Converting from legacy Test
A modern, modular ATE system can be configured to replicate the functions of a legacy tester, so familiarity is maintained. New test systems are easier to operate with contemporary software and user interfaces, and can feature the latest instrumentation to expand or speed up the test. In addition, old legacy testers take a long time to fault-find and the replacement parts, if still available, can be exorbitant. Hence, ATE Solutions is converting more and more of its legacy customers to its Flex range of test systems.
A modern, modular ATE system can be configured to replicate the functions of the existing legacy tester, so familiarity is maintained. But new test systems are easier to operate, with contemporary software and user interfaces, and can feature the latest instrumentation to expand or speed up the test process.” In addition, legacy testers can take a long time to fault-find, and the replacement parts, even if still available, can be exorbitantly priced.
In a London Underground braking board application, ATE Solutions replaced the customer’s Marconi 511 legacy test system with its PXI-based Flex 40 tester: a two-bay, floor-standing chassis that offers a huge amount of space for instrumentation. The Flex 40 was configured with new versions of the same hardware and new test programs to replicate and emulate the original functions. It’s easier to calibrate, it’s supported by ATE Solutions’ engineers, and it’s an opportunity for the customer to finally be able to integrate the test function into its Factory Management System. But mostly it’s about delivering confidence to the customer going forward.
Read more about the London Underground application and some of our other latest projects in this article recently published in Electronic Product Design & Test, pages 30-31.
