MST Protocol Programming – Now Powered by PortBridge! | Teradyne

Over the past few years PortBridge has evolved into a robust solution on the UltraFLEX and UltraFLEXplus platforms. This paper will cover how we expanded that feature set onto the ETS-800 platform. The technical challenges encountered included initializing and interacting with PortBridge from C++, enabling the interactive tool usage from Visual Studio breakpoints and utilizing DSSC on the platform. We will cover module recording which allows the user to parse a sequence of operations once and reuse those multiple times throughout the flow. Test file support allows design files to run directly on the platform with minimal code and the remote connect feature enables usage of EDA tools on the tester real time. The combination of PortBridge and MST provides a highly efficient and versatile solution. It enhances testing capabilities and streamlines the development and debugging processes, making it an essential tool for engineers and developers in the semiconductor industry.