An automatic test equipment (ATE) PCB (a.k.a. a test board) is at the heart of all major test activities targeted at verifying a specific semiconductor chip’s functionality. An automatic test ...

Automated test equipment (ATE) historically has been built with a centralized power architecture. Silver boxes provided a limited number of standardized voltage supplies, which were then routed to ...

OKI Circuit Technology (OTC; President: Masaya Suzuki; Head office: Tsuruoka City, Yamagata), the OKI Group's printed circuit board (PCB) business company, has successfully developed design and ...

For testing PCBs, test engineers have a variety of options ranging from venerable in-circuit testers and flying probers to functional testers and the latest in embedded-instrument technology.

There are many misunderstandings regarding how the type of manufacturing technology used in the assembly of printed circuit boards (PCBs) relates to automated test. To dispel some of the confusion, it ...

One of the first decisions involved in laying out a printed circuit board (PCB) is choosing the type and style of components to be used. This decision is mainly driven by the PCB’s electrical ...

When a smartphone slides off a table or a module in a car dashboard takes a hit from a pothole, the printed circuit board (PCB) is also impacted. Drop, bend and thermal tests show how assemblies ...