Test & Measurement

productronica: Cloud clears way to IC testing

13th November 2013
Mick Elliott
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Advantest has brought cloud computing technology to the test arena. At productronica the company launched the CloudTesting Service (CTS) aimed at design verification engineers, fabless companies, educational and research institutes with limited resources and distributors. IC prototype testing, debugging and troubleshooting are all covered by the new service.

The service operates on a pay per use approach. Advantest supplies two testers with three different configurations to execute the test programs. These machines are supplied rent-free. The user then pays a licence fee to download a menu of a set of software tools from the cloud including algorithms and testing functions, directly onto a laptop to build individual, specific test environments using the Cloud Testing Service software interface.

Once the test flow is completed it can be downloaded onto a tester connected to the device under test.

The concept is clearly explained on a CTS portal site along with a detailed IP licensing description and selection assistant.

A user can register on the portal and set up an account to download user manuals, basic CloudTesting software and selected IPs. Advantest is offering a free month trial to potential users.

Two test boxes are offered. The CX1000P provides two power supplies, 32 I/O channels, one PMU, one arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) and a digitiser. It also contains two reference voltage supplies, one auxiliary power supply and 16 controller signals to control specific applications.

The CX1000D tester provides eight power supplies, 128 I/O channels, four PMUs, four                     AWGs, and four digitisers. Two of these testers can be linked to double resources including 256 I/O channels.

The service has been launched successfully in Japan and productronica was its first outing in Europe.

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