Create a Test Plan – PLTSC

The previous step was to Connect Your PLT to Your PLTcloud Account. If you have not already done so, go to that step.

PLT Test plan format

Test plans are a simple YAML-formatted file that controls the PLT. You can create a test plan with any text editor. Some good references are the official YAML website or this YAML Quick Start guide. PLT Test plans are divided into steps, and each step can include one or more commands. The basic fields are:

title: Name of test plan
identPrefix: Optional: step prefix prepended to the step identifier.
suite: Test plan wrapper tag
ident: Optional: Manual step identifier. For steps with multiple commands, a suffix will be auto-generated and appended to this identifier in the test report.
title: Optional: description of step
steps: Start of commands tag.
command: Command tag
options: command option tag

Test Plans Examples

Create your test plan in any text editor. Below are some examples of the format

Hello World Test Plan - This test plan does not require any hardware.

title: "PLT Hello World"
identPrefix: "Demo-Test-Plan"
suite:
- title: First Step Complete
  steps:
   - command: operator "Hello World"
   - command: operator "Step 1 Second Command"
- title: Second Step Complete
  steps:
    - command: operator "Step 2 First Command"
    - command: operator "Step 2 Second Command"

Test Suite Programming Example - This requires the DEMO PCB and files

title: "DEMO Test Program"
suite:
 - ident: DEMO - 1
   title: Power on
   steps:
     - command: power SWD on
 - ident: DEMO - 2
   title: Identify DUT
   steps:
     - command: identify nRF52
 - ident:  DEMO - 2
   title: Erase nRF52 with FT2232H Mini Module
   steps:
     - command: erase nRF52
 - ident: DEMO - 3
   title: Program LY10-DEMO-BOARD FW nRF52 with FT2232H Mini Module
   steps:
     - command: program nRF52 s132_nrf52_6.0.0_softdevice.hex,ly10-demo-fw-0.1.8.hex
 - ident: DEMO - 4 
   title: Power off
   steps:
     - command: power off

For basic programming, the commands you will need are:

Name	Description	Reference Link
power	Power the device on and off	Power Control
erase	Erase the microcontroller	Erase DUT Flash
identify	Record internal microcontroller identifier	Identify DUT
program	Program the microcontroller.	Program DUT
operator	Display an instruction on the PLT screen	Operator Test

After you create a test plan you can validate the formatting with the following sites:

Here are some text editors:

Atom - https://atom.io/
Sublime - https://www.sublimetext.com/

Test Plan Reference

PLT Test plan format

Test Plans Examples

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