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 ...

Test engineers struggle to find the optimum balance between printed-circuit-board (PCB) cost and test coverage. Low coverage leads to excessive field returns, warranty replacements, and even lawsuits.

As circuit cards become denser and larger, it is becoming harder to locate faults and even individual parts on them. The movement away from through-hole toward 100% surface-mount technology has led to ...

Back-end semiconductor equipment and services provider Cohu Inc. (COHU) has agreed to sell its Printed Circuit Board Test Group (PTG) business to Swedish production equipment provider Mycronic AB for ...