User control of automated test features with software application programming interface (API)

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform a method for performing tests using automated test equipment (ATE), the method comprising:

• programming an application programming interface (API) to control a default production flow on a tester, wherein the production flow comprises a plurality of test sequences associated with executing tests on devices under test (DUTs) connected to the tester;
• configuring the API to modify the default production flow to customize the plurality of test sequences in accordance with a user-specific API, wherein the user-specific API comprises a modification to the default production flow in accordance with testing requirements of a user, wherein the user-specific API, comprising user-specific computer code, is operable to be stored in a user library that is communicatively coupled with the API, and wherein the modification to the production flow comprises collecting additional test data from the DUTs during testing specific to the user;
• and
• integrating the user-specific API with the API to customize the API for a testing process particular to the user, wherein the integrating comprises incorporating features defined in the user library for the user-specific API into the API and altering the API using the user-specific computer code,
• wherein the plurality of test sequences are operable to be customized in accordance with the user-specific API to encrypt information using a user-specific encryption scheme related to the executing of tests on the DUTs.

A system for performing tests using automated test equipment (ATE), the system comprising:

• a server communicatively coupled to a plurality of primitives, wherein each of the plurality of primitives comprises a plurality of DUTs;
• a first computing device running a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the computing device is communicatively coupled to the server, and wherein the graphical user interface allows a user to access the plurality of primitives;
• a second computing device communicatively coupled with the server and the first computing device, and wherein the second computing device is configured to:
• program an application programming interface (API) to control a default production flow, wherein the production flow comprises a plurality of test sequences associated with executing tests the DUTs connected to the server;
• configure the API to modify the default production flow to customize the plurality of test sequences in accordance with a user-specific API, wherein the user-specific API comprises a modification to the default production flow in accordance with testing requirements of a user, wherein the user-specific API, comprising user-specific computer code, is operable to be stored in a user library that is communicatively coupled with the second computing device, and wherein the modification to the production flow comprises collecting additional test data from the DUTs during testing specific to the user;
• and
• integrate the user-specific API with the API to customize the API for a testing process particular to the user, wherein to integrate the user-specific API, the second computing device is further configured to incorporate features defined in the user library for the user-specific API into the API and alter the API using the user-specific computer code,
• wherein the plurality of test sequences are operable to be customized in accordance with the user-specific API to encrypt information using a user-specific encryption scheme related to the executing of tests on the DUTs.