Embedding analog functionality into standard protocol testing has always been a challenge. Our PortBridge solution provides easy to use, out-of-the-box support for standard protocols, including test program APIs, remote access, and automatic design file integration. It also provides a mechanism for parsing files that the Design and DFT engineers already generate as part of their workflow. These files can be loaded, executed, and debugged on the ATE with no conversion needed. Incorporating analog instrument control in line with standard protocol operations allows files to be used directly from the design environment with sequences of protocol transactions and analog operations. The PortBridge toolset gives the user the ability to debug specific problems easily. At production time, everything can be optimized for maximum performance. This opens the door for a new method of testing that maintains design time concepts of abstraction and removes time-consuming translations into ATE specific formats.