Turbo Tester – diagnostic package for research and training

This paper describes a diagnostic software package called Turbo Tester. It contains a variety of tools related to the area of testing and diagnosis of integrated circuits. The range of tools includes test generators, logic and fault simulators, a test optimizer, a module for hazard analysis, builtin self-test simulators, design verification and design error diagnosis tools. The range of compatible diagnostic tools forms, via their interaction and complementary operation, a homogeneous research environment, which provides good possibilities for experimental research. Due to this fact, there are a number of scientific papers became possible. These papers have been presented at international conferences and published in reviewed journals. We give a couple of examples of such experiments in this paper. We also describe some laboratory work scenarios for students.