Abstract: An automated test equipment for testing one or more devices under test is configured to receive, from a device under test, a command requesting a measurement of one or more physical quantities. The automated test equipment is configured to perform or initiate the measurement of the one or more physical quantities in response to the command provided by the device under test, and the automated test equipment is configured to provide a measurement result signaling to the device under test, to thereby signal a measurement result requested by the device under test. A device under test, methods and a computer program are also described.

Abstract: An automated test equipment for testing one or more devices under test is configured to receive, from a device under test or from a test case, a command requesting an update of one or more tester resources. The automated test equipment is configured to update one or more tester resources in response to the command provided by the device under test or by the test case. The automated test equipment is configured to provide an acknowledge signaling to the device under test or to the test case, to thereby signal a completion of a tester resource update requested by the device under test or by the test case. A device under test, methods and a computer program are also described.

Abstract: An automated test equipment for testing a device under test comprises a trigger line which is controllable by the device under test (or, equivalently, by a test case which may, for example, be executed on the device under test). The automated test equipment is configured to update one or more tester resources in response to an activation of the trigger line by the device under test (or, equivalently, by a test case which may, for example, be executed on the device under test).

Abstract: A protocol may be implemented in a smart transceiver device that contains the physical (PHY) and media access control (MAC) layers of a protocol stack. In various embodiments, a serial peripheral interface (SPI) based design may be used. A protocol is disclosed that may be used to provide control and data transfer to and from the smart transceiver device. In particular, an exemplary format for the protocol, the commands, and responses is disclosed. In a further embodiment, a method for mode synchronization that does not require the use of additional pins and can be accomplished with the standard SPI pins is disclosed. In another embodiment, a method that permits frame timing on the SPI bus to be restored without resetting the slave device is disclosed.

Abstract: A divided multiplexer structure which can be used to replace a tristate bus, comprising node elements which are embodied in such a way that no feedback can occur in between the interconnected nodes. For this purpose, each node includes at least one feedback-free connection port.

Abstract: Basis element for a multiplexer structure and corresponding multiplexer structure.