TPS Integration/Verification System (TIVS)

Product Overview:

• SEI's TPS Integration/Verification System (TIVS) is a TPS pre-verification process to support the needs of the TPS developer during the TPS integration phase.
• TIVS emulates the target automatic test system
• TIVS is applicable to factory test applications as well as TPS integration, new or rehosted TPS's
• Provides emulation of target automatic test system (TATS) hardware
• Simulates TATS test system interface device (ID/ITA)
• Emulates only those functions required by particular TPS's
• Uses SEI's re-configurable TIVS software run-time system

Product Features:

• Pre-integrate the UUT with the TPS and the TPS with a simulated ATS interface
• User can continuously examine the actual effects of various test strategy decisions
• TIVS simulates only those features required by the UUT for which the TPS was developed
• Fully integrated with SEI's Automatic Test Generator (ATG)
• TIVS can be operated in an automatic, semi-automatic (incremental) or computer-assisted manual mode

Benefits:

• Pre-verify the suitability of detailed TPS Test Strategy for UUT Fault Detection and Fault Isolation
• TIVS avoids very complex and/or expensive test functions
• TIVS is highly capable and reliable, as well as very affordable
• Changes to test strategy identified in TIVS can be used by ATG to automatically generate new source code for the TIVS, and eventually the target ATS
• TIVS pre-verification process reduces the number of unknowns during TATS test system integration
• TIVS pre-verification process reduces the cost of TPS integration/ verification at a remote site
• TIVS pre-verification facilitates integration and final acceptance on the TATS test system

The TPS Pre-Verification Process:

• The TPS is designed using ATG and simulator post-processors
• Initially, ATG automatically generates source for the TIVS
• The TPS is fully integrated and verified on the TIVS configuration
• Finally, the ATG automatically generates ATLAS, or other source code for the TATS