Automatic Test Equipment (ATE)
Centre for Airborne systems, DRDO Bangalore has designed and developed Automated Test Equipment (ATE) facility to perform test, maintenance, fault identification, repair and re-testing of all Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) System LRUs. ATE is designed based on Modular H/W architecture and S/W tools and capable of simulating the Input and measure the response of the AEW&C LRU’s.
Salient Features
- ATE is configured with PXI based modular instruments and General test & Measure equipment.
- It has various Input output interfaces like RS422, RS232, MIL 1553 RS-485, ARINC429, LVDS, TTL/LVTTL Gigabit Ethernet, 64 channels DIO.
- It is capable of handling various signals such as RF, Discrete, Analog as well as digital signals.
- ATE LRU racks configured with front LRU locking mechanism and rear blind mating connectors customized as per ARINC guidelines.
- VPC G12 mass interconnection to provide the interconnectivity between the LRUs and the instruments.
- RF Switch Matrix capable of simultaneous 8X8 switching of installed RF Instruments to RF ports of the LRU for various measurements.
- ATE GUIs are designed in such a way that user can easily access all the LRUs and Tests. The features includes:-
- Admin Login /Logout,
- Self-Test Capability
- Configuration of instruments and LRUs for tests,
- Auto-detection of LRUs.
- Report generation of Test results
ATE Lab at Airforce station
LRU Rack 1
LRU Rack 2
LRU Rack 3
