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© 2008 Bloomy Controls. All Rights Reserved
Simplified ATE Operation for Production Test
Rob Putala
Sr. Systems Engineer
Bloomy Controls, Inc.
Test and measurement experts since 1992
Turnkey systems, consulting, and trainingNational Instruments Certifications
• Platinum Alliance Partner• Electronic Design Specialty• 5 Certified LabVIEW Developers• 13 Certified LabVIEW Architects• 3 Certified TestStand Developers & Architects• 12 Certified Professional Instructors
Wrote The LabVIEW Style Book
3 NI Certified Training Centers
About Bloomy Controls
Topic
• Historical progression of bench-top test systems
• Advantages of a real time controller to simplify bench-top test
Commercial Off The Shelf Instrumentation
DMMSignal Generator HiPotEtc…
Benchtop Test System
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• Implemented by written test procedures
Hardcopy Test Procedures
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• Read once
• Referenced on occasion
• On the fly edits to address problems
• Usually performed by local knowledge
Hardcopy Test Procedures
• Takes bench space
• Non-Production uses• email• parts lookup• surfing• games
• Support Costs
• Old OS’s
PC’s to control test equipment
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PC’s to control test equipment
• PC Hardware advanced very fast
• Support Issues
ADD….
• Complex operation
• IT Support
• Support Costs
PC’s to control test equipment
• No Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse
• Test – Stop – Retest
• Pass - Fail
Headless ATE
Headless ATE
Single board RIO from National Instruments
• Reads pushbuttons
• Controls LEDs
• Operates COTS equipment
• Communicates with the central PC
• Processes raw data
• Executes real time OS
• LabVIEW RT
• Not prone to virus attack
• Reliable
Embedded Controller
• Controls Testing
• Collects Data
One customer reduced the PC count from seventeen to two!
System Architecture
• push the configuration and test set up
• sends commands to initiate testing
• receives pass/fail time-stamped data
• calculates overall SPC information
• provides status
• sends alarms
Supervisor Software
SPC Screen
System Status Screen
• Simple to use
• Reliable
• Repeatable test setup
• SPC Data Collection in real time
• Process variance is reduced
Advantages of Headless ATE
Contact Information
www.Bloomy.com