Hi, I dont know if this is the right forum to ask but I would like to know what is firmware testing is all about. I have been asked if I am interested in this but have not worked in this area before(I am from hardware background) so please let me know of any links or sites which can give me an idea. thanks, Neo
Firmware testing
Started by ●February 23, 2007
Reply by ●February 23, 20072007-02-23
Neo wrote:> Hi, > I dont know if this is the right forum to ask but I would like to know > what is firmware testing is all about. I have been asked if I am > interested in this but have not worked in this area before(I am from > hardware background) so please let me know of any links or sites which > can give me an idea. >Neo, firmware is the funtionality of a device. So testing firmware is testing the functionaliy of the device. Rene -- Ing.Buero R.Tschaggelar - http://www.ibrtses.com & commercial newsgroups - http://www.talkto.net
Reply by ●February 23, 20072007-02-23
On Feb 23, 2:09 pm, Rene Tschaggelar <n...@none.net> wrote:> Neo wrote: > > Hi, > > I dont know if this is the right forum to ask but I would like to know > > what is firmware testing is all about. I have been asked if I am > > interested in this but have not worked in this area before(I am from > > hardware background) so please let me know of any links or sites which > > can give me an idea. > > Neo, > firmware is the funtionality of a device. So > testing firmware is testing the functionaliy of the > device. > > Rene > -- > Ing.Buero R.Tschaggelar -http://www.ibrtses.com > & commercial newsgroups -http://www.talkto.netHi, How is it different from hardwware functional verification? Also what kind of tools, programming languages are used? any special skills reqd? thanks, Neo
Reply by ●February 23, 20072007-02-23
On Feb 23, 4:26 am, "Neo" <zingafri...@yahoo.com> wrote:> How is it different from hardwware functional verification? Also what > kind of tools, programming languages are used? any special skills > reqd?You are testing the built-in software rather than the hardware. Obviously the lines may blur. In general, the software is going to be more complipcated than a lot of hardware, and so the errors may involve very unusual occurances - think about how you would go about verifying the windows operating system (and then realize that there's a version of it marketed for embedded applications!). Though if by hardware your mean a processor or comparable complexity asic, then verifying that can be pretty complicated too.
Reply by ●February 23, 20072007-02-23
"Neo" <zingafriend@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1172220972.742972.16660@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...> Hi, > I dont know if this is the right forum to ask but I would like to know > what is firmware testing is all about. I have been asked if I am > interested in this but have not worked in this area before(I am from > hardware background) so please let me know of any links or sites which > can give me an idea. > > thanks, > Neo >Check out comp.software.testing. It's not firmware specific, but it's a good ng. Scott