Test apparatus, test method, and program

A test method comprising:

• generating, by a computer, a protocol pattern for testing a device under test, the protocol pattern having a plurality of cycles, each cycle consisting of a predetermined specified number of at least one signal pattern;
• and
• controlling, by a computer, generation of the protocol pattern, in accordance with a first instruction having a plurality of steps and a second instruction having a plurality of steps,
• wherein the generating the protocol pattern includes generating the protocol pattern such that at least one cycle of the plurality of cycles includes a signal pattern corresponding to at least one step included in the first instruction and a signal pattern corresponding to at least one step included in the second instruction.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having recorded thereon a program which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to function as:

• a pattern generation unit which generates a protocol pattern for testing a device under test, the protocol pattern having a plurality of cycles, each cycle consisting of a predetermined specified number of at least one signal pattern;
• and
• a sequence control unit which controls the pattern generation unit in accordance with a first instruction having a plurality of steps and a second instruction having a plurality of steps,
• wherein the pattern generation unit generates the protocol pattern such that at least one cycle of the plurality of cycles includes a signal pattern corresponding to at least one step included in the first instruction and a signal pattern corresponding to at least one step included in the second instruction.