Method and apparatus for testing electronic equipment
CA 1237775 A · Owner: Tektronix, Inc. · Inventors: Springer, Richard A.
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18-, Abstract of the Disclosure, A microprocessor-based apparatus for testing the electrical condition of electronic circuitry par-, titularly computers, employs a buffer and a latch associated with each of the address bus and the data bus to provide electrical isolation of said buses. In using the apparatus, the integrity of a central testin "kernel" comprising the testing program itself with its testing data in ROM is first verified. The testing program then evaluates, in order the data, bus, the address bus, and then such additional and addressable circuitry as may be connected to said data bus and address bus. Incorporation of analog-to-digital converters permits determination of actual …
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- Granted June 7, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 7, 2005.
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