Patent ID: 6842865

Claim:
A test system for testing a processor circuit board having at least one processor and at least one peripheral connector comprising: a processor control circuit, adapted to connect to the processor circuit board under test, enabling test routines to be run on the processor of the processor circuit board; a peripheral emulator circuit, having a connector for connecting to at least one peripheral connector on the processor circuit board under test, for emulating at least one function of at least one peripheral device; a response circuit measuring the response of the processor circuit board under test to a test routine; and a main controller in electronic communication with the processor control circuit and the response circuit, wherein the processor control circuit is responsive to instructions received from the main controller to cause the processor on the processor circuit to run a test routine and further wherein the response circuit communicates results of the test routine to the main controller; and wherein the peripheral emulator circuit is in electronic communication with the main controller and sends electronic signals to the processor circuit board under test in response to a control signal from the main controller and the electronic signal sent by the peripheral emulator circuit may comprise a wake up event signal.