An Automated Environment for Hardware Testing Using PXI Instrumentation and LabVIEW Software

Abstract

Reliable and fast testing was a requirement in the serial production of the advanced wireless microphone MIKME. Hence, a system for automatic testing, fully adapted for the product, was developed. The system comprises: 1) a specially designed test fixture – bed-of-nails, on which the device under test is placed, 2) the PXI platform and 3) an application developed in LabVIEW environment. Throughout the design of this system the goal was to achieve maximal automation of the entire test procedure in order to minimize the influence of human factor, and therefore save time and significantly reduce the possibility of error.

Keywords

• automated hardware testing
• LabVIEW
• PXI
• test procedures
• virtual instrumentation