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Available in French, this annual test and measurement report provides a comprehensive synthesis of major trends that, given the proliferation of connected devices, are likely to impact the auto-testing industry. Topics include the prospects for testing millimeter wave communications, or how to optimize the use of production test data to boost business results.
"As a strong advocate of excellence in automatic testing, we work closely with our customers and suppliers to understand the key issues facing testing and production services," says Luke Schreier, NI's Director of Automatic Test Marketing. "Whether the goal is to test millions of Devices connected to the Internet of Things or to manage a 20-year-old test system, our goal is to engage our customers in dialogue to help them reduce the cost of testing and stay ahead of the competition."
The 2016 Automatic Test Study Report details the following trends:
- TRAITEMENT: Collect test data in production. The semiconductor industry is embarking on real-time analytics to reduce production testing costs.
- SOFTWARE: Lifecycle management is a matter of software. Obsolescence, attrition of operating system users and compatibility criteria hinder projects with an extended life cycle... A well-known problem that would be good to re-examine.
- ARCHITECTURE: The rise of test management software. Commercial test sequencers are effective solutions to take into account the current flood of new programming languages.
- E/S: Standardize platforms from characterization to production. RF circuit manufacturers practice reusing IP and standardizing their equipment throughout the product design cycle to reduce costs and time to market.
- ENTREPRISE STRATEGY: Millimeter waves propagate to test strategies
Currently, test managers are adopting modular solutions to validate high-frequency components at a lower cost.
Find out more: www.ni.com/ato/f
