Instrument initiated communication for automatic test equipment

A method for testing a device under test, comprising:

• capturing measure data in a test instrument, the measure data corresponding to one or more functional tests of the device under test performed by the test instrument;
• initiating, with the test instrument, operations upon the measure data, the operations including:
• packaging the measure data with a bus master circuit as packaged data;
• and
• transferring the packaged data to a switching/processing circuit;

An method of manufacturing an electronic circuit, comprising:

• fabricating an electronic circuit;
• and
• testing the electronic circuit with a circuit testing apparatus, wherein the testing comprises:
• capturing measure data in a test instrument, the measure data corresponding to one or more functional tests of the electronic circuit performed by the test instrument;
• initiating, with the test instrument, operations upon the measure data, the operations including:
• packaging the measure data with a bus master circuit as packaged data;
• and
• transferring the packaged data to a switching/processing circuit.