Computer-Aided Test Equipment for the Hybrid Circuit Laboratory

将建立一个计算机辅助试验站，包括测试设备（电源、信号发生器、数字示波器、万用表、开关装置）、微型计算机控制器和适当的软件，用于测试厚膜和薄膜混合电路。计算机和测试设备将增加高级混合电路程序中不具备的主要功能。德雷塞尔大学的厚膜技术课程每年为大约60名学生提供服务。厚膜实验室是一个电路原型设施，学生在4到6人的设计小组中制作自己设计的电路。所有的制作过程都是由学生在室内完成的。该设备的主要目的是自动测试所设计电路的功能，具有处理电路的能力，将作为学习测试编程技术的教学示例，并说明基本的混合电路概念。该设备还将用作电路布局和仿真的设计工作站。

A computer-aided test station, including bust test equipment (power supplies, signal generator, digital oscilloscope, multimeters, switching unit), a microcomputer controller and appropriate software will be established for the testing of thick and thin film hybrid circuits. The computer and test equipment will add major capabilities not now available in the senior-level hybrid circuit program. The thick film technology program at Drexel serves approximately 60 students per year. The Thick Film Laboratory serves as a circuit prototyping facility where students work in design groups of 4 to 6 to fabricate circuits of their own design. All fabrication processes are done in-house by the students. The principal purpose of the equipment in this proposal will be the automatically test the functionality of the designed circuits, with the capability of handling circuits will serve as teaching examples for learning test programming techniques as well as illustrating basic hybrid circuit concepts. The equipment will also be used as a design station for circuit layout and simulation.