Galileo battery testing and the impact of test automation
Abstract
Test complexity, changes of test specifications, and the demand for tight control of tests led to the development of automated testing used for Galileo and other projects. The use of standardized interfacing, i.e., IEEE-488, with desktop computers and test instruments, resulted in greater reliability, repeatability, and accuracy of both control and data reporting. Increased flexibility of test programming has reduced costs by permitting a wide spectrum of test requirements at one station rather than many stations.
- Publication:
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The 1984 Goddard Space Flight Center Battery Workshop
- Pub Date:
- July 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985batt.work..135P
- Keywords:
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- Automation;
- Computer Techniques;
- Electric Batteries;
- Galileo Spacecraft;
- Performance Prediction;
- Accuracy;
- Computer Programming;
- Cost Reduction;
- Electric Discharges;
- Jupiter Probes;
- Reliability;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering