Date of Award

Summer 2001

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Program/Concentration

Electrical Engineering

Committee Director

Ravindra P. Joshi

Committee Member

Ltnda L. Vahala

Committee Member

Keith Williamson

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.E55 H36 2001

Abstract

Computer software is emerging as a powerful tool for controlling a large number of instruments and for the testing of these instruments. The main aim of this work is to provide a software program capable of controlling a large number of engineering instruments at the touch of a button. In addition, the software is to have the capability of connecting the instruments with the desired Unit Under Test. There is great need for such software driven testing in industry, especially for large complex systems. Advantages of such an approach include: (a) automated testing in a very quick and efficient manner; (b) ability to handle a large number of instruments and carry out the tasks simultaneously; (c) elimination of the need for having trained operators. In this thesis, an evaluation is made of the commercial packages currently available for such automated testing. It was found that the Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems (ATLAS) is very useful, and the related Professional ATLAS Workstation (PAWS) provided the best capability for the above desire tasks. Details of PAWS are given in this thesis. The above tasks were accomplished by using the PAWS set up which relies on the ATLAS software. In addition, the PAWS environment was compared to LabView. The case was made through specific examples that PAWS is a far superior and better alternative to LabView.

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DOI

10.25777/kk5k-t192

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