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From: Karl Lieberherr <lieber@ccs.neu.edu>
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To: lieber@ccs.neu.edu, tom.proulx@teradyne.com
Subject: Re:  COM3360 Project Description
Cc: dougo@ccs.neu.edu
Status: R

Yes, a good project.

Send me the cd for the .tsp files.

To translate .tsp files to xml files might be very
easy by generating a XMLPrintVisitor and planting
it into the tsp environemnt.

I hope your tsp language is LL(1).

-- Karl

>From tom.proulx@teradyne.com Wed Nov 10 10:45:06 1999
>To: "Karl Lieberherr" <lieber@ccs.neu.edu>
>Subject: COM3360 Project Description
>Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:44:33 -0500
>
>The product that I work on here at Teradyne is called TestStudio. It's a
>Test Executive for controlling automatic test equipment that tests printed
>circuit boards.
>
>It is basically a sequencer that executes several test steps. The test steps
>are arranged in a hierarchical tree of nodes. Each node contains a
>collection of users defined properties. These properties are used to store
>inputs and outputs of each test step. In addition, they can be used other
>ways, such as for configuring a dynamic html web page describing the
>particular node, etc. The nodes of the tree don't actually perform the test
>step. The test steps are performed by nodelets that are attached to the
>nodes of the tree. Nodelets are quite simply the "leaf" nodes of the tree.
>
>My project will focus on the tree description which is contained in a file
>with a .tsp (teststudio project) extension. It's our own homebrewed tree
>description language, which we will soon be converting to an xml
>description.
>
>We are currently working on tools that would allow a user to gather
>information (data logging) from the tree after each run of the test. In
>addition to gathering info, they might also want to modify certain
>properties on the tree, or even display different views of the tree.
>
>My project will be able to read in a .tsp file and perform data logging and
>other yet to be determined actions on the tree. Finally if I have enough
>time, my project might even be capable of converting a .tsp file onto a .xml
>file.
>
>Please let me know if this is an acceptable project.
>
>-tom proulx
>
>