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Re: Tests in embedded

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Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> writes:

> Mikko OH2HVJ <mikko.syrjalahti@nospam.fi> writes:
>> Having hardware in the loop testing takes more work than pure software
>> testing, but can certainly be done.
>
> It helps if you simulate everything you can in the test system.  That
> lets you test the main code on a normal computer with no special
> hardware.  Of course that's not always feasible, and it doesn't help
> much with testing the hardware you are simulating.

Right, whatever can be tested SW only is usually much easier that
way. Device drivers, energy budget and peripheral interactions and
silicon revisions.. I've been thinking if MAME could be used for some of
these!

> In general, yes, test automation is a huge win and is basically
> mandatory these days.

And repeatable builds. Once I set up Docker-based builds for some things
there's no going back. Now I can compile a bit-perfect copy and start
any troubleshooting or new versions from that.

--
mikko

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Tests in embedded pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2020-05-16 08:43 +0200
  Re: Tests in embedded Mikko OH2HVJ <mikko.syrjalahti@nospam.fi> - 2020-05-16 10:26 +0300
    Re: Tests in embedded Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2020-05-16 02:04 -0700
      Re: Tests in embedded Mikko OH2HVJ <mikko.syrjalahti@nospam.fi> - 2020-05-16 20:08 +0300
        Re: Tests in embedded pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2020-05-16 20:51 +0200
          Re: Tests in embedded Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2020-05-17 09:35 +1000
          Re: Tests in embedded Mikko OH2HVJ <mikko.syrjalahti@nospam.fi> - 2020-05-17 11:26 +0300
      Re: Tests in embedded Dave Nadler <drn@nadler.com> - 2020-06-11 05:38 -0700

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