Automatic test equipment software testing

This paper defines the functions and activi ties involved in testing Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) software. Software testing is defined here in as black box testing. In addition, an examina tion is made of four areas of test facility design tradeoffs: *simulated versus real software, both software under test and environment simulation soft ware, .organization of the components of executable test software; *selection of the methods of exiting the code under-test during execution; and *selection of the methods of assembling and loading all executable software