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 ...

Learn about key strategies for testing a PCB design at the system and component level, including the effective deployment of test points. The importance of properly integrating test points into a PCB ...

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 ...

Your company’s new circuit board does not work, and it’s your job to find out why. Where do you start? First, remember the best advice in solving a problem is to cut it in half, and then cut that in ...

[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 ...