IEEE ABBETa component standards IEEE ABBET Std 1226 is being created in the form of several interrelated component standards, each addressing a part of the overall ABBET test approach. These component standards include the following: 1226, Overview and Architecture for ABBET. This document defines the goals, methodology and architecture of the ABBET standard. 1226.3, Test Equipment Configuration Software Interface for ABBET. The test equipment configuration interface services provide application software access to test resource information, specifying the instrumentation and test resources available on a test system. This allows an application to identify and use those resources available that will satisfy the virtual test resources requested by a test program. 1226.4, Test Resource Software Interface for ABBET. This component standard specifies the services needed to command test instruments to provide stimulus, load, and measurement functions as required by the test program. 1226.5, Software Interface to Communication Buses for ABBET. This component standard specifies the services needed to support communication between the tester and the test instruments via instrument control buses. 1226.6, Guide for the Understanding of the A Broad Based Environment for Test (ABBET) Standard. This component standard provides a high-level explanation of what ABBET is, including the benefits of using the ABBET family of standards, and the overall architecture and philosophy of ABBET. 1226.7, Product Description Interface for ABBET. This component standard specifies the interfaces to standard product description data formats, in order to support the generation of test specifications and test strategies derived from the design data. 1226.8, TEST STRATEGY/REQUIREMENTS INTERFACE FOR ABBET. THIS COMPONENT STANDARD DEFINES INTERFACES TO TEST STRATEGY AND TEST REQUIREMENTS DATA. THESE INTERFACES SUPPORT AUTOMATIC TEST PROGRAM GENERATION (ATPG) TOOLS AS WELL AS ACCESS TO TEST STRATEGY INFORMATION DURING TEST EXECUTION. THIS PROMOTES THE PREPARATION AND INTEGRATION OF TESTS BASED ON STANDARD TEST METHODS.
