A functionally safe electronic system is one that responds as expected for every set of inputs. Functionally safe systems are developed and validated against well-defined market-specific functional ...

The bottom line is that to match actions to a given event, it is necessary to look into each component implementation to understand the event and actions it handles, together with the messaging ...

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SE: Why is applying functional test content so challenging today? Ruiz: There are a couple of different factors that make successfully applying functional patterns on the tester a challenge. In fact, ...

Balancing yield and test is essential to semiconductor manufacturing, but it’s becoming harder to determine how much weight to give one versus the other as chips become more specialized for different ...

As devices become faster and more complex, more board developers are turning to background debugging and JTAG emulators. Anyone involved in the design, manufacture, or repair of processor-driven ...

The idea of unit testing has been around for many years. "Test early, test often" is a mantra that concerns unit testing as well. However, in practice, not many software projects have the luxury of ...