Documents the new layers introduced over the past several commits.
- docs/19_frame_io_and_alm_helpers.md (new): full reference for the
FrameIO and AlmTester helpers — three access levels (high/mid/low),
full API tables, fixture wiring, cookbook patterns, and §7
describing the four-phase SETUP/PROCEDURE/ASSERT/TEARDOWN test
pattern with the three template flavors plus a §7.4 link to the
PSU+LIN template.
- docs/14_power_supply.md: rewritten and expanded.
§3 cross-platform port resolution (Windows / WSL1 / WSL2 +
usbipd-win / Linux native compatibility table)
§4 auto-detection via idn_substr
§5 session-managed power: contract for tests, must-not list,
what changed in the existing tests
§6 the settle-then-validate pattern: two-delays table (PSU
bench-dependent vs ECU firmware-dependent), copy-paste
example, tuning guidance for ECU_VALIDATION_TIME_S
§6 PSU settling characterization (-m psu_settling)
§7 library API reference table + safe_off_on_close
§9 troubleshooting expanded with WSL2 usbipd-win + dialout
- docs/18_test_catalog.md: voltage-tolerance section refreshed for
the settle-then-validate shape, new "Hardware – PSU settling
(opt-in)" category, new §8 "Hardware-test infrastructure"
documenting conftest.py, frame_io.py, alm_helpers.py,
psu_helpers.py, and both templates.
- docs/05_architecture_overview.md: components list split into
framework core / hardware test layer / artifacts. Mermaid diagram
gained a Hardware-test helpers subgraph showing FrameIO,
AlmTester, rgb_to_pwm, and the templates. Data/control flow
summary describes the session-managed PSU and the helper layer.
- docs/15_report_properties_cheatsheet.md: PSU section split into
per-test (function-scoped rp) and module-scoped (testsuite
property) blocks; added psu_resolved_port, psu_resolved_idn,
psu_settled_s, validation_time_s.
- docs/README.md: links to the new doc 19.
- README.md, TESTING_FRAMEWORK_GUIDE.md: project-structure trees
expanded to show the full current layout — every file and
directory under tests/hardware/ (conftest, helpers, templates,
tests), tests/unit/, config/, docs/, scripts/, and vendor/.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
