Patent ID: 7305332

Claim:
A method for testing a development device comprising: receiving a product specification for the development device, the product specification including an operational description, a plurality of I/O requirements, a plurality of performance parameters, a plurality of physical aspects, wherein the operational description includes a plurality of parameters of the development device including one or more parameters for at least one register in the development device, and the plurality of parameters being arranged in a predetermined first order includes arranging the one or more parameters for the at least one register in a table, the table including a header, the header including a register name, a register offset and a register type and wherein the table includes a row for each of a plurality of bits in the register and wherein each row includes a bitname and descriptive data field for each bit in the register, wherein the descriptive data field includes a bit type and one or more reset values; extracting the plurality of parameters of the development device from the product specification; storing the plurality of parameters in a testing data file; inputting the testing data file into a test bench system being coupled to the development device; and testing the development device.