Links of Interest

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Committees

The  Common Test Interface (CTI) working group is developing an interface map for ATE to be legacy/backward compatible, support common pins, accommodate future growth potential/density increase, and consider all frequency requirements. 

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., helps advance global prosperity by promoting the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electrical and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession.  SCC20 is the IEEE’s standards committee for Test and Diagnostics for Electronic Systems.

The Interchangeable Virtual Instruments (IVI) Foundation is a new, open consortium of companies chartered with defining software standards for instrument interchangeability. The IVI Foundation consists of end-user test engineers and system integrators with many years of experience building test systems.  

The International Council on System Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1990. INCOSE is an international authoritative body promoting the application of an interdisciplinary approach and means to enable the realization of successful systems.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a network of national standards institutes from 147 countries working in partnership with international organizations, governments, industry, business and consumer representatives. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity.  ISO provides a bridge between public and private sectors.

The mission of National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)  is to provide a legal and ethical forum for the interchange of ideas between the government and industry to resolve industrial problems of joint concern. The association’s membership base consists of nearly 900 companies.  The purpose of the Systems Engineering Committee is to promote the widespread use of Systems Engineering in the DoD acquisition process in order to achieve affordable and supportable weapon systems that meet the needs of the military users.  A subcommittee is dedicated to Automatic Test.

The Society of Automotive Engineers is your one-stop resource for technical information and expertise used in designing, building, maintaining, and operating self-propelled vehicles for use on land or sea, in air or space. 

The Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation (SCPI) Consortium is an organization whose members share a common commitment to develop a common interface language between computers and test instruments.  The charter of the SCPI Consortium is to improve the effectiveness of instrument test software by increasing ease of use and improving the interoperability of multi-vendor test systems. By developing a common, easily understood, “English-like” instrument language, the Consortium hopes to improve ease of programming for a wide variety of instruments.  

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is a unit of the National Research Council, a private, nonprofit institution that is the principal operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. The Board’s mission is to promote innovation and progress in transportation by stimulating and conducting research, facilitating the dissemination of information, and encouraging the implementation of research results.  

VXI stands for VME eXtensions for Instrumentation. The VME standard was developed by Motorola and a number of other companies in the late 1970s. It has been widely accepted as a backplane standard for many electronic platforms. It defines the electrical and mechanical backplane characteristics that allow a wide variety of companies to develop products to work in a mix and match fashion to develop electronics systems.  

The VXIplug&play Systems Alliance is an organization whose members share a common commitment to end-user success with open, multivendor VXI systems.  The alliance uses both formal and de facto standards to define complete system frameworks. These standard frameworks give end-users true “plug & play” interoperability at both the hardware and system software level.  The goal of the VXIplug&play Systems Alliance is to improve ease of use and maintain VXI as a true, open multi-vendor architecture at the system level.

Conferences

Aerospace Expo is an intensive conference for working professionals in the manufacturing, engineering, design and purchasing industry. It's the one event to bring all aspects of aerospace management under one roof.

ATA Management Conference & Exhibition  ATA's Management Conference & Exhibition brings nearly 4,000 of trucking's top motor carriers and suppliers together. These are the people who look, listen and buy! They will be actively seeking innovative solutions to help them meet challenges they face in many areas.  Exhibitors benefit from cost-effective, quality leads and widespread support and exposure.

ATE Selection, Design, & Programming  This course provides test program development approaches for both fault detection and fault isolation. It is intended primarily for test and testability professionals, and is appropriate for both novice and experienced test engineers.

Avionics Maintenance Conference  AMC is an air transport industry activity sponsored by Aeronautical Radio, Inc. (ARINC). The objectives of AMC are to promote reliability and reduced operating cost in air transport avionics by improving maintenance and support techniques through the exchange of technical information.

IEEE Aerospace The Conference promotes interdisciplinary understanding of aerospace systems, their underlying science and technology, and their applications to government and commercial endeavors. Attendees enjoy exceptional access to authors and invited speakers in a unique setting, fertile ground for developing lasting relationships benefiting participants, their organizations, and the engineering, scientific, and aerospace communities far beyond the Conference.

IEEE AUTOTESTCON is the world’s only conference that focuses primarily on Automated Test and related technology for military, government, and aerospace applications. It has been in existence for over 35 years, and has grown into the premier annual conference for this application field. The conference also has an expanded focus into commercial areas that share a common technical base, including aerospace, vehicle and automotive, and commercial factory test applications.

International Test Conference is the world’s premier conference dedicated to electronic test technology, covering the complete cycle from design verification, test, diagnosis, failure analysis back to process and design improvement. At ITC, test and design professionals can confront the challenges the industry faces and learn how these challenges have been addressed by the combined efforts of academia, design tool and equipment suppliers, designers and test engineers. 

Logistics Officer Association  LOA is comprised of over 1,500 military officers and civilians in logistics fields around the globe.  The purpose of the Logistics Officer Association is to enhance the military logistics profession. LOA provides an open forum to promote quality logistical support and logistics officer professional development.

Maintenance, Repair, & Overhaul Aviation Week and the Air Transport Association have renewed their partnership and created a fully integrated conference.  The combination of these events, brings together industry leaders in maintenance, repair, and overhaul operations, top executives of engineering, maintenance, material, and technical operations of major US and international carriers, state-of-the-art suppliers, leading manufacturers, and regulatory officials.

Nepcon East  NEPCON East is your opportunity to get up-close, “hands on” experience with the most innovative design, packaging, fabrication, assembly, and test solutions. Watch product demonstrations. Review specifications. Get answers to your technical questions and find the solutions you are looking for.

SEMICON West 2002 Representing more than 2,400 member companies, Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) is the trade association serving the global semiconductor equipment, materials and flat panel display industries. Since its inception in 1970, SEMI has played an increasingly vital role in industry expansion, visibility, and representation.

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) SAE sponsors and/or administers more than 25 international meetings and exhibitions each year that cover all aspects of technology related to design, manufacture, and total life cycle technology for the automotive, aerospace, off-highway, truck and bus, fuels and lubricants, and other related mobility industries.

TeleCon When you attend TeleCon, you'll find the software, hardware and application solutions you need for enhancing communication with internal and external customers, while simultaneously reducing costs and increasing productivity.

The Transportation Research Board  81^st Annual Meeting will held in Washington, DC from January 13-17, 2002.  The annual meeting typically attracts 8,000 transportation professionals from throughout the United States and abroad.

Magazines/Newsletters

Aerospace Online Newsletter provides the latest news, product offerings, and industry updates. 

ATE World is an online publication dedicated to automatic test equipment. It’s a free resource where you’ll find articles, news, books, jobs, industry directories, and more.     ATE World provides a platform for its members to share information. Whether it's researching new equipment or asking a technical question, ATE World members can access our unique Knowledge Base Engine to get the information they need to perform their jobs more effectively.

National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS)   “At a Glance” is a monthly newsletter published by the NCMS, the largest cross-industry collaborative R&D consortium in North America.

Test and Measurement.com provides the latest news, product offerings, and industry updates. 

Standards

The Diagnostics Markup Language (DiagML) was conceptualized mid-2001 by a consortium of public and private companies interested in producing a non-proprietary language for describing diagnostic procedures, designs, tests, and data.

The Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) is a document that mandates the minimum set of standards and guidelines for the acquisition of all DoD systems that produce, use, or exchange information. The JTA shall be used by anyone involved in the management, development, or acquisition of new or improved systems within DoD.