William J. Drago

Automatic Test and Measurement Solutions

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Company Profile

My specialty is designing, building and developing software for Automatic Test Systems. Quite often however, I am asked to delve into related areas such as data acquisition and motion control. I provide these engineering services to companies needing special expertise or additional resources and my goal is simple: Deliver services that are on time, within budget and demonstrate technical excellence.

Services

Drawing upon skills honed in the commercial and military arenas and proven experience creating innovative solutions to automation problems, I offer extensive test engineering services:
 
  • ATE hardware & software development
  • Test Plan development
  • Interface device design & integration
  • Data Acquisition and logging system design
  • Motion Control software
  • Testability Evaluation
  • Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) generation
  • ATE/ATP validation & validation reports
  • Test Program Set (TPS) development
  • Semi-automatic engineering tool development
  • Reverse engineering of legacy systems
  • Embedded software test and debug
  • Technical writing

Skills

I bring over 30 years of electronics hardware and software experience to your project. My skills include:
 
  • HP VEE / VEE Pro
  • C/C++
  • BASIC
  • Assembly Languages
  • ActiveX
  • Windows /MS-DOS
  • Orcad Schematic Capture
  • Analog & digital circuit design
  • GPIB/HPIB/IEEE-488
  • RS-232/485/ I2C
  • Analog & digital I/O cards
  • Stepper Motor controllers
  • All standard lab equipment
  • Fluke, Factron, GENRAD and DITMCO ATE machines

Projects

The above skills have been applied successfully in the development of automatic test systems for a wide array of electronic/microwave components, systems and instruments.[Examples]

Publications

Consider Fuzzy Logic in Test Applications - Test & Measurement World, October 15, 2000
 

References

My client list is strictly confidential however appropriate references will be furnished upon request.
 
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