Research on signal-oriented ATS software technology based on ATML

The ATML (Automatic Test Markup Language) family of standards defines an exchange medium for sharing information between components of ATS, using XML (eXtensible Markup Language). In order to develop signal-oriented ATS software based on ATML, there is a requirement of researching on the software technology. First the development and components of ATML were introduced, and the signal-oriented software platform architecture was discussed. Second the realization of run time system and instrument driver were analyzed. At last the simulation of using TPL and its corresponding XML expression to measure the attributes of square wave was done. Doubtless, ATML is rapidly gaining ground in ATS software.