When a tier-one automotive supplier, a long-time customer of Pensar Otra Vez, needed a new printed-circuit board (PCB) handler, project manager Mike Edwards automatically went back to the drawing ...

What methods can be applied to verify PCB functionality and safety? Which are suitable for mass production and for prototypes? What parameters are checked in each test? How to check a PCB without ...

An update from Mycronic AB ( ($SE:MYCR) ) is now available. Mycronic’s Global Technologies division has acquired German test probe manufacturer ...

Mycronic's Global Technologies division has acquired ETZ, a company based in Germany, which manufactures test probes. The PCB Test business line within the Global Technologies division provides electr ...

As the core technology used in modern electronics manufacturing, surface-mount technology (SMT) assembly density is increasing, the number of pins is increasing, and the pitch is decreasing. In ...

In-circuit test (ICT) systems have been the leaders in using electrical means to look for structural defects in PCBs. They employ bed-of-nails fixtures to provide electrical access to as many as 7000 ...

Test engineers have a variety of options for testing printed-circuit boards—ranging from in-circuit testers to the latest in embedded-instrument technology. Despite the decline of PCB physical access ...

Earlier this year [Skyhawkson] got ahold of an Apollo-era printed circuit board which he believes was used in a NASA test stand. He took high quality photos of both sides of the board and superimposed ...