Centre for Technology Infusion

Centre Facilities

The National Networked TeleTest Facility for Integrated Systems

The 15 million dollar facility provides fabless companies and design houses with engineering, pre-production test and characterisation services. NNTTF is accessible through the web with leading edge capabilities addressing the most complex testing and IP validation challenges such as mixed-signal and high-end digital integrated circuit (IC) technologies as well as other emerging technologies.

The facility operates as a virtual centre spanning Australia and accessible Internationally it consists of the facility node at ECU in Perth and 5 remote nodes. Centre for Technology Infusion at La Trobe University is the NNTTF node in Victoria, Australia.

Equipment and Accessibility

The equipment is an Agilent 93000 SOC series model P1000 vlsi test configuration of 512 pins, with a combination of pins having maximum I/O data rate 1000 Mbit/s, and a maximum clock rate of 625 MHz. Sixteen network processor channels (NP2500 option), included in the target setup allow testing of communication subsystems at throughputs of up to 2.5 Gbps. The tester is also equipped with a high-resolution analog waveform generator, a high-speed digitiser and a high-resolution digitiser.

Remote users can access the central workstation via LAN/WAN. A World Wide Web interface with a booking (scheduling) system provides the users with a convenient and simple interface to the testing environment. The users can book an off-line session, usually in order to prepare the setup of the tested device, pin configuration, timing, levels, test vectors, develop and debug their test-flows, or an on-line session, where they remotely control the chip tester and their Device Under Test is placed on the testhead by the personnel of the central node.

National Networked Tele Test Facility (NNTTF) was created as a Major National Research Facility to provide vital equipment to take Australia to the frontier of critically important and expanding fields in micro nano research and development.

NNTTF Website