ATLAS language and new instruments technologies: the challenge

During last years we are facing a new challenge: The test equipment manufacturers are increasing their instrument features and making the instruments more powerful, meanwhile the C/ATLAS language is 'stuck on the standard' and unable to follow the technology improvement. Solution: Addition to C/ATLAS language of new modifiers to extract all the power of ATE instrumentation. The ATE being developed at OGMA-Portugal (OGMATS), is a good example of coexistence between standard Atlas constructs and extensions regarding the compatibility with the basic language definition. This paper shows some examples of extensions and the advantages. Our objectives are: 1/ maintain C/ATLAS compatibility; 2/take advantage of instrument new features.<
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