Built-in test equipment

BITE is an acronym for built-in test equipment. See BIST (Built In Self- Test). The BITE is characterized primarily as a passive fault management and diagnosis built into airborne systems to support the maintenance process. Built-in test equipment refers to multimeters, oscilloscopes, discharge probes, and frequency generators that are provided as part of the system to enable testing and perform diagnostics.

The acronym BIT is often used for this same function or, more specifically, in reference to the individual tests. BIT is an acronym for built-in test.

The term BIT often includes :-

Functionality

See also