05-14-2008 05:39 AM
05-14-2008 08:43 AM
Hi,
I think you have to tell a bit more on what you want to test.
In your title I read that you want to test a PC bus (just a backplane or ??) and in your message I read that you want to test the communication with a PC card on several busses.
05-15-2008 10:15 AM
05-16-2008 02:35 AM
OK that is clear, you want to test daughter boards.
Most of the time the testing is not the problem but the faultfinding is.
If you want to test a PC board you can power it up like you said and see if it is running. Perhaps the board has a BIST which can tell you about the internal status of the board.
To test the bus you could use a digital I/O board. For ISA I know this can work but for EISA and PCI I am not sure if this is possible because the digital I/O is slow compared to the timing of the bus.
But even if it is possible you should always test the board in a PC to be sure it is also working on full speed.
I think it is easier to test those boards with a PC and make your own test programs running in a DOS environment. That is what I did 20 years ago.
I don't think there is a ready to use test setup for daughter boards for these buses.