Board Farm
Here is some information about board farms.
Actions
- create a mailing list?
- define API between test framework and DUT controller layer?
- survey of existing tools, hardware, practices
- collection of presentations?
- that is, add a list of presentations on this topic from previous conferences
People
Add your name and contact information if you would like to be notified when an e-mail list is created, or are generally interested in this topic:
- Tim Bird - <tim.bird (at) sony.com>
- Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel (at) pengutronix.de>
- Arnout Vandecappelle - <arnout at mind dot be> -- doesn't have a board farm but is interested
- Mirza Krak - <mirza.krak (at) endian.se>
Best Practices
Issues/Requirements
- usb board with switchable power
Notes
- spend money on USB cables - cheap cables sometimes drop connections and are a pain to debug
- FTDI cables seem to work well.