Going forward, the Target Tester has become the base deployment tool for Benchmark Electronics’ standard functional test. Through flexible instrumentation, many types of products may be tested on a standard rack at a competitive price to provide customers a quick and reliable custom solution.

Benchmark Electronics has developed a functional test platform called the Target Tester. The tester was designed with the following goals:

• To reduce Customer NRE charges by offering a standard test system for multiple products.
• To provide a standard tester design to support commonality and portability between multiple Benchmark Divisions.
• To expedite a functional test development schedule beyond a wholly custom solution.
• To apply a test solution that does not over-burden production resources by way of test time, floor space, or test process price.
• To meet the requirements of Benchmark Co-workers Corporate-wide who will use the test platform.

Key benefits of the resulting Target Tester include the definition of standard components to meet common tester requirements, development templates to maximize experiences, common user interface and functionality for operator familiarity, and a highly flexible approach that accommodates many test solutions.

The base Target Tester by namesake is targeted specifically for test solutions requiring common test stimulus and measurements. The base tester typically has common instrumentation such as a PC with test software, power supplies, and multi-function DMM. This base can then be expanded to a wide variety of test solutions as illustrated below.