Patent ID: 7624379
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for use of an electronic test system including hardware and software components while providing obsolescence mitigation, comprising: defining a set of governing rules for the system; creating, using a processor, at least a first test program test (TPS) for the system to enable units to be tested using the first TPS and the hardware and software components of the system when such units are coupled to the system; storing the first TPS in memory accessible by a processor of the system; coupling the units to the system and testing the units using a processor and the hardware and software components when the units are coupled to the system by executing the first TPS; when a new component is sought to be introduced into the system, first determining whether the new component can be introduced while achieving transparent obsolescence mitigation for the first TPS and thereby enable continued use of the first TPS in a system including the new component by: