Test solution, BUILD it or BUY it?

Test solution, BUILD it or BUY it?

Sample modular solutions created using FastATE technology from 6TL.
Sample modular solutions created using FastATE technology from 6TL.Ontwikkelen

BUILD or BUY  your test solution that’s the question.

As an engineer you get your satisfaction from designing solutions for yourself or you employer.  Unfortunately as an engineer you cannot be the best in all disciplines involved in building and designing a test solution.
One thing you will be the best in is designing solutions that make money for yourself or your employer.

When you want to design a test solution yourself the following items are important and all need to be considered.

  • Define your system size and dimensions (find the right test rack and features)
  • Developing customer wanted features, (time consuming and therefore costly).
  • Defining the right components, (going trough catalogues, check specifications & prices etc).
  • Ordering and tracking these components (done by purchasing, but involves also meetings & time)
  • Designing instrument to Mass Interconnect wiring (requires specific know how, is time consuming)
  • Designing system wiring (solve problems like in-rush current, power distribution etc.)
  • Implementing safety features (CE, Safety, ergonomics, serviceability, maintenance routines etc.)
  • Software / driver implementation (does it work are my drivers compatible, user interface) 
  • Software Development (To control the tester and all safety and customer features)
  • Debugging (all developed features and routines)
  • CE testing and certification, RF characteristics
  • Documentation (is very important but often neglected due to lack of time) etc. etc.

Other important thinks to consider are; is my system future proof, flexible, modular, reusable, and  scalable.

All the above involves meetings and discussions with management and going through a justification process etc. whereby managers often will remove some “nice to have” but not necessary features due to cost and time that they might take to develop.

To go short lots of valuable time is wasted by your engineers, time that they could have spend designing their the actual test application.

Therefore it is a clever thing to go For FastATE from 6TL. With fastATE 6TL enables you to build a test solution that is Flexible, re-usable, modular, high-quality and standard in 70% off the time you usually need to build a test platform.  See below how this is realised.

Kies het juiste fastATE base Test solution.
Kies het juiste basis test platform table-top, floor mount of volledig in-line. (Click on the picture to enlarge)
Kies de benodigde LED, Pneumatiek, power, DVM etc. YAVModules voor montage direct in de interface.
Kies de benodigde LED, Pneumatiek, power, DVM etc. YAVModules voor montage direct in de interface. (Click on the picture to enlarge)
Kies de benodigde I/O analoog, digitaal of RF YAVModules voor montage direct in de interface.
Kies de benodigde I/O analoog, digitaal of RF YAVModules voor montage direct in de interface. (Click on the picture to enlarge)

 

Kies de benodigde matrix switch YAVModules voor montage direct in de interface.
Kies de benodigde matrix switch YAVModules voor montage direct in de interface. (Click on the picture to enlarge)
Kies de benodigde multiplexer YAVModules voor montage direct in de interface.
Kies de benodigde multiplexer YAVModules voor montage direct in de interface. (Click on the picture to enlarge)
Canbus verbind alle fastATE modules met elkaar, eenvoudig en simpel, labview drivers of DLL's zorgen voor compatibiliteit met ieder software platform.
Canbus verbind alle fastATE modules met elkaar, eenvoudig en simpel, Compatiebel met ieder software platform.
Kies de juiste extra meetelectronica en Mass Interconnect Interface
Kies de juiste extra meetelectronica en Mass Interconnect Interface (Click on the picture to enlarge)
fastATE bouwblokken voor gebruik in de testfixutre eenvoudig dankzij de CanBus
fastATE bouwblokken voor gebruik in de testfixutre eenvoudig dankzij de CanBus (Click on the picture to enlarge)
Stel je ideale test systeem samen met de juiste fastATE moudules
Stel je ideale test systeem samen met de juiste fastATE moudules (Click on the picture to enlarge)
Wat is FastATE en waarom is dit een slimme manier van ontwikkelen.
Wat is FastATE en waarom is dit een slimme manier van  je test systeem ontwikkelen. (Click on the picture to enlarge)
het bouwen van de juiste fastATE Test solution met 6TL is als werken met LEGO.
Building a test system with fastATE from 6TL  is like working with Lego.

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