需求下,测试语言标准体系研究对于提高航天器测试自动化水平和保障测试过程安全具有重要意义。通过对现有典型航天器测试语言的全面分析和比较,总结出基本特征,并结合当前先进的网络计算技术,提出了我国航天器测试语言发展的目标和方向,同时针对国内航天器测试语言研究设计工作的不足,给出一种航天器测试语言CATOL(China Aerospace Test and Operation Language)。该研究对提高我国航天器测试业务规范水平和测试人员的工作效率、促进航天器测试自动化研究的发展将起到一定的推动作用。     

Open systems architecture solutions for military avionics testing

Raytheon makes extensive use of open systems architecture methods in developing special test equipment (STE) for testing military avionics equipment. Such use has resulted in significant cost and schedule savings in the development of production test equipment for radar and infrared systems. With open systems architectures, a test system can be assembled using COTS products. This brings economies of scale to test equipment, which is normally built in very low quantities. Therefore, the potential cost savings due to COTS usage is proportionately greater in STE than in the higher volume avionics systems that are tested. A second major benefit of using COTS products is that test system development schedule cycle time is greatly reduced. This paper describes the application of Open Systems Architectures (OSA) to avionics testing. The following major architectures are surveyed: VME bus, VXI bus, IEEE GPIB, IEEE 1149.1 JTAG test bus, 1553 Military Bus, Fibre Channel, and COTS Test Applications Software. We describe how the benefits of OSA have been extended at Raytheon into achieving vertical test commonalities. The flexibility of OSA can be exploited to provide an overall optimum test solution, taking all levels of test into account. For example, test systems can be tailored with COTS products to provide integrated methods for avionics tests at the module, unit, and system levels. Test systems can be configured to maximize the reuse of COTS hardware over all test levels. Test software can also be programmed to optimize such reuse over levels of test. Additional test verticality synergies derived from such OSA usage are described, including: test false alarm avoidance; test cones of tolerance optimization; and efficient test of field returns     

Evaluation of three ATE test environments

It is often difficult to assess the positive and negative issues facing the use of a particular software test environment in a given application. Much of the literature is swayed by the use of each environment by a single application. This paper will provide detailed information on ARGO Systems evaluation of three popular ATE Test Environments: the Ada Based Environment for Testing (ABET), the TYX PAWS ATLAS test environment and the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical test environment. This evaluation was accomplished by comparing the same test program measurements in each environment using the same UUT, interface test adapter, and the same PC-based ATE. As such, the data represents a true apples-to-apples comparison of these environments     

自动测试系统适配器自动设计技术

 针对当前自动测试系统（ATS）适配器设计中存在的“自动化程度较低、缺乏通用性”的不足，开发了ATS通用适配器自动设计技术。建立了一整套通用适配器自动设计流程，在依次完成通用端口设计、UUT测点资源匹配、适配器开关网络设计、相关工程设计后即可实现自动设计一个通用适配器的目的。以某机载通讯设备自动测试系统为例，采用该技术可缩短ATS适配器开发周期至原来的1/3，降低开发成本，提高设计的标准化、通用化程度，适配器需要量由5个减为1个。     

Testing the precision lightweight GPS receiver

Innovative field testing techniques are employed at Holloman Air Force Base to help the Global Positioning System (GPS) NAVSTAR Joint Program Office (JPO) test the Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver (PLGR). Characterizing the PLGR's accuracy in dynamic environments is of prime importance but testing also prescribes the evaluation of its ability to receive differential GPS corrections, real time, and its Electronic Counter Counter Measures. To meet these goals, the 46th Test Group provides the C-12 cargo aircraft for flight testing, an instrumented test van for mobile testing, the High Speed Test Track for high velocity testing, a UH-1 helicopter for rotor blade modulation testing, and special PC laptops for ground troop testing. All of these test capabilities utilize Holloman's well instrumented test environments with thousands of surveyed sites validated by the Defense Mapping Agency. This paper emphasizes the testing techniques that are helping to define Test & Evaluation methodologies for the changing world where Global Positioning with NAVSTAR is becoming a reality     

多输入/多输出频域模态识别方法及在飞机地面振动试验应用

 本文介绍了一种多输入/多输出频域模态识别方法,并由计算机仿真和实际对称结构实例检验了本方法的精度、可靠性以及处理密集和重根模态的能力。文中给出了在某型现代歼击机全机地面振动试验中的应用,结果表明:和传统多点正弦激振相位共振技术相比,试验操作简单（无需调力）,试验周期短,识别精度高;和80年代发展的多输入/多输出时域方法相比,能直接识别系统的阶（模态数）,从而减少计算工作量,避免区分真实结构模态和“噪声模态”。     

基于某机载视频部件智能检测系统的设计与实现

检测系统是检测产品功能、性能以及产品是否能满足用户需求的重要测试工具,机载计算机技术指标的测试从准确度、覆盖率以及稳定性、可靠性方面对其检测系统提出了更高要求。原始的视频信号检测需使用视频图像和测量工具相结合的方法进行,不易于故障定位及维修。主要阐述了基于某机载视频部件的智能检测系统的设计和实现,突破了原始的视频信号检测方法,检测系统通过对5种不同格式的视频信号进行自动检测,显示出详细全面的测试信息,实现了检测系统对被测件的智能检测,使得检测系统的故障覆盖率、准确度得到保证。该检测系统已成功运用于某机载视频部件,且性能稳定可靠,同样适用于其它机载设备中同类产品的检测。     

基于加速退化原理的光纤陀螺性能保持期评估方法研究

为评估光纤陀螺在长期贮存条件下的性能保持期,从光纤陀螺自身的特点出发,根据贮存环境的具体要求,详细分析了加速试验过程中试验应力及应力量值的选取,明确了试验样品的分配及具体试验时间估算方式。通过加速退化的手段得到样品的零偏和标度因数等数据,结合可靠性工程领域的成熟方法和理论,采用灰色系统模型和线性退化模型得到外推时间,计算Weibull分布的形状参数和寿命参数,并根据Arrhenius模型对光纤陀螺的性能保持期进行了预测。试验结果表明,采用ASE光源的0.01(°)/h量级的光纤陀螺,其性能保持期可以超过3a。     

HS125型水力测功器在涡轴发动机高空模拟试验中工作特性分析

HS-125型水力测功器是SB121小型航空动力装置高空模拟试车台测量涡轴涡桨发动机输出功率的关键设备。本文简要介绍了HS-125型水力测功器工作原理、主要技术指标、试验程序,概述了试验过程中出现的问题和处理方法。经过数据处理和分析,验证了水力测功器的一些特性,对正确使用和维护水力测功器具有一定的指导作用。     

自动测试系统中状态参数的一种实时监测方法

对关系到测试资源和被测对象（UUT）安全的一些状态参数进行实时监控是自动测试系统开发中必须解决的一个关键问题，本文应用共享内存技术实现了对关键数据的实时监测，结果表明，该方法能有效地对关键数据实时监测，提高了测试系统的安全性。     

Average Correlation Functions in On-Line Testing of Linear Systems

This paper is a report on new methods for on-line testing of single-input/single-output linear and time-invariant systems. No interruption of system operation is necessary, since the signals used in this test procedure are the normal operating signals. Test results indicate that detectable system errors using finite amounts of data are well within tolerance for normal operation in all but the most stringent applications.     

罗兰-C导航系统地面台站信号模拟器设计

针对罗兰-C远程导航系统机载设备在机务内场利用ATE系统进行定检测试时无信号模拟器的状况,研制了一种罗兰-C系统地面台站信号模拟器。该模拟器具有较强的使用环境适应性,既可通过GPIB接口进行程控操作,又可通过控制面板进行手动操作。本文分析了该罗兰-C系统地面台站信号模拟器的设计思路、电路工作原理和操作使用特性。     

飞机座舱空气调节分系统测试仪设计

分析了飞机座舱空气调节分系统功能和性能测试需求,设计出由单片机、带RS485总线的工控仪表和程控电阻模块等构成的测试仪,实现对被测对象电源、增／减压电阻和阀门动作时间等重要指标的检测。实际应用表明,测试仪测试指标精确、操作使用简便、性能稳定可靠,能够很好满足空气调节分系统的测试需求。     

错频叶盘结构振动模态局部化特性分析

利用"错频失谐(Mistuning)"是进行颤振抑制的有效手段,但是否会导致较大叶盘结构振动局部化是需要进一步研究的问题.本文以典型压气机叶盘结构为例,通过引入实际的两种错频失谐方案,分析研究了谐调和"错频失谐"情况下叶盘结构振动模态特性和模态局部化性质.研究表明,"错频失谐"会引起显著的振动局部化,因此实际叶盘失谐设计中需要综合考虑颤振抑制和失谐振动局部化两方面.      

基于通用充分性准则的测试性试验方案研究

建立了故障模式与被测单元(UUT)特性之间的关系模型,根据关系模型建立了样本集的通用充分性准则。在通用充分性准则的基础上,研究了确定试验方案的新方法,包括确定样本量和建立样本集的方法,以及相应的合格判断方法。通过实例应用说明了方法的可行性。与现有方法相比,新方法更适用于现有的指标要求情况和多参数综合试验的需求,而且建立的样本集可以覆盖UUT的重要特性。     

基于关联分析的机载电子设备SRU级故障诊断方法

针对机载设备二类检测设备将故障隔离到SRU的要求,对LRU的内部结构进行了分析,提出了点、底项、组底项的概念,用关联值表示点与点之间、点与SRU之间及组底项之间的关联关系;针对多SRU结构UUT,提出逐级排除法故障诊断方法.     

Using built-in-test to reduce TPS run times and improve TPSreliability

This paper addresses using information derived from Built-in-Test (BIT) to fault diagnose Units Under Test (UUTs), wherever possible. This philosophic approach to diagnostic testing is not new. It has been studied over the past 20 years under the visor of “Integrated Diagnostics”, but it has yet to be truly implemented in a “real life” military diagnostic test environment. The mindset of Test Program Set design engineering, along with customer and contractor management alike, remains “complete diagnostic testing based upon single catastrophic component failure modes”. If we are to generate cost efficient Test Program Sets (TPSs) under reduced military budget constraints, this will have to change! The test engineer must be encouraged to use methodologies to speed up development time and decrease TPS run times. Using present technology, this is possible now, and as the technology matures, will become a truly viable approach in the future. For the purpose of this paper, the author relies heavily on his extensive US Navy Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) and Test Program Set (TPS) experience, as well as on previous studies performed on using BIT to fault diagnose Unit Under Test failures on US Naval Air weapon systems