Patent ID: 7825650

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a controller; a test head connected to the controller, the test head being configured to test at least one device under test (DUT); one or more test card cages in the test head; one or more test cards in the one or more card cages in the test head; one or more memory card slots on the one or more test cards; a plurality of memory cards; and an automatic loader connected to the test head; wherein the test head is configured so the one or more test cards in the one or more card cages is accessible by the automatic loader; wherein the one or more memory card slots on the one or more test cards is configured so the one or more memory cards is replaceable by the automatic loader; wherein the automatic loader is configured to automatically insert a first memory card containing a first test program into a memory card slot on one of the test cards and thereafter to automatically remove the first memory card from the memory card slot and insert a second memory card containing a second test program into the memory card slot; and wherein the one or more test cards are configured to run a first one or more test programs loaded on a first set of the memory cards to test a first DUT that is separate from the first set of memory cards, and then run a second ore or more test programs loaded on a second set of the memory cards to test a second DUT that is separate from the second set of memory cards.