FPGA implementation of the portable automatic testing system for digital circuits | ||||
The International Conference on Electrical Engineering | ||||
Article 87, Volume 6, 6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering ICEENG 2008, May 2008, Page 1-24 PDF (1.13 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/iceeng.2008.34333 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Mohamed H. El-Mahlawy1; Ahmed Abd El-Wahab1; Al-Emam S. Ragab2 | ||||
1Egyptian Armed Forces. | ||||
2Masr International University. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Abstract: The authors in paper [1] are presented the new automatic test equipment (ATE) for digital integrated circuits based on the signature analysis. This work introduced a complete framework for the testing of the printed circuit boards (PCBs) of the digital integrated circuits. In this paper, the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) implementation of this new ATE is presented. The timing simulation and then design download are presented on the Spartan Xilinx chip (X2S400EFT256-7). In this paper, the concept of the portable ATE is presented that reduces the complexity of the traditional ATE. This compacted testing system approach is designed to apply the test pattern to the circuit under test (CUT) and to compact the response of the CUT by signature analyzer. The timing controller and the parallel port of the personal computer (PC) generate all required signals to control all steps of the test cycle for proper operation. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Automatic Test Equipment; and Testing of electronic circuits | ||||
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