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01/03/09 17:15
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#161282 - before testing
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Richard Erlacher said:
The key is in thorough testing ...

Actually, as Richard has often said elsewhere, the key comes long before testing;
In fact, the key comes before you even write the first line of code;

The key is in a full & through design, and then in a rigorous implementation process.
Be sure that everything is throroughly reviewed at all stages throughout the process.

As the old QA saying goes, "you cannot test quality into a product"

not just "try it to see whether it works",

The "normal" operation possibly accounts for 10% of the overall development effort; the other 90% is in ensuring that you correctly & safely handle all the possible "exception" cases...

but real testing, in which you subject a batch of what you consider to be fully functional and perfect-in-every-way systems to all the conditions, extreme heat, extreme humidity, extreme cold, chemical pollution, EMI, shock, vibration, for an extended period...

This focusses on the physical, "hardware" aspects - your software testing needs to be similarly rigorous:
You need to ensure that all paths through your software have been tested;
You need to ensure that all the "failure" cases have been exercised...


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Mcu working for 24x7            01/01/70 00:00      
   :)            01/01/70 00:00      
   be careful            01/01/70 00:00      
      before testing            01/01/70 00:00      
         sayings            01/01/70 00:00      
      They dont disclose exactly            01/01/70 00:00      
      Mars Rover            01/01/70 00:00      
         That wasn't a failure mode!            01/01/70 00:00      
            It could too be a failure....            01/01/70 00:00      
               indeed, it could ... but it wasn't!            01/01/70 00:00      
      Essential            01/01/70 00:00      
   On the code side,            01/01/70 00:00      
      Mcu working for 24x7            01/01/70 00:00      
      On the EMI/EMC side            01/01/70 00:00      

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