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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1994
Amanda L Constant, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David W Webb, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Sharon E LaTourrette, Loveland, CO (US);
Jeffrey C Myers, Boulder, CO (US);
Katherine Z Withers-Miklos, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kay C Lannen, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Ted T Turner, Loveland, CO (US);
Amos H Leong, Singapore, SG;
Hewlett-Packard Co, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for testing an electronic circuit is disclosed. The system includes a circuit board test platform having multiple electronic test capabilities and multiple hardware resources, and a pay-per-use module that is coupled to the circuit board test platform. The pay-per-use module is adapted for monitoring use of the multiple electronic test capabilities and the hardware resources of the circuit board test platform, and for debiting a number of usage credits from a usage credit pool based on the use of the multiple electronic test capabilities and the tester hardware resources.