Author Archives: LV_TS_Test_Engineer_3000_VI

  If your test station is expected  to moved around alot or is expected to be delivered consider the following:   Don’t let any equipment hang by just the front mount screw. Secured  equipments with shelves or right angle support … Continue reading →

Other Considerations when selecting a Power Resistor.   Temperature range of Automated Equipment Location of Power Resistor affecting other subcomponents Metal thickness and Surface Contact. Dont Place Power Resistor where it may be touched my operators Dont Place Power Resistors … Continue reading →

Connector Plug and Receptacle keying.   Avoid using the same Plug and Receptacle pair on the same panel or test system.   If for some reason you need to use the same physical dimension consider a family of connector that … Continue reading →

Understanding what setting  will be using the automatedsolution will help in creating the application.   Lab setting –Engineers want full access to testing and seeall the parameters of the their product. (looking to prove out a design/concept).   Production Testing floor– Testing for … Continue reading →

A popular configuration file format used for the automated software to  setup, initialize, configuration it parameters   Section, key , Value   [Section Name1]Key1=ValueKey2=Value [Section Name2]Key1=ValueKey2=ValueKey3=Value [Section Name3]Key1=Value   LabVIEW has a tool section to handle many action required with Section,Key,Value format INI … Continue reading →

Need to Measure Temperature?   Learn about different ways to measure temperature using Thermocouple,RTD and Thermistor.   IOTECH has and excellent discussion on these components for measuring temperature, check out the following web site:   WebSite:  http://www.iotech.com/catalog/techtip/TechTip_60601.pdf   IOTech website : … Continue reading →

Do you have to test many different UUT Cards which use similar Test equipment to perform the test in a production area?   Consider a Common TestStation with a receiver panel routing to the various equipment required in the station.   Then … Continue reading →

RT Computer typically will have   Time Critical Loop(deterministic response)   Non Critical loop (Monitoring info to and from the  Host Gui) Recommendations(to reduce Jitter)Minimize the use of interrupts(COM Port type cards are interrupt driven devices), Disable Dedugging tools on on RT … Continue reading →

Equipment Signal Generator Amplifiers Antennas Power Meter Attenuator as need To Automate Controller Development Program Equipment must be programmable. Specification for Frequency and Power Level Signal Generator (basic function)  Set Output ON/OFF  Set dB level  Set Frequency Amplifier (basic function) Set Enable/Disable output Get Status –Check for overload (from Drive or … Continue reading →

Need to create hardware and you know the customer requirement my change then consider (NI FPGA solutions)   If you know LabVIEW already you can be programming NI FPGA quickly with the LabVIEW FPGA module   What great is that … Continue reading →