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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Boundary scan offers clear advantages over technologies that require physical contact with a unit under test. It is also useful for ferreting out faults among the expensive, advanced semiconductor ...