PT3660 Destructive Thermal Battery Tester System Software Overview

The PT3660 Destructive Thermal Battery Tester is used to evaluate the performance of various types of thermal batteries using test profiles to simulate the real-world conditions under which the batteries will operate. The PT3660 will replace the PT3392 tester, which has been used for production thermal battery testing since the mid-1980s. The PT3660, like its predecessor, performs both development and production lot testing. The PT3660 software runs in the MS-DOS operating environment on an IBMcompatible PC. It consists of two major parts: the operator interface software and the data acquisition and load control software. In addition, there are software modules for system configuration, calibration, hardware analysis and troubleshooting, and post-test data analysis. This document presents an overview of and descriptive paragraphs for each routine within each software module that comprises the PT3660 system software. The software source code files are available by request from the author.