# Architecture Overview
This document provides a high-level view of the framework’s components and how they interact, plus a Mermaid diagram for quick orientation.
## Components
### Framework core (`ecu_framework/`)
- Config Loader — `ecu_framework/config.py` (YAML → dataclasses)
- LIN Abstraction — `ecu_framework/lin/base.py` (`LinInterface`, `LinFrame`)
- Mock LIN Adapter — `ecu_framework/lin/mock.py`
- MUM LIN Adapter — `ecu_framework/lin/mum.py` (Melexis Universal Master via `pylin` + `pymumclient`)
- BabyLIN Adapter — `ecu_framework/lin/babylin.py` (SDK wrapper → BabyLIN_library.py; **DEPRECATED**, kept for legacy rigs only)
- LDF Database — `ecu_framework/lin/ldf.py` (`LdfDatabase`/`Frame` over `ldfparser`; per-frame `pack`/`unpack`)
- Flasher — `ecu_framework/flashing/hex_flasher.py`
- Power Supply (PSU) control — `ecu_framework/power/owon_psu.py` (serial SCPI + cross-platform port resolver)
- PSU quick demo script — `vendor/Owon/owon_psu_quick_demo.py`
### Hardware test layer (`tests/hardware/`)
- Project-wide fixtures — `tests/conftest.py` (config, lin, ldf, flash_ecu, rp)
- Hardware-suite fixtures — `tests/hardware/conftest.py` (session-scoped, autouse PSU; the bench is powered up once at session start and stays on for every test in the suite)
- Generic LDF I/O — `tests/hardware/frame_io.py` (`FrameIO` — send/receive/pack/unpack for any LDF frame plus raw-bus escape hatches)
- ALM domain helpers — `tests/hardware/alm_helpers.py` (`AlmTester` — force_off / wait_for_state / measure_animating_window / assert_pwm_*)
- PSU settle helpers — `tests/hardware/psu_helpers.py` (`wait_until_settled`, `apply_voltage_and_settle` — measured-rail-then-validation pattern shared by all voltage-changing tests)
- RGB→PWM calculator — `vendor/rgb_to_pwm.py` (consumed by `AlmTester.assert_pwm_*`)
- Test templates (not collected) — `tests/hardware/_test_case_template.py`, `tests/hardware/_test_case_template_psu_lin.py`
### Tests, reporting, artifacts
- Tests (pytest) — modules under `tests/{,unit,plugin,hardware}/`
- Reporting Plugin — `conftest_plugin.py` (docstring → report metadata)
- Reports — `reports/report.html`, `reports/junit.xml`, `reports/summary.md`, `reports/requirements_coverage.json`
## Mermaid architecture diagram
```mermaid
flowchart TB
subgraph Tests_and_Pytest [Tests & Pytest]
T[tests/* (test bodies)]
CF[tests/conftest.py
config, lin, ldf, flash_ecu, rp]
HCF[tests/hardware/conftest.py
SESSION psu (autouse)]
PL[conftest_plugin.py]
end
subgraph Hardware_Helpers [Hardware-test helpers]
FIO[tests/hardware/frame_io.py
FrameIO]
ALM[tests/hardware/alm_helpers.py
AlmTester]
RGB[vendor/rgb_to_pwm.py]
TPL[tests/hardware/_test_case_template*.py
not collected]
end
subgraph Framework
CFG[ecu_framework/config.py]
BASE[ecu_framework/lin/base.py]
MOCK[ecu_framework/lin/mock.py]
MUM[ecu_framework/lin/mum.py]
BABY[ecu_framework/lin/babylin.py
DEPRECATED]
LDF[ecu_framework/lin/ldf.py]
FLASH[ecu_framework/flashing/hex_flasher.py]
POWER[ecu_framework/power/owon_psu.py
SerialParams, OwonPSU,
resolve_port]
end
subgraph Artifacts
REP[reports/report.html
reports/junit.xml
reports/summary.md]
YAML[config/*.yaml
test_config.yaml
mum.example.yaml
babylin.example.yaml — deprecated]
PSU_YAML[config/owon_psu.yaml
OWON_PSU_CONFIG]
MELEXIS[Melexis pylin + pymumclient
MUM @ 192.168.7.2]
SDK[vendor/BabyLIN_library.py
platform libs
DEPRECATED]
OWON[vendor/Owon/owon_psu_quick_demo.py]
LDFFILE[vendor/*.ldf]
LDFLIB[ldfparser PyPI]
end
T --> CF
T --> HCF
CF --> CFG
CF --> BASE
CF --> MOCK
CF --> MUM
CF --> BABY
CF --> FLASH
HCF --> POWER
T --> FIO
T --> ALM
ALM --> FIO
ALM --> RGB
TPL -.copy & edit.-> T
PL --> REP
CFG --> YAML
CFG --> PSU_YAML
MUM --> MELEXIS
BABY --> SDK
LDF --> LDFLIB
LDF --> LDFFILE
POWER --> PSU_YAML
T --> OWON
T --> REP
```
## Data and control flow summary
- Tests use fixtures to obtain config and a connected LIN adapter
- Config loader reads YAML (or env override), returns typed dataclasses
- LIN calls are routed through the interface abstraction to the selected adapter
- Hardware tests sit on top of two helpers: `FrameIO` (LDF-driven send /
receive / pack / unpack for any frame) and `AlmTester` (ALM_Node domain
patterns built on `FrameIO`). Both are imported as siblings from
`tests/hardware/` — see `docs/19_frame_io_and_alm_helpers.md`
- The hardware-suite `tests/hardware/conftest.py` defines a **session-scoped,
autouse** `psu` fixture: on benches where the Owon PSU powers the ECU,
the supply is opened once at session start, parked at
`config.power_supply.set_voltage` / `set_current`, and left enabled
for every test. Voltage-tolerance tests perturb voltage and restore
in `finally`; they never toggle output. See `docs/14_power_supply.md` §5.
- Flasher (optional) uses the same `LinInterface` to program the ECU
- Power supply control (optional) uses `ecu_framework/power/owon_psu.py`
and reads `config.power_supply` (merged with `config/owon_psu.yaml`
or `OWON_PSU_CONFIG` when present). The quick demo script under
`vendor/Owon/` provides a quick manual flow
- Reporting plugin parses docstrings and enriches the HTML report
## Extending the architecture
- Add new bus adapters by implementing `LinInterface`
- Add new ECU-domain helpers next to `AlmTester` (e.g. `BcmTester`)
on top of `FrameIO`; share fixtures via `tests/hardware/conftest.py`
- Add new bench instrument controllers next to `OwonPSU` under
`ecu_framework/power/` or a new `ecu_framework/instruments/` package,
expose them as session-scoped fixtures
- Add new report sinks (e.g., JSON or a DB) by extending the plugin