Pins

Use the Pins section on the Pin Map Tab to specify the DUT pins and other pin types connected to the tester. You can right-click any item in the section you want to edit and use the context menu to complete common tasks.

Choose one of the following options to add a pin connection to the pin map file:

• Click <Add Pins Here> to display the Pins pane, and click the button of the pin type you want to add.
• Right-click <Add Pins Here> and select the pin type you want to add from the context menu.

The Pin Map Editor automatically adds the pin connection to the Pins section. Select a pin connection in the Pins section to display the Pins pane, where you can edit the pin's name.

Note  

Pin and pin group names are case sensitive, must begin with a letter or underscore (_), and are limited to A-Z, a-z, 0-9, or _ characters.

You can also cut, copy, and paste pins, or add comments in the Pins pane. Use the Comment button to specify a comment for the selected pin. Comments display beneath the pin they modify.

DPE supports the following pin connection types:

• DUT pin — Specifies a DUT pin, which is a pin on a DUT or a resource on the tester or DIB that is associated with one or more sites.
  A DUT pin can be one of the following:

  • A specific pin on the DUT. This type of pin is connected to one instrument channel per site.
  • A resource on the tester or DIB that has instrument connections and is associated with one or more sites. This resource can have one connection per site or can have one connection per group of sites.
• System pin — Specifies a system-wide pin, which is a resource on the tester or DIB that is connected to an instrument.

  A system pin is a resource on the tester or DIB that is connected to an instrument. A system pin has a single connection and is associated with all sites . You can also use DUT pins for shared resources by specifying the sites that share the resource in the connection. Use a DUT pin instead of a system pin if you need to burst patterns to the pin using the NI-Digital Pattern instrument driver.