Unlike desktop-application software, embedded software has specific functions that operate in a predetermined manner. Because an embedded-systems engineer knows what computations and operations a ...

Materials testing tests the accuracy and load capacity of materials in different environmental conditions. Materials testing is not only performed at research institutes, it also helps companies to ...

Strike a bell, and the bell rings at its resonance modes. Strike it harder and the bell rings at the same tone, only louder. Now imagine a small crack in the bell, perhaps invisible to the eye. We ...

Fuzz testing, commonly known as fuzzing, is an automated software testing strategy that involves providing invalid, unexpected, or random data as inputs to computer programmes. Its primary aim is to ...

Despite its standardization as IEEE 1149.1 in 1990 and wide use in the industry, many test engineers and developers still do not fully understand the benefits of boundary scan test. The misconceptions ...

In-circuit testers rely on bed-of-nails-type fixtures that give the tester access to every node (or net) of the printed circuit board (PCB). Using this access, the tester takes a divide-and-conquer ...

Testing network code is awkward. Good unit test suites run quickly so that developers can run the tests after every compile. Test suites must also run reliably such that they consistently catch any ...