A Test Engineer's Perspective
During a recent social media post, a reader inquired: "I am interested in your thoughts on MOSFETs (or IGBTs) vs. Contactors in a BMS."
Upcoming New Features
EFT version 2.2 is coming soon with loads of new features to further increase productivity and reduce test development time. While there are dozens of new features and improvements to the EFT Module for TestStand, let’s take a look at five of the most exciting updates.
When developing automated tests for a product, we as test engineers typically focus on what we see as the two most important tasks: ensuring the test works properly, and ensuring appropriate results are collected. Because of this, the person who spends the most time on the system, the test operator, can often be forgotten.
Are you developing test sequences using NI TestStand? If so, beware that a lot more goes into a full test architecture than test sequences. In our experiences, test developers often focus solely on the test sequences and code modules, leaving items like file management, hardware abstraction, operator interfaces, and result processing all but forgotten until you run into a problem. Unfortunately, these items often take longer to develop, and require more in-depth TestStand knowledge than the test sequences themselves.
