CN100397359C - Automatic control testing system and method for host board - Google Patents

Automatic control testing system and method for host board Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CN100397359C
CN100397359C CNB2005101037574A CN200510103757A CN100397359C CN 100397359 C CN100397359 C CN 100397359C CN B2005101037574 A CNB2005101037574 A CN B2005101037574A CN 200510103757 A CN200510103757 A CN 200510103757A CN 100397359 C CN100397359 C CN 100397359C
Authority
CN
China
Prior art keywords
test
main control
control system
motherboard
testing apparatus
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
CNB2005101037574A
Other languages
Chinese (zh)
Other versions
CN1928836A (en
Inventor
黄铭隆
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
HUANSHENG ELECTRONIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
Original Assignee
Universal Scientific Industrial Co Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Universal Scientific Industrial Co Ltd filed Critical Universal Scientific Industrial Co Ltd
Priority to CNB2005101037574A priority Critical patent/CN100397359C/en
Publication of CN1928836A publication Critical patent/CN1928836A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CN100397359C publication Critical patent/CN100397359C/en
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Images

Landscapes

  • Tests Of Electronic Circuits (AREA)
  • Testing Or Calibration Of Command Recording Devices (AREA)

Abstract

The automatic-control testing method for complex mainboards at one time comprises: providing a network system between a control host and complex testing devices with communication through network; or outputting testing signal from the host to control devices for testing; a memory in the host used to store testing results. This invention can improve testing efficiency.

Description

The automatic control test macro and the method for motherboard
Technical field
The present invention is a kind of automatic control test macro and method, particularly a kind of system and method that adopts network mode motherboard to be controlled automatically test.
Background technology
Be provided with many chipsets and electronic component above the motherboard, by adapter (as display card, network card, sound card), central processing unit, storer, Winchester disk drive are installed, and can offer a processing platform of computer operating on motherboard.Yet motherboard can work orderly in order to ensure motherboard via after the Production Line manufacturing, must verify whether the feature operation of motherboard is normal through the test of row.
And for the test mode of motherboard, is that the manual operations of being dependent on manpower is tested mostly in early days, but this test mode obviously can't satisfy the desired high efficiency of production line, and the manual testing also makes mistakes easily.Therefore be to come motherboard is made automatic test at present mostly in conjunction with computing machine, its test mode is by the corresponding Testing apparatus of a main control system (as computing machine), cooperate some complicated test cards simultaneously, and motherboard to be measured is installed in Testing apparatus, give motherboard to be measured by the relevant test signal of main control system control Testing apparatus output, and finish the automatic test of motherboard.
Therefore for the automatic test of existing motherboard, be to take man-to-man mode to carry out, promptly main control system can only corresponding Testing apparatus, and if will test a plurality of motherboards to be measured, can utilize the mode of wheel current test to finish, but the efficient of wheel current test is too poor, and build-in test finishes all motherboards to be measured at one time, so just must use more hardware cost in order to improve testing efficiency, utilize the Testing apparatus of many group main control systems and many groups, at one time intact all motherboards to be measured of build-in test.Therefore, for as less hardware cost how, and finish the test of all motherboards to be measured in can be at one time, and can improve testing efficiency and accuracy again, then be that the present invention has problem to be solved.
Summary of the invention
Technical matters to be solved by this invention, be to provide a kind of automatic control test macro and method thereof of motherboard, in test process, a plurality of motherboards to be measured are tested by coming in conjunction with network system, reaching less hardware cost demand and to reduce the required time of test, and then improve the efficient of test.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, according to a kind of scheme of the present invention, provide a kind of automatic control test macro of motherboard, be used for testing simultaneously a plurality of motherboards to be measured, comprising: a network system; A plurality of Testing apparatus that are connected with network system respectively, and in these Testing apparatus, have a test procedure respectively, Testing apparatus can be tested these motherboard to be measured respectively by carrying out test procedure; A main control system that is connected with network system, main control system has a control program, and the execution of control program can be used to control and monitors these Testing apparatus and carry out automatic test; A test signal generation unit that is connected with main control system can be used to output test signal and gives these motherboards to be measured; One switch control unit receives the control of this main control system and gives one of these Testing apparatus according to the execution of control program with the test signal of selecting test signal generation unit to be exported.Wherein these test procedures a plurality of test results of carrying out gained return to this main control system by network system, for this main control system these test results of filing.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, according to another kind of scheme of the present invention, provide a kind of automatic control method of testing of motherboard, be used for testing simultaneously a plurality of motherboards to be measured, the step that comprises is; Between a plurality of Testing apparatus and a main control system, set up a network system of linking up transmission; Main control system is controlled these Testing apparatus starts to test by carrying out a control program; These Testing apparatus indivedual test procedures of carrying out after start come respectively these host board testings to be measured; These Testing apparatus are also carried out the test result of gained to main control system by network system passback test procedure respectively; And main control system can file the test result that receives; And
This main control system judges whether to receive the test request of arbitrary this measurement jig passback, if judged result is for being, this main control system is by a test signal generation unit, and output test signal is given this measurement jig of passback test request, comes this host board testing to be measured;
Wherein should give this measurement jig of passback test request by a switch control unit by test signal generation unit output test signal, this switch control unit provides switch and switches selection, according to the control of this main control system, should test the signal generation unit and export the test signal and switch to for one of these measurement jigs and receive.
Adopt the automatic control test macro and the method thereof of motherboard of the present invention, allow one main control system can control many Testing apparatus simultaneously by network system, so, the present invention finishes the test of a plurality of motherboards to be measured in can be at one time, and do not need expensive hardware cost expenditure, also improved testing efficiency simultaneously.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the system architecture diagram of one of preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the block schematic diagram of Testing apparatus of the present invention; And
Fig. 3 is the process flow diagram of one of preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Symbol description among the figure:
10 main control systems, 30 network systems, 50 Testing apparatus
70 motherboard 80 test signal generation units to be measured
90 switch control units, 501 tunnel interface modules
503 control modules, 505 storage elements, 5051 test procedures
Embodiment
See also Fig. 1, it is the system architecture diagram of one of preferred embodiment of the present invention.A kind of automatic control test macro of motherboard is provided in the present embodiment, can be used to test simultaneously a plurality of motherboards to be measured 70, include: a main control system 10, a network system 30, a plurality of Testing apparatus 50, a test signal generation unit 80 and a switch control unit 90.
Wherein main control system 10 has a control program, and main control system 10 controls and monitor the test that each Testing apparatus 50 is finished robotization by executive control program, and the test result of each Testing apparatus 50 that can file.
Network system 30 is connected between main control system 10 and each Testing apparatus 50, and the transmission communication platform between main control system 10 and each Testing apparatus 50 is provided.The network system 30 of present embodiment can be Ethernet system (Ethernet network), can pass through a hub (figure slightly) and be connected with the network port of main control system 10 and the network port of each Testing apparatus 50.
Testing apparatus 50 is used for motherboard 70 to be measured is tested, and motherboard 70 to be measured of each Testing apparatus 50 corresponding installation is tested.See also Fig. 2, Testing apparatus 50 includes: a tunnel interface module 501, one control module 503 and a storage element 505, the tunnel interface module 501 of Testing apparatus 50 can be used to be connected with the I/O port of motherboard 70 to be measured, storage element 505 is used for storing a test procedure 5051, these test procedure 5051 usefulness decide will be to the content measurement of motherboard 70 to be measured, control module 503 is connected between tunnel interface module 501 and the storage element 505, control module 503 can be carried out the test procedure 5051 in the storage element 505, and gives motherboard 70 to be measured by tunnel interface module 501 test transmission signals.
80 of test signal generation units provide main control system 10 to test and to measure motherboard 70 to be measured in response to the test request of Testing apparatus 50 propositions.Test signal generation unit 80 is connected in main control system 10, and can export the test signal and give motherboard 70 to be measured under the control of main control system 10.The test signal generation unit 80 of present embodiment can be I/O control card and measuring instrument, wherein the I/O control card can be connected with the I/O port of main control system 10, as RS-232 port, USB port, LPT port, and allow main control system 10 test for motherboard 70 to be measured by control I/O control card output I/O test signal.Measuring instrument then is and GPIB (the General Purpose Instrument Bus) card connection of main control system 10, and allow main control system 10 control measuring instrument by control GPIB card motherboard 70 to be measured is carried out the signal measurement.
It is receive for that Testing apparatus 50 that 90 execution according to control program of switch control unit are used for controlling the signal that test signal generation unit 80 exported.Therefore the switch that provides by this switch control unit 90 switches selection, the test signal can be produced single 80 signals of being exported and switch to, and allow main control system 10 assign the test control of wanting any Testing apparatus 50 for some Testing apparatus 50 receptions.
Present embodiment is by the connection of network system 30, and can allow main control system 10 and each Testing apparatus 50 form a LAN framework, and main control system 10 also can provide a storage area (as Winchester disk drive) of sharing to use for each Testing apparatus 50 by the execution of control program, and the pattern of utilizing archives to share allows communication between main control system 10 and the Testing apparatus 50, so just can allow each Testing apparatus 50 passback test result file in the main control system 10.
See also Fig. 3, it is the process flow diagram of one of preferred embodiment of the present invention.At first each motherboard 70 to be measured is installed to each Testing apparatus 50, allows Testing apparatus 50 go into signal and test for motherboard 70 to be measured, therefore when main control system 10 beginning executive control programs (S301) by tunnel interface module 501 outputs; Each Testing apparatus 50 starts (S303) of main control system 10 controls, and the mode of main control system 10 control Testing apparatus 50 starts is to export I/O test signal (as the switch signal) by the I/O control card, and select a Testing apparatus 50 to receive this I/O by switch control unit 90 and test signal, finish the start of this Testing apparatus 50, and come in the same way other Testing apparatus of not starting shooting 50 is started shooting.And after each Testing apparatus 50 is all started shooting, can carry out the test procedure 5051 of oneself and respectively each motherboard 70 to be measured be tested (S305); Each Testing apparatus 50 can return the test result of carrying out test procedure 5051 gained respectively by network system 30 and give main control system 10 (S307) afterwards.
Then, main control system 10 equally receives the test result of each Testing apparatus 50 passback and upgrades the last state (S309) of the test result in main control system 10 before by network system 30; Next main control system 10 checks whether the test request (S311) of receiving each Testing apparatus 50 passback is arranged; If check result is for being, main control system 10 is tested (S313) according to the test request of each Testing apparatus 50 passback by test signal generation unit 80, for example when Testing apparatus 50 is wanted the execute key looping test, Testing apparatus 50 can first transfer key looping test requirement give main control system 10, and main control system 10 receives that this test request will come the instruction of run-out key looping test by the I/O control card, and the Testing apparatus 50 of passback test request can be tested motherboard 70 to be measured according to this keyboard test instruction.
Next after the step of (S313) or step (S311) when not being judged as not, main control system 10 is judged whether end of test (EOT) (S315) of each Testing apparatus 50; If judged result for otherwise the step of getting back to (S307) continue to carry out; And if judged result is for being the test result (S317) of each Testing apparatus 50 passback of main control system 10 files; Main control system 10 and control 50 shutdown (S319) of each Testing apparatus afterwards, and finish automatic test to these motherboards 70 to be measured.And when need next organizing the motherboard to be measured 70 of quantity in test, the motherboard to be measured 70 that then only needs to be installed in Testing apparatus 50 at present unloads, reinstall one of new group motherboard 70 to be measured, and just can finish the automatic test of motherboard 70 to be measured according to operating process shown in Figure 3.
In sum, the automatic control test macro and the method thereof of motherboard provided by the present invention have following characteristics:
1, simultaneously many Testing apparatus is controlled with a main control system, and each Testing apparatus all is equipped with a motherboard to be measured, therefore can finish the test of a plurality of motherboards to be measured at one time with the less hardware cost, time in the time of so can reducing test, to improve testing efficiency, reach the expenditure that reduces hardware cost.
2, control computer hardware automatically by program implementation, not only can reduce the operation of manpower and reduce artificial operating mistake, more can improve precision of test result.
The above-mentioned accompanying drawing that discloses, explanation only are embodiments of the invention, allly are skillful in this skill person when can doing other all improvement according to above-mentioned explanation, and these change in the claim that still belongs to invention spirit of the present invention and defined.

Claims (15)

1. the automatic control test macro of a motherboard is used for testing simultaneously a plurality of motherboards to be measured, it is characterized in that, comprising:
One network system;
A plurality of Testing apparatus are connected with this network system respectively, and these testers have a test procedure respectively, and these Testing apparatus pass through to carry out these test procedures respectively, and are used for respectively these motherboards to be measured are tested;
One main control system is connected with this network system, has a control program and is used for controlling and monitoring these Testing apparatus and carry out automatic test;
One test signal generation unit is connected with this main control system, is used for output test signal to these motherboards to be measured; And
One switch control unit receives the control of this main control system and gives one of these Testing apparatus according to the execution of this control program with the test signal of selecting this test signal generation unit and being exported;
Wherein these test procedures a plurality of test results of carrying out gained return to this main control system by this network system, for this main control system these test results of filing.
2. the automatic control test macro of motherboard as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein this network system is the Ethernet system.
3. the automatic control test macro of motherboard as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein this network system is connected to form by the network port of a hub and this main control system and the network port of these Testing apparatus.
4. the automatic control test macro of motherboard as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this Testing apparatus wherein comprises:
One tunnel interface module is used for being connected with the I/O port of this motherboard to be measured;
One storage element stores this test procedure; And
One control module is carried out this test procedure and by this tunnel interface module this motherboard to be measured is tested.
5. the automatic control test macro of motherboard as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein this main control system so that a storage area of sharing to be provided, supplies the test result of these Testing apparatus passbacks of file by the execution of this control program.
6. the automatic control test macro of motherboard as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, should test signal generation unit be an I/O control card that is connected with the I/O port of this main control system wherein.
7. the automatic control test macro of motherboard as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, wherein the I/O port of this main control system is RS-232 port, USB port or LPT port.
8. the automatic control test macro of motherboard as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein this test signal generation unit is a measuring instrument, a GPIB card connection of this measuring instrument and this main control system.
9. the automatic control method of testing of a motherboard is used for testing simultaneously a plurality of motherboards to be measured, it is characterized in that, comprising:
Set up a network system between a plurality of Testing apparatus and a main control system;
This main control system is carried out a control program and is controlled these Testing apparatus starts to test;
The indivedual test procedures of carrying out of these Testing apparatus come respectively these host board testings to be measured;
These Testing apparatus return this test procedure by this network system respectively and carry out the test result of gained to this main control system;
This main control system these test results of filing; And
This main control system judges whether to receive the test request of arbitrary this measurement jig passback, if judged result is for being, this main control system is by a test signal generation unit, and output test signal is given this measurement jig of passback test request, comes this host board testing to be measured;
Wherein should give this measurement jig of passback test request by a switch control unit by test signal generation unit output test signal, this switch control unit provides switch and switches selection, according to the control of this main control system, should test the signal generation unit and export the test signal and switch to for one of these measurement jigs and receive.
10. the automatic control method of testing of motherboard as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, wherein this network system is the Ethernet system.
11. the automatic control method of testing of motherboard as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that, this test signal generation unit is an I/O control card that is connected with the I/O port of this main control system, wherein these measurement jig start modes are to export I/O test signal by this main control system by the I/O control card, and control this I/O test signal of this switch control unit switching output by this main control system and start shooting for one of these Testing apparatus.
12. the automatic control method of testing of motherboard as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that, wherein this main control system provides a storage area of sharing to use for these Testing apparatus, and the pattern of utilizing archives to share these test results that these Testing apparatus return of filing.
13. the automatic control method of testing of motherboard as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that, should test signal generation unit be an I/O control card that is connected with the I/O port of this main control system wherein, and control this I/O test signal of this switch control unit switching output by this main control system and start shooting for one of those measurement jigs.
14. the automatic control method of testing of motherboard as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, wherein this test signal generation unit is a measuring instrument, a GPIB card connection of this measuring instrument and this main control system.
15. the automatic control method of testing of motherboard as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, further comprises:
This main control system receives these test results of these Testing apparatus passbacks, and is used for upgrading the last state of the test result in this main control system.
CNB2005101037574A 2005-09-09 2005-09-09 Automatic control testing system and method for host board Expired - Fee Related CN100397359C (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CNB2005101037574A CN100397359C (en) 2005-09-09 2005-09-09 Automatic control testing system and method for host board

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CNB2005101037574A CN100397359C (en) 2005-09-09 2005-09-09 Automatic control testing system and method for host board

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
CN1928836A CN1928836A (en) 2007-03-14
CN100397359C true CN100397359C (en) 2008-06-25

Family

ID=37858808

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CNB2005101037574A Expired - Fee Related CN100397359C (en) 2005-09-09 2005-09-09 Automatic control testing system and method for host board

Country Status (1)

Country Link
CN (1) CN100397359C (en)

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN101963930B (en) * 2009-07-21 2013-06-12 纬创资通股份有限公司 Automatic test device
CN105607977A (en) * 2015-12-28 2016-05-25 环胜电子(深圳)有限公司 Power state testing system
CN108627195A (en) * 2018-08-17 2018-10-09 深圳市金邦科技发展有限公司 A kind of intelligent detecting method and intelligent checking system that memory body module is detected

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH11211796A (en) * 1998-01-30 1999-08-06 Toshiba Corp Substrate unit function tester
CN1385786A (en) * 2001-05-11 2002-12-18 华硕电脑股份有限公司 Realtime on-line supervisory/control method
CN1385785A (en) * 2001-05-10 2002-12-18 华硕电脑股份有限公司 Mainboard test program process system and method thereof
US20030060996A1 (en) * 2000-06-07 2003-03-27 John Yi Semi-automated multi-site system tester

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH11211796A (en) * 1998-01-30 1999-08-06 Toshiba Corp Substrate unit function tester
US20030060996A1 (en) * 2000-06-07 2003-03-27 John Yi Semi-automated multi-site system tester
CN1385785A (en) * 2001-05-10 2002-12-18 华硕电脑股份有限公司 Mainboard test program process system and method thereof
CN1385786A (en) * 2001-05-11 2002-12-18 华硕电脑股份有限公司 Realtime on-line supervisory/control method

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
CN1928836A (en) 2007-03-14

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US20240220381A1 (en) Soc-oriented concurrent test system for multiple clock domains and test method thereof
CN105378494B (en) Testing architecture with multiple hardware accelerator blocks based on FPGA for the multiple DUT of independent test
CN103336194A (en) Integrated automatic test system of on-board computer of civilian airliner
CN103890595B (en) Method and system for utilizing stand-alone controller in multiplexed handler test cell for indexless tandem semiconductor test
CN202904367U (en) A testing system based on a PXI bus
CN102353865A (en) Automatic testing device and method universally used for multiple bus processor modules
CN101368991A (en) Electronic device test device and method thereof
CN107908507A (en) A kind of dual processors multichannel FT volume productions test system and method
CN113514759A (en) Multi-core test processor and integrated circuit test system and method
CN101441592A (en) Test system and method of embedded system
CN109656756B (en) Multi-core CPU board debugging method and device and mobile storage medium
CN111858197A (en) Device, system and method for supporting multiple SSD tests
CN101593903B (en) Test backboard, backboard-based loading method and backboard-based testing method
CN203422426U (en) Universal comprehensive automatic test system of airborne computer of civilian airliner
CN100397359C (en) Automatic control testing system and method for host board
CN116298801A (en) Chip testing device, method, electronic equipment and storage medium
CN206248785U (en) Volume production test module of the inside with analog-to-digital conversion interface chip
CN108806761A (en) A kind of SSD function test methods, system and computer storage media
CN114356820A (en) Acceleration method and device based on ATE equipment chip test and test machine system
CN103809051B (en) The detection method of switch matrix, Auto-Test System and switch matrix therein
CN107818032A (en) A kind of mainboard, information Method of printing, system, device and storage medium
CN101098359B (en) Time sharing test approach for tester
CN101957776A (en) Field configurable handheld virtual testing instrument system and implementation method
CN106990350A (en) Inside carries the volume production test module and method of analog-to-digital conversion interface chip
CN1797357A (en) Circuit board for testing function of main board

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
C06 Publication
PB01 Publication
C10 Entry into substantive examination
SE01 Entry into force of request for substantive examination
C14 Grant of patent or utility model
GR01 Patent grant
ASS Succession or assignment of patent right

Owner name: HUANSHENG ELECTRONIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.

Free format text: FORMER OWNER: UNIVERSAL SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

Effective date: 20081107

C41 Transfer of patent application or patent right or utility model
TR01 Transfer of patent right

Effective date of registration: 20081107

Address after: China Shenzhen Nanshan District hi tech Industrial Park North Ring wins electronic Park

Patentee after: HUANSHENG ELECTRONIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.

Address before: Taiwan Nantou County Chinese

Patentee before: Huanlong Electric Co., Ltd.

C17 Cessation of patent right
CF01 Termination of patent right due to non-payment of annual fee

Granted publication date: 20080625

Termination date: 20110909