SBIR-STTR Award

The ultimate objective is to develop a suite of software tools and related databases that allow users to execute existing TPSs on multiple ATE benches, regardless of whether the original TPS was designed to work on that bench. To do this, the suite will include the Translator tool that translates TPS software from any common programming language (e.g., ATLAS, Visual Basic, etc.) into ATML. The ATML code will specify signal profiles selected by the Translator tool from a signal library that incorporates representations of all relevant signals from across the spectrum of DOD ATE. In addition, the suite will include two other software tools. The first, Reader, will extract required test data from human readable files and convert it to ATML. The second tool, Allocator, will identify the ATE that is capable of producing appropriate signals to execute a given TPS and identify which interface devices will be required.

Keywords:
Automatic Test Systems (Atss), Automatic Test Systems (Atss), Test Signal Framework, Cass, Automatic Test Equipment (Ate), Ieee Standard 1641, Test Program Sets (Tpss), Signal

This Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II proposal describes Universal Technical Resource Services, Inc.s (UTRS) approach to continuing the design and development of the Automatic Test Markup Language (ATML) Workbench and the associated suite of tools initially developed and described in the SBIR Phase I Project (N121-027) conducted under Contract No. N68335-12-C-0158. The ATML Workbench integrated development environment (IDE) will provide all file-handling functionality and integrated access to each tool in the suite. The Signal Model Library will be populated with signal models representing the signals required by the selected TPS samples. The Translator will be capable of parsing ATLAS inputs, extracting test logic, handling common MIL-PRF-32070 ATLAS calls, and producing IEEE 1671.1 Test Descriptions. The Reader will allow user keyword searching through unstructured text to manually build IEEE 1671.3 UUT Description and IEEE 1671.4 Test Configuration files, in addition to automatically handling well-formed input files and .TPSI files. The Allocator will be capable of comparing IEEE 1671.1 Test Description and IEEE 1671.4 Test Configuration inputs against a database of ATE capabilities.

Benefit:
The ATML Workbench will allow users to re-host legacy TPSs from ATLAS to ATML. ATML TPSs can be run on any capable ATE without the cost of rehosting. In addition, use of ATML will allow DOD elements to comply with the DOD ATS Framework requirements, as well as achieve reduced life-cycle costs and improved interoperability.

Keywords:
Automatic Test Equipment (ATE), ATML, IEEE Standard 1671, IEEE Standard 1641, Signal Modeling, Automatic Test Systems (ATSs), Test Program Sets (TPSs), Test Signal Framework