[Hans Summers] runs a site qrp-labs.com, selling self-assembly kits mostly for radio gear and GPS applications, and had some production problems with his QCX-mini QRP transceiver kit. They were using ...

Loaded board testing pays for itself by reducing field returns and bone-pile scrap. You seldom read an article about PCBs or semiconductors without encountering test-related phrases and acronyms. Cost ...

The importance of properly integrating test points into a PCB design. Test-point deployment considerations. When it comes to creating a modern electronic design, we live in both the best and the worst ...

A few years ago, the semiconductor lingo for automated test equipment (ATE) PCBs was “load boards.” But more recently, they’ve become increasingly known in semiconductor parlance as “device interface ...

A typical bench setup consists of: PCB board which houses the device under test (DUT). Bench-top instruments to force/sense V/I and provide digital patterns for generation/capture, as well as a scope ...