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V alid line LEVEL II: L OW COST MODULAR ARCHITECTURE Special to T ype T est System (ST TE) integrators have justified their choice based on cost advantages potentially offered by targeting the solution on the specific en…

THE VALID LINE

Designed around a common hardware and software architecture, the Valid Line is offered in

several different configurations to address for the customer; ergonomics, test strategy, and

deployment from board depot to full production level test.

VALIDATE AND VALID PLUS BOARD TEST SYSTEMS

FOR LEVEL III

VALIDATE

ValidATE is the architectural implementation of the Valid Line for Level III

(Board Test) applications. The system bay measures 60x96x182 cm and hosts

28 card cage slots using a VIP Test Backplane for a capacity up to 768 digital

(or 384 full hybrids) high performance functional channels. Channel capacity

can be doubled by adding a second VIP Backplane; a larger version of the

system, hosting a 40 slot VIP Backplane(s) is also available. The system is

offered with a standard choice of two types of receivers, the Seica traditional

pin-bed and the ODU, which has a wide variety of extensions for ancillary

connections of high frequency signals, coax, fiber-optics, pneumatic, etc.

Custom receivers to accommodate specific requirements are also readily

engineered. The system can be expanded to accommodate one or two

additional bays for external instrumentation.

VALIDATE PLUS

ValidATE Plus is electrically the same as the ValidATE System. The

ergonomics are changed to best suit the requirements of combined in-circuit

and functional test, when a bed-of-nails fixture is more appropriate. Together

with the ability to thoroughly verify the functionality of digital, analog and

mixed-mode circuitry, the ValidATE Plus can extend its application to power-

off, structural and power-on in-circuit techniques. The system combines

best-in class solutions for board testing to meet performance, capacity and

fault location capabilities. The system takes advantage of all techniques to

reduce test generation cost, without affecting fault coverage or throughput.

Power-off structural tests, using both junction and capacitive techniques, are

first used to isolate simple manufacturing faults. Power-on in-circuit tests, both

analog and digital, including extensions to IEEE 1149 techniques, are then

deployed through the non-multiplexed hybrid channels of the system. Where

required, fast On Board Programming (OBP) operations can be performed.

Finally, the full power of functional test can certify operation of the UUT.

The ValidATE Plus base configuration is a single horizontal bay that

accommodates the system’s power distribution, UUT power supplies and the

test backplane to host various types of channel cards and instrumentation. The

ValidATE Plus is an ideal ergonomic solution to be used with bed-of-nails

fixtures, offering the operator full access control to the UUT, control panel, oscilloscope and system’s PC, as well as a

comfortable area for documentation, schematic and tools. The system can be expanded to accommodate one or two

additional bays for external instrumentation. Standard or custom fixtures are pneumatically (or alternatively vacuum) engaged

into a robust, high performance receiver, granting access through the signal bus of the test backplane to all resources of the

system.

Valid line

LEVEL II: LOW COST MODULAR ARCHITECTURE

Special to Type Test System (STTE) integrators have justified their choice based on cost

advantages potentially offered by targeting the solution on the specific end product

requirements, as opposed to the more general but more expensive General Purpose

ATE (GPATE). In trying to accomodate the multiple requirements of hundreds of LRU

that can be part of a final system, from serial to parallel digital, from LF to RF, from

Optronics to Pneumatic, the cost of instrument, routing and interfacing often exceed

budget limitations. Furthermore, the need to respond to multiple logistic environments,

Factory, Depot or even sheltered in the field, adds to the complexity, hence to the initial

and long term cost of the GPATE solution. Leaner, more agile compact and cost

controlled solutions are therefore offered by STTE, with the added attractive of in-house

possible realisation. But this is at the expense of limited, unflexible architectures. This

also generates a proliferation of different ATE. And the overall cost, if measured on the

life of the product, adding documentation, support, adaptations and re-engineering,

obsolescence, ends up to be much more than what expected.

The purpose of Seica's Low Cost Modular ATE (LCMA) is to offer the capability,

performance and flexibility of GPATE with the agility, scalability and cost control that can

make it competitive to a wide range of STTE solutions.

The CORE of the Seica's LCMA is based on Valid LF and Digital stimuli/masurement instrumentation

and routing, offering high performance and large capacity to meet parallel LRU Test Requirements.

Proprietary hardware is combined with GPIB, VXI, PXI or PCI Plug-and-Play COTS instruments as

required, for digital serial and HF LRU requirements. Signal routing architectures provide a three

dimensional way to connect both internal and external instrumentation at a glance.

For best signal integrity stimuli and responses are connected to the fixture and then to the UUT using

highperformance receivers like Virginia Panel VP12.

The system offers the ability to be fully controlled under the powerful VIVA Test Environment, to elect instead for other COTS Test Environments

(like NI TestStand, or HP VEE) or to combine the best of the two under control of SuperVIVA.

The result is a system offering performance, flexibility and capacityty of GPATE, within a scalable architcture and overal cost of ownership

competitive with STTE products. LCMA allows to create, around a CORE of proved hardware and software, a proven solution to meet AUDIO,

VIDEO, RF, OPTRONICS or PNEUMATIC LRU test requirements.

VALID PTE

The PTE-100 Portable Test Equipment is a powerful, flexible and transportable

Intelligent Break Out Box designed to provide checkout, test and troubleshooting

for critical parts of transportation electronic systems. The PTE-100 offers test

personnel direct access to electrical signals for probing, voltage injection, isolation

checks, voltage/current and time/frequency measurements. It offers the ability to

analyze HOT and LOADED circuits, verifying missing, corrupted or valid signals.

Electrical verification activities become more efficient, repeatable and safe, thanks

to the introduction of software controlled test sequences that reduce human error

and guide diagnostic routines. Using the same advanced instrumentation of the

Valid Line, the PTE-100 can be configured to control up to 256 connections. The front panel, which can be customized to specific

applications, offers two lines of connectors (A and B) where the (normally connected) unit under test can be split and routed. The

PTE-100,inserted between the split parts, allows hot connection and disconnection operations, signal measurements and signal

injections. Each pin of the line A or B has access to an independent 4-line bus (8 lines when connected together) going to the

stimulus/measurement unit of the system (the ACL unit). Up to 256 channels can be configured, with 500V/2A carrying

voltage/current and 30VDC/200VAC/2A hot switching. Test generation and run time are controlled via the powerful QuickTest

environment, which is suited for two main modes of operation: as an instrument or as an automatic tester. The interactive display

of the stimulus/measurement/connection scenario offers menu-driven programming, direct execution, and oscilloscope

visualisation of each of the test operations. While in instrument mode, the user has full, immediate, direct control of each step by

step action; the automatic mode allows storage of the sequence of operations into a series of instructions, which can be modified

or enriched, and used for self-documentation or executed by non-skilled operators. Without limiting flexibility, the system includes

robust, customizable rules-driven procedures to avoid damaging the unit under test or the PTE-100 itself.

Housed in a 590x285x430mm chassis, and weighing approximately 20 kg,, makes it easy to transport in a carrying case. The PTE-

100 is ideally suited for Level 1 applications in commercial and military programs for avionics, ships and transportation.

LEVEL I

REAL TIME TEST EMULATION

When UUTs are part of complex systems, the ATE will be able to emulate the operating conditions by applying multiple stimuli

and making multiple measurements in parallel. The iFUN is an analog test card designed to fulfil these requirements of real-

time signal generation and measurement at functional test. The card includes 16 four quadrant, grounded DC voltage

generators, programmable up to 20V with 16 bit resolution. The DC generators allow simultaneous application of independent

signals at the inputs of the UUT, to precisely reproduce discrete signals coming, for example, from sensors that are part of the

system, as frequently encountered in automotive, defence, aerospace, and industrial applications. The card can also mount up

to eight additional, independent test modules, either Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWG) or Digitizers, in any combination,

to extend operations to a real parallel test scenario. Each AWG module has four floating voltage generators, with

programmable current limiting, and 16 bit resolution. Generation is through DDS (Direct Digital Synthesis) technique and

supported by 2M word of memory. The Digitizers allow simultaneous synchronized measurement as required by real-time test,

featuring floating mode with 16 bit resolution and up to 50MS/s sample frequency. The Valid system can hold up to four iFUN

boards, thus offering virtually unlimited parallel test capability in a matrix-free architecture.

Your Test Problem

Our iFUN Solution

Quick Test has been developed to offer engineers the ability to

combine the power of an ATE with the simplicity of a hand held

instrument. With direct graphical access to the complete path from the

instrumentation to the UUT, Quick Test allows preparing and executing

functional test scenarios in minimal time, without knowledge of the

architecture of the resources and the intricacies of language to be

used. With the test specification in one hand, the user will transfer the

information directly into the graphical environment of Quick Test and, at

a glance, get it executed and display the results.

Quick Test is easy to manipulate and to experiment with assisting the

engineer or technician in verifying test proposals.

Quick Test can be used like a Lab Instrument, for example, prior to

starting to prepare complex test procedures or as an interactive

diagnostic tool to confirm the location of a fault. The tremendous

flexibility of Quick Test makes it an ideal compliment to the Level 1

Portable Test Equipment, but also very beneficial as a tool for Level 2

STE integrators, or as a common tool between test engineers and

design engineers for the preparation of Level 3 board test programs.

Quick Test gives direct access to connections between instrumentation

and the UUT, and also supports a solid rules based control scenario,

which warns the user of potential dangerous operations to protect the

system and the UUT. Individual test operations, once created and

accepted, can be automatically converted on equivalent language

statements and stored for automatic documentation or later re-

execution.

The figure below shows the main operating screen of Quick Test.

In the upper left-hand corner, the system displays the

connection(s) being made. The upper right-hand corner serves to

have oscilloscope displays of the measurements made. The

bottom part of the screen is to modify the parameters of the

measurement; Tin the bottom line, the system directly creates the

correspondent language statement to the action graphically

executed.

QUICK TEST