TestStand custom step types are an effective way to personalize your TestStand developer environment by providing a customized interface to code modules that reduces direct code calls. Discover how you can make the most of your custom step types so they are practical, intuitive, and maintainable.
This presentation was recorded at NIWeek in Austin, TX on May 24, 2017
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Learn how to verify that your automated test equipment is functioning properly on a regular basis by examining some of the most common approaches with Bloomy's engineers in this session. By understanding test coverage, advantages, disadvantages, and best practices, you can decide which test the tester method is best for your application.
Presented by Jacob Adams at NIWeek in Austin, TX on May 25, 2017
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TestStand custom step types are an effective way to personalize your TestStand developer environment by providing a customized interface to code modules that reduces direct code calls. Discover how you can make the most of your custom step types so they are practical, intuitive, and maintainable.
Presented by Grant Gothing at NIWeek in Austin, TX on May 24, 2017
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This installer contains the EFT Module for TestStand 2016 version 2.0.31, including Hardware Access Framework, Manufacturing Operator Interface, Database Result Processing plugin, user manuals and example sequences.
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The Hardware Access Framework (HAF) component of the Bloomy EFT Module for TestStand is a hardware and measurement abstraction framework that simplifies and speeds up test sequence development when interfacing with instrumentation. By allowing test sequences to be developed independent of hardware, the HAF also decouples hardware and software development, and allows test systems to more easily adapt to changing requirements.
The Manufacturing Operator Interface (OI) component of the Bloomy EFT Module for TestStand is an end user application for running TestStand sequences. It performs many of the common actions of a TestStand OI, like loading, executing, and debugging sequences, but does so with manufacturing operators in mind.
In this video, we will provide a demonstration of how the Manufacturing Operator Interface component of the EFT module for TestStand allows manufacturing engineers and test operators to more intuitively select, execute, and debug TestStand sequences.
This installer contains the EFT Module for TestStand 2014 version 1.0.69, including Hardware Access Framework, Manufacturing Operator Interface, Database result processing plugin, user manuals and example sequences.
Prerequisite Installations:
NI Device Drivers:
The Bloomy EFT Module for TestStand provides out-of-the-box architectural components for electronics functional test sequence development, execution, and result processing using NI TestStand.
These components, including hardware/measurement abstraction layers, operator interface, and database connectivity, afford test engineers a shorter time-to-solution by allowing them to focus on the specifics of their product, rather than the underlying architecture of their test solution.
As LabVIEW developers, we are comfortable developing in LabVIEW. However, sometimes we need to leverage code from other languages. This is where DLLs come in. For those of us that are less than comfortable with coding languages outside of LabVIEW, using DLLs can be daunting and frustrating. The Import Shared Library Wizard can make your life easier, however, it is not very reliable when using custom data types. This forces us to use Call Library Function nodes (CLNs) for DLL calls, which can bring up a whole bunch of problems with no intuitive debug strategy.
Faster time to solution for Electronics Functional Test
The Bloomy Electronics Functional Test (EFT) Module for TestStand is a set of tools for electronics functional test sequence development, execution, and result processing using NI TestStand.
