Challenges and Considerations When Designing a Life Cycle Tester

Explore a conference talk from GDevCon N.A. 2024 that delves into the complexities of designing Life Cycle Testers for product validation and reliability testing. Learn about the critical role these systems play in determining product life expectancy, reliability, and durability across industries like automotive and aerospace. Discover how Life Cycle Testers operate by repeatedly exercising products physically or electrically over extended periods, often until failure occurs, while gathering essential data for mean time to failure calculations and early life failure rate assessments. Understand the implementation of LabVIEW's parallel processing capabilities for controlling multiple asynchronous device testing, and gain practical insights into overcoming two major challenges: maintaining 24/7 continuous operation and managing multiple device testing simultaneously. Benefit from high-level design considerations, practical tips, and common pitfalls to avoid when developing these sophisticated testing systems.