Re: Fluke compiler software

> Yes! That is what I'm looking forward to, a powerful PC based tester. My
> thoughts were use a 8255 controller to do something similar to what the 9100
> is able to do.
Thats similar to what the Gottlieb Sys3 test fixture is (I have one of
those as well.) It has a 48 port I/O ISA card that installs in the
PC, and a "buffer box" that has the higher capacity drives, and
adaptors for all the various connectors. Its a neat system too.
Makes a great DMD test station too, rather than having to use one
of my working machines.

I would be happy to take pictures of my 9100 setups if anyone is
interested.

One is a 9100FT, with just the main unit (5MB hard drive based),
and a few option cards installed.

The other is a 9100A, with the optional programming station
(includes an external keyboard and monitor), plus lots of various
I/O modules for testing 40, 28, 20, 18, 16, 14 pin I/C's, as well as
other probe options. Its slick.

> True, once we can ding the 9000 pods from a PC then the world is open,
> emulate the 9100, custom software etc.
Exactly.
 
> How hard would it be for someone to emulate a 9100? Doesn't it have a
> boatload of I/O?
The physical items are the difficult part. Each I/O unit is another
"pod".
Received on Thu Apr 04 08:31:03 2002