Development Testing with Electronic Assistance: Gathering, Processing, and Disseminating Data

An electronic information system has been devised to minimize problems of communication in the engineering field as they apply to the testing of industrial equipment. The paper describes a communication system that makes use of telemetry for data gathering, magnetic tape and analog computers for data reduction, a single-sheet engineering memo as the input form, and a standardized five-copy print-out specification form that gives a complete history of problem areas encountered in the program.