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SLT3G1 All-in-one Electronic Tester

SLT3G1™ is the All-in-One Electronic Tester seamlessly integrating a multitude of electronic functions essential for crafting a production test bench tailored to low-voltage Electronic Devices such as smart sensors and IoT objects.


SLT3G1™  delivers an exceptional simplification of test bench setup and operation, resulting in a significant reduction in equipment costs, as well as development and maintenance expenses.


Two available product options :

IND1 and EDU1

Value Proposition

Problem Solved

  • Over investment in test equipments used at 10%
  • High NRE and hish SW license cost
  • Remote access to test equipment
  • Heavy maintance / calibration

Solution with SLT3G1

  • 1 low cost instrument to replace a full test bench
  • Fully virtual solution, Remote access
  • Free software license
  • Fast setup / low cost maintenance
  • Built in Data log functions / test reports

Customers / audience

 1- Elecronic Device Manufacturers: IoT, Sensors

 2- ASIC / PMIC App Engineering

 3- Production HW Test,  Test Automation

 4- Education / Research

SLT3G1 an All-in-One Electronic Tester

  • 2x 12-bit  Digital Power Supply
  • 16x 23-bit DMM V/I meter
  • 8x  Digital Pattern Generator
  • 2x Fuel Gauge / Coulomb counter
  • 3 temp probe support
  • HF Clock Synthesizer / RF  detector
  • 12-bit Voltage / Current sources
  • Load transient, sharp Current Pulse generator
  • Linux OS, 1.5 GHz  / Super User SSH ACCESS

A full laboratory in 1 instrument

  • Power up, Measure, Monitor
  • Full remote solution
  • Test   [FAIL/PASS]  / Automate test
  • Data Log
  • Built-in Test SW License

Technology Overview

Why SLT3G1™ ?

We are proud to introduce our first generation SLT3G1™ ( Silicon Laboratory Test Cube Gen1), a groundbreaking solution poised to redefine your test operations and unearth significant savings previously concealed within your equipment budget.



Electronic device manufacturers are all too familiar with the financial and operational challenges of setting up a production test bench and ensuring the secure shipment of tested products to customers. Many grapple with the frustration of investing in oversized and expensive test equipment, only to utilize them at a mere fraction of their true capacity and equipped features.


Our solution tackles this challenge head-on by intelligently consolidating a judicious selection of features from a myriad of disparate devices, seamlessly integrated into one unified platform.


Gone are the days when you had to accept overspending on specialized test equipment, only to lock them away while utilizing less than 10% of their capabilities. With SLT3G1™, you'll harness the power of a comprehensive suite of functionalities that work together flawlessly. Say goodbye to bulky cables and wiring as SLT3G1™ offers remote control via a unified LAN connection and utilizes a single scripting language for streamlined operation.


SLT3G1™unlocks genuine cost savings across the board, from initial production test bench setup to ongoing evolution, maintenance, and calibration.


We've gone the extra mile by integrating a highly advanced design manual directly browsable from our tester Graphic User Interface. This manual provides clear and detailed explanations for each resource, alleviating the stress engineers often face when juggling multiple user manuals and resolving compatibility between multiple provider equipments. With this streamlined approach, engineers can confidently control all resources and benefit from a great number of code snippets, use cases and application notes.


The SL3J team is enthusiastic about empowering our customers to leverage the equipment's full potential. We offer a comprehensive training program tailored for engineers and operators, ensuring proficiency and maximum utilization of the equipment's capabilities.


Target Applications

  •     Remote bench-top Application Lab 
  •     Pre-production automatic test-bench
  •     Desktop WSN / IoT device / product debug
  •     All-in-one Electronic lab for designers in robotics and FW

Description Title

Technical documents and turorials (soon)

  • User Manual 
  • Instruction Set Reference Manual
  • Examples of Test Scripts

Downloads

Scroll page to the end to retrieve downloads for:

  • Connector Information
  • Manuals (reserved to Customers)
  • Product Description (soon)
  • App notes
  • First steps  / Training materials (soon)
  • Linux OS setup
  • SW / FW upgrades 

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Setup
  • Accessories
  • Linux rights
  • Upgrade

Related documents / tools / products



SLT3G1 Specifications

Available Resources

The detailed description is provided with SLT3G1™ as a web page embedded in the instrument describing the bloc diagrams, the operating principle, and providing programming examples.


Here is a short description of the main resources:

Channel count Resource Comments
2 12-bit Digital Power Supply 25mV to 5V, Programmable current Limit up to 3A
16 DMM Analog Input 0V to 5V single ended, 2.5V diffrential
2 HF Clock synthesizer 0.05GHz to 3.5GHz / -10dBm to +6dBm
2 RF power meter 0.01 to 3.5GHz, -45dBm to -5dBm (linearity range)
1 Switched Resistive Electronic Load 4 bit, selection
1 Arbitrary Waveform generator 12-bit DAC driven. 10mV to 5V
1 Low side Current Source 12-bit DAC driven. 50uA to 100mA / 500mV to 5V
2 Fuel Gauge, coulomb counter uAhr and mAhr resolutions
8 Digital IO pattern Generator DC to 500kHz, 64 tick
2 K-type thermocouple
1 NTC temperature measurement Link to ADC, soft driven
1 SPI port Not Supported Yet
1 I2C port Not Supported Yet
1 UART port RX, TX, level shifted
4 USB 2.0
1 LAN 100MBs
2 HDMI micro
1 WIFI 802.11 b/g/n/ac
1 Radio 2.4GHz
Quadcore core A72 1.3GHz, 4Gb LPDDR4 RAM, 32GB SDcard,
Resource Programmable Digital Power Supply
Description Programmable Voltage and Current Limit Digital Power Supply
Voltage Range 25mV to 5V
Current Range up to 3A
Resolution DNL 12 bits. Open loop INL = +/-50LSB, Digital closed Loop INL = 1LSB

Digital IO Patern Generator (8 channels)

Resource Digital I/O Pattern Generator
IO channels 8
Frequency Range DC to 500kHz
Pattern length 64 ticks
Transition Time 10ns
Set by Front Panel / GUI / Script
IO Voltage Level usrVCC Vmin=1.65V Vmax=3.3V

GPIO pattern Generator, set by GUI

A GUI interface to edit vectors

  •  Binary
  •  Hexadecimal
  •  Graphic 

Waveforms Measured on oscilloscome

TaskVolatileBegin 

          fill_gpio_periodic 1 1 1 ; 

          fill_gpio_periodic 1 1 4 ; 

          fill_gpio_periodic 1 1 5 ; 

          fill_gpio_periodic 2 1 6 ; 

          fill_gpio_periodic 4 1 7 ; 

          set_user_gpio_freq 0 100 ; // 100kHz

TaskEnd  ;; 

    

TaskVolatileBegin ;

        execute_gpio_vector ;

TaskEnd  ;; 



The waveforms show relatively small skew between the various vectors.

The GPIO are applied as a single vector with the intrinsic CPU IO skew.

Resource : DMM Analog Inputs 

Resource DMM Analog Inputs
Differential channels 8 2.5V full swing around 2.5V Vref
Single Ended Channels 16 5V full swing
Voltage Range 0V to 5V non buffered mode. 1/(F.C) input impedance
Resolution 24 bits 23-bit single ended mode
Sample rate 2kSPS high resolution
Input Impedance > 10MOHM Buffered mode 20mV to 5V
Input Impedance 40 kOHM Typical, non buffered mode, 1/(C.F) switch cap model
Get measurement Front Panel, Script, API, GUI, TAP

Resource : Programmable Digital Power Supply detailed features

Resource Programmable Digital Power Supply
Description Programmable Voltage and Current Limit Digital Power Supply
Power Outputs 2
Voltage Range 0V to 5V
Current Range up to 3A
V and I Resolution 12 bits
Max output power 15 W
Transient Recovery Time 100us ?
Rise Time 10% to 90% < 25us
Fall Time 90% to 10% < 50us
Step response, rise time 1 20us 1V to 3V, IOUT = 0.5A, Ilimit = 2A, Extra COUT disabled
Step response, fall time 1 20us 3V to 1V, IOUT = 0A, Extra COUT disabled
Series sense resitor 50mOhm
Chanel Decoupling capacitor 2.2uF
Additional decoupling activated on demand 47uF ESR 100mOhm
Type of power LDO with DCDC assisted dropout
Voltage ripple 10mV VOUT=2V, IOUT=1A, channel internal dropout 1V set by soft
Set/Get dropout Front Panel, Script, API, GUI
Absolute Voltage precition 0.5% Before calibration, no load
Calibrated Voltage Precision 0.1%
Integrated current sense precision 100uA to 3A, 23bits
Get, Set VOUT Front Panel, Script, API, GUI
Set ILIMIT Front Panel, Script, API, GUI
Set/Get dropout Front Panel, Script, API, GUI
Absolute Vout precision 1% Measure feedback

Remote Test / Test Automation

DUT Test / Programming


SLT3G1 Setup

  • Use side screen (HDMI port), USB keyboard and mouse (Advanced users can use SSH)
  • Setup SLT3G1 WiFi or LAN access (fixed IP)
  • Assign Test server ports and enable SLT3G1 measurement servers
  • Assign and verify SLT3G1 test server ports
  • Run SLT3G1 Remote Test Server and Http Appache Server
  • Verify local operation 

Remote access

  • Use a VPN access to your company network
  • Open Internet Browser
  • log to   [SLT3G IP 192.168.x.x]/index.html
  • You can fully run any Stimulation or Mesaurement resource through the GUI

Ex. GPIO pattern Generator, script mode

TaskVolatileBegin ;

          fill_gpio_periodic 1 1 1 ; 

          fill_gpio_periodic 1 1 4 ; 

          fill_gpio_periodic 1 1 5 ; 

          fill_gpio_periodic 2 1 6 ; 

          fill_gpio_periodic 4 1 7 ; 

          set_user_gpio_freq 0 100 ; // 100kHz

TaskEnd  ;; 

    

TaskVolatileBegin ;

        execute_gpio_vector ;

TaskEnd  ;; 

Scripting Language, Hardware, Snippets...

A detailed help is embedded with the instrument and served as web page.


Inline help while scripting and a long list of snippets.


Detailed bloc diagram for each function.


Examples of test sequences using a TAP syntax (Test Anything Protocole)


Various visuals

Uploading DUT FW through SSH

Third party Programmer Requirements

  • USB port
  • Linux Driver

Remote FW upload

  • Connect to SLT3G1 GUI interface
  • IMPORTANT Power DUT through SLT3G1
  • Verify power V and I measurements

  • Access SLT3G1 by SSH
  • Upload HEXcode
  • Run FW programming instructions and verifications
  • Run tests through GUI

Remote Engineering

DUT Test / Programming


Follow the following steps

  • Connect to the SLT3G1 home page
  • Insert DUT into test fixture
  • Power the device manually and check voltages and currents at desired nodes
  • Create the script to power the DUT
  • Insure Current and Voltage limits are set
  • Integrate Delayed Voltage and Current Strobing
  • Define acceptable measuremet ranges
  • Integrate test in the script
  • Run the script and collect test data
  • Tune Test Limits 
  • Log test data
  • Log to ssh client and update DUT firmware with production HEXCODE
  • Test the DUT again            (Enrich the script with additional production test)
  • Run production test 
  • log test data
  • DUT  test time can be as small as 1 set

Remote engineering

  • SLT3G1 can be virtualized into your secure access systems (VPN for ex) 
  • Advanced Virtualization and Proxy settings should be managed by IT Admins
  • SLT3G1 is accessible simultaneously by multiple users
  • The User has full ssh. VNC access possible through specific vendor license
  • SLT3G1 offers specific TUNNEL mode to access and query your DUT through UART and more
  • JTAG programming through USB port capability using third party programmers...

SL3G1 as field connected equipment


Installing SLT3G1 in the middle of an electronic experimentation where WIFI is accessible;


  • Create slow field measurement acquisition
  • Exploit API capabilities to run multi-site data acquisition
  • Interact with field to modify the electronic setup and adapt to unexpected field changes

SLT3G1 list of accessories

The accessories listed below shall appear in our e-shop page. Only strict part reference replacement is supported so far.

NAME Description MFTR PN SLREF Distributors In stock
SLT3-ACC-X002-01 AC-DC desktop adaptor 9V,4A, 36W, IEC320-C8 2.1x5.5mm GSM36B09-P1J 49095 X
SLT3-ACC-X002-02 CORD AC POWER CORD CEE 7/16 to IEC 60320 C7, 2m, 2A, 250 VAC NC 49285 X
SLT3-ACC-X002-03 CORD AC POWER CORD CEE 7/16 to IEC 60320 C7, 1m, 2.5 A, 250 VAC NC 49600 X
SLT3-ACC-X003-01 FUSE BRD MNT 5A 125VAC/VDC NC 49242 X
SLT3-ACC-X004-02 K-TYPE thermocouple probe, mini plug, for rear panel plug XF-321-FAR 49599 X
SLT3-ACC-X006-1 TERM BLOCK PLUG 6POS 5.08MM with screws as termination style SLT3G01 TJ0651560000G 26849 X
SLT3-ACC-X013-01 Jumper Test wire, multi-color harness, 20 conductors, dupont F-F, 20cm NC 49590 X
SLT3-ACC-X040-01 Keyboard Mouse, small size, wireless USB dungle MK470 26799 X X
SLT3-ACC-X050-01 HDMI Micro Plug, HDMI Plug, 3.28 ft, 1 m, White NC 49566 X
SLT3-ACC-X050-04 ETHERNET CABLE CAT 5 2M BLK RJ45 LAN PATCH NC 49591 X
SLT3-ACC-X070-01 50 Ohm terminator SMA 3.5mm 132360 49588 X X
SLT3-ACC-X013-04 Jumper Test Wire, multi-color harness dupont F-Female 40 conductors 20cm NC 49621 X X

SLT3G1 Documents / Downlaods

File Description Version Format Link
slt3g1_connectors_2.1.0.pdf Printable slide; SLT3G1 left panel connector pinout, HW 2.1.0 2.1.0 PDF Download
AN0015_APP_RES_HEAT.PDF App Notes, training support, scripting SLT3G1 to monitor a heating resistor temperature 1.0.0 PDF Download
SLRTOSmvcG1.dist.1.9.2.tar.gz Linux Application, SLT3G1 control server application Python 3.11.2 1.9.2 tar.gz Contact SL3J Customer Support
SLT3G1UX01.dist.1.9.2.tar.gz Web Page Server, Remote Control Applicaiton for SLT3G1 1.9.2 tar.gz Contact SL3J Customer Support
SLTcube01_FW-hw210B-fw-0.9.6.hex FW hex code for HW 2.1.0B 0.9.6 HEX Contact SL3J Customer Support
AN0018 Easy Script Edit / Run 1.0.0 video / html page AN0018
AN0019_SLT3G1_VR_charac App Notes, use SLT3G1 as a characterization laboratory to peroform swept measurements 1.0.1 PDF Download
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