

You can find a complete list of new features in ATEasy 2021 here. ATEasy let’s you use both 64 bit and 32 bit DLL instrument drivers. That’s another reason why ATEasy has maintained code compatibility throughout its lifetime. Thus, 32-bit DLL support is important because many test systems, especially those in military applications, remain in service for 20 years or more. “Many instrument drivers run as 32-bit DLLs and manufacturers aren’t likely to update them,” said VP of software development Ron Yazma. The beautify feature lets teams standardize on coding, which helps with debugging and maintainability.”ĪTEasy 2021 adds support for 64-bit programs and drivers while maintaining backward compatibility for 32-bit DLLs (Figure 2), which are often used as instrument drivers. “Some teams include professional programmers while others depend on hardware and test engineers.

“Test-system development teams often have several people writing code at the same time,” said Marvin Test marketing director Jon Semancik in a conversation with EE World. The “beautify” feature can automatically adjust coding styles for consistency based on a set of rules. ATEasy 2021 uses colored tabs to help you organize and identify groups of test functions.

For example, colored tabs (Figure 1) let you organize functions in a way that’s easy to understand. Even simple enhancements can boost productivity. Since its beginning, ATEasy has let you build custom user interfaces that include controls and graphs.ĪTEasy 2021 (ATEasy V11) adds several new features that lets development teams better organize projects. Many test-equipment companies provide drivers for their instruments. To control test instruments, sequences call instrument drivers. Using a tree-based structure, ATEasy lets you organize tests into functions based on sequences in a way that’s like Microsoft Visual Studio. Typical uses include production testing of military/aerospace systems as well as semiconductors. It supports just about every communications bus that that test equipment uses: PXI, GPIB, USB, Ethernet, serial, and others. Now in its 30 th year, ATEasy from Marvin Test Solutions gets a facelift and a host of new features to help test-development teams get test results.ĪTEasy is a test executive and development environment that lets Windows-based computers control test instruments such as measurement devices and signal sources. The test programming environment also adds usability features and 64-bit support.Īutomated test stations depend on test executives, test sequences, and instrument drivers to perform functional tests on systems, subsystems, and components.
