Process · General Industry
Smoke test
A quick first check that a new board, build or silicon sample does the most basic things at all, before any detailed testing is attempted. Named for the literal practice of powering a prototype and watching for smoke.
- Also known as
- Sanity run
- Type
- Process
- Domain
- General Industry, Engineering culture
Notes
In silicon bring-up the smoke test is typically power rails up, clocks running, reset released and a JTAG connection established.
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