Raytheon beta site evaluation of Teradyne's PC-based VXI functional test solution

To keep pace with changing business conditions, Raytheon Systems Company has established a list of key objectives that refocus standards for high-speed, low-cost functional test. Raytheon's goal is to move toward modular, reconfigurable, PC-based, open-architecture automated test equipment that reduces overall program development and life-cycle costs. As part of a strategic alliance, Raytheon embarked on a Technical Interchange program with Teradyne and became a beta test site for the VECTOR/sup TM/ 9000-Series VXI Functional Test Platform. This paper describes how Raytheon's objectives were established and implemented, and the end goals met. It concludes with a review of the results of the strategic alliance and the beta site experience.