Test module

US6603327B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens VDO AG · DE

Inventor

• Bernhard Seubert · Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 8, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 5, 2003
• Expiry date: Aug 8, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R31/3193
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a test module (1) for comparative testing of an electronic component (2) and a simulation module (3) that simulates the function of the electronic component (2) essentially in the form of a software program. The test module (1) has an input/output interface to an external module (4) interacting with the electronic component (2) to be tested and also to the electronic component (2) and the simulation module (3). Equivalent input interfaces of the electronic component (2) and of the simulation module (3) are connected to one another by the test module (1). In addition, the test module (1) has a comparator (6) for comparing output signals from the electronic component (2) and from the simulation module (3) and has a memory log (7) linked to the comparator (6). The inventive test module (1) permits a rapid comparative test of the functions of the electronic component (2) and of the simulation module (3).