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Computer Hardware Engineers

Tools and Technology


Tools Include:

  • Power meters (Alternating current AC power analyzers)
  • Low voltage alternating and direct current AC DC panelboards (Alternating current AC power sources)
  • Digital testers (Bit error ratio testers BERT)
  • Circuit tester (Circuit memory testers)
  • Circuit tester (Circuit testers)
  • Plotter printers (Color plotters)
  • Network analyzers (Communications analyzers)
  • Oscilloscopes (Communications signal analyzers)
  • Scanners (Computer scanners)
  • Desktop computers
  • Integrated circuit testers (Digital analysis systems DAS)
  • Low voltage alternating and direct current AC DC panelboards (Direct current DC power supplies)
  • Frequency calibrator or simulator (Dynamic signal analyzers)
  • Feeler gauges
  • Frequency counters or timer or dividers (Frequency counters)
  • Signal generators (Function generators)
  • Impedance meters (Impedance analyzers)
  • Capacitance meters (Inductance capacitance resistance LCR meters)
  • Magnifiers (Inspection scopes)
  • Isolators
  • Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
  • Integrated circuit testers (Logic analyzers)
  • Electronic measuring probes (Logic probes)
  • Mainframe computers
  • Multimeters
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Signal generators (Pattern generators)
  • Personal computers
  • Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Personal digital assistants PDA)
  • Power meters (Power sensors)
  • Electronic measuring probes (Probe card devices)
  • Electronic measuring probes (Probe stations)
  • Protocol analyzers
  • Protocol analyzers (Protocol exercisers)
  • Level generators (Pulse generators)
  • Calibrated resistance measuring equipment (Resistance meters)
  • Oscilloscopes (Sampling oscilloscopes)
  • Signal generators
  • Frequency calibrator or simulator (Signal source analyzers)
  • Frequency analyzers (Spectrum analyzers)
  • Heated walk in environmental or growth chambers (Thermal chambers)
  • Network analyzers (Traffic generators)
  • Signal generators (Universal source generators)
  • Voltage or current meters (Voltage sensors)
  • Wave generators (Waveform generators)

Technologies Include:

  • Analytical or scientific software
  • Application-specific integrated circuit ASIC logic synthesis software
  • ASSET JTAG ScanWorks
  • Automatic test program generation ATPG software
  • Boundary scan insertion software
  • Built-in self-test BIST debugging software
  • Cadence Dracula
  • Cadence PSpice
  • Cadence Virtuoso Spectre Circuit Simulator
  • Computer diagnostic software
  • Computer simulation software
  • Data acquisition systems
  • Design-for-testability DFT insertion software
  • Discrete Fourier transform DFT analysis software
  • Failure analysis software
  • Fast Fourier transform FFT analysis software
  • Field programmable gate array FPGA logic synthesis software
  • Integrated circuit simulation software
  • Joint test action group JTAG software
  • Logic synthesis software
  • LogicVision icBIST
  • M-Sim
  • MAGIC
  • Magma Design Automation Blast Create
  • Magma Design Automation Blast FPGA
  • Mentor Graphics BSDArchitect
  • Mentor Graphics Calibre
  • Mentor Graphics LeonardoSpectrum
  • Mentor Graphics Precision RTL
  • Microarchitecture simulation software
  • Monte Carlo software
  • SAS software
  • Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis SPICE
  • SoftICE
  • Synopsys Design Compiler
  • Synopsys Hercules
  • Synopsys HSIM
  • Synopsys HSPICE
  • Synopsys TetraMax ATPG
  • Synplicity Synplify
  • The Mathworks Control System Toolbox
  • The Mathworks Data Acquisition Toolbox
  • The Mathworks Embedded Target software
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • The MathWorks Real-Time Workshop
  • The MathWorks Signal Processing Toolbox
  • The MathWorks Simulink
  • The MathWorks Simulink DSP Blockset
  • The MathWorks Simulink Fixed-Point Blockset
  • The MathWorks Symbolic Math Toolbox
  • The MathWorks Wavelet Toolbox
  • Timing analysis software
  • Verification software
  • Xilinx Synthesis Technology XST
  • Compiler and decompiler software
  • Cadence Encounter RTL Compiler
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Allegro software
  • Cadence Concept
  • Cadence OrCAD
  • Cadence Schematic Composer
  • Cadence Virtuoso software
  • Complementary-symmetry/metal-oxide semiconductor CMOS layout software
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Electronic design automation EDA software
  • Mathsoft Mathcad
  • PARTHENON
  • Place-and-route software
  • Schematic editors
  • State diagram software
  • Xilinx ISE Foundation
  • Xilinx ModelSim
  • Data base user interface and query software
  • Database software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Structured query language SQL
  • Development environment software
  • Boundary scan description language BSDL
  • C
  • Cadence Opus
  • Freescale CodeWarrior Tools
  • Hardware description and verification language
  • Hardware description language HDL
  • Microsoft Visual Basic
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • Register transfer language RTL
  • SystemVerilog
  • Tool command language Tcl
  • Verilog
  • Very high-speed integrated circuit VHSIC hardware description language VHDL
  • Information retrieval or search software
  • Internet search engine software
  • Internet browser software
  • Web browser software
  • Object or component oriented development software
  • C++
  • Microsoft Visual C# .NET
  • Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
  • Python
  • SKILL
  • Office suite software
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Operating system software
  • Linux
  • Shell script
  • UNIX
  • Pattern design software
  • Block diagram software
  • Program testing software
  • Windows kernel debuggers
  • Project management software
  • Project management software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Word processing software
  • Word processing software



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