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English translation: test box

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French term or phrase:	boîtier de test
English translation:	test box
Entered by:	Jamie McLennan

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17:07 May 9, 2008

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Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng

French term or phrase: boîtier de test

In instructions for testing a driver board:

Pour faciliter les essais fonctionnels de la carte driver, nous avons réalisé un boîtier de test.

I've come up with:

To facilitate the functional tests of the driver board, a test casing has been created.

Perhaps there is a technical term out there?

Jamie McLennan KudoZ activity Questions: 27 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 1
Local time: 03:47

test box

Explanation:
As it says - I have made many such test boxes in my time. They are specifically designed to measure some parameter with (often) some unique interface with the equipment.

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Suggest: "to facilitate functionality testing of the driver card, we have built a test box"

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Since the register is mildly informal (nous avons...) I think "box" fits the general tone. Also, if the test is to be routine on more than just one driver card, you would probably want something a bit more robust than a pcb with wires coming off it. IMO "rig" sounds to "mechanical".

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er, "too mechanical"

Selected response from:

chris collister
France
Local time: 09:47

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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

test box

chris collister

3 +2

test rig

Bashiqa

4 -1

breadboard

Dominique Blachon

testing device

Philippe Etienne

Discussion entries: 1

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19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

breadboard

Explanation:
A blank board where the user can add connectors, components, etc. to test a concept before actually building the final version.
Not a "boîtier" per se, but might fit in the context?

From: http://www.dsi.cnrs.fr/RMLR/textesintegraux/volume4/43-adu14...
maquette, n. f.
Domaine : Électronique/Composants électroniques.
Définition : Réalisation sous forme d'un montage expérimental d'un circuit électronique destiné à l'intégration.
Anglais : breadboard.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadboard
Reference: http://hibp.ecse.rpi.edu/~connor/education/breadboard.pdf

Dominique Blachon
United States
Local time: 23:47
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French

25 mins confidence:

testing device

Explanation:
The purpose of the "boîtier de test" is to test the driver board, so I assume that they built some enclosed circuit box to perform the tests by linking the box to various inputs/outputs on the board

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I woulnd't have replied had I seen Chris' suggestion before hitting ...

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...the Enter key

Philippe Etienne
Spain
Local time: 09:47
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French
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2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

test rig

Explanation:
does not need to be a box as such. Simply pcb with various add-on bits is often all that is used for such tests.

Bashiqa
France
Local time: 09:47
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English
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25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

test box

chris collister
France
Local time: 09:47
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Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 258

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