US 12,235,317 B2
Test system that converts command syntaxes
Richard W. Fanning, Jurupa Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Teradyne, Inc., North Reading, MA (US)
Filed by Teradyne, Inc., North Reading, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/096,897.
Prior Publication US 2024/0241173 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G01R 31/317 (2006.01); G01R 31/319 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 31/31713 (2013.01) [G01R 31/31705 (2013.01); G01R 31/31919 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A test system comprising:
a test instrument configured to test a device under test (DUT), the test instrument being configured to interact with the DUT using first commands having a first syntax; and
one or more processing devices configured to perform operations comprising (i) receiving a definitions file, the definitions file comprising information defining a second syntax that is used by a third party to communicate with the DUT, the information comprising a character structure that a processing device can interpret and that is used by the second syntax but not by the first syntax, (ii) storing, in memory, the information defining the second syntax in association with an identity of the third party, (iii) after storing the information in memory, receiving an identifier for the third party and second commands having a same functionality as the first commands and the second syntax, (iv) retrieving the information defining the second syntax from the memory based on the identity of the third party, (v) converting the second commands into the first commands having the first syntax based on the information retrieved, and (vi) enabling the test instrument to interact with the DUT using the first commands.