EVALUATION OF 3 ATE TEST ENVIRONMENTS

It is often difficult to assess the positive and negative issues facin g the use of a particular software test environment in a given applica tion. 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 env ironment and the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical test environme nt. This evaluation was accomplished by comparing the same test progra m measurements in each environment using the same UUT, Interface Test Adapter, and the same PC-based ATE. As such, the data represents a tru e apples-to-apples comparison of these environments.