FixturFab

08/01/2024

Hey, test engineers! Looking for an extremely comprehensive overview of how to conduct mass production testing for PCBs?

FixturFab's webinar for covers the mechanical, electrical, software, and manufacturing work required to test circuit boards at scale.

https://fixturfab.com/articles/fedevel-webinar-how-to-implement-circuit-board-mass-production-testing/

FixturFab's webinar with Robert Feranec (for FEDEVEL) on PCBA mass production testing. Learn more about test fixtures, integrating automated test equipment, and using test points with test software.

07/16/2024

Probing pins and connectors from the side is possible, but typically requires manual work to prototype and adjust the design.

Once it works, it’s immensely satisfying. 🙌

07/11/2024

The team designing and manufacturing your circuit board test fixtures!

Come say hello! We're located across the street from Fremont Brewing

07/01/2024

Creating a functional test specification for circuit board mass production involves reviewing a schematic to understand the sub-circuits and test point coverage so you know which test cases to plan automation for.

Instead of high-level examples, we wrote a blog article that walks through how FixturFab reviews a specific schematic, identifies test cases, and selects appropriate test instrumentation

https://fixturfab.com/articles/writing-functional-test-specification/

06/28/2024

⚡ PCBA Functional Testing (FCT) powers the Device Under Test (DUT) and validates expected operations.

Test Systems that implement circuit board functional testing include a mechanical bed of nails test fixture, integrated Automated Test Equipment (ATE), and test software.

FixturFab loves working with Acroname’s Manufacturing Test Modules (MTM) via a Test Point Carrier Board (TPCB) because of the compact size, lack of wires, and their Python interface!

https://fixturfab.com/articles/functional-test-system-overview/

06/26/2024

This week, we’re highlighting a series of blog posts on the Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) testing process.

There are multiple types of circuit board testing, such as AOI, AOX, ICT, smoke testing, black box testing, and regression testing.

Part 1 of this series covers general hardware testing procedures and their specific goals. It briefly outlines the PCB assembly process and gives examples of Automated Optical Inspection (AOI), X-ray inspection (AOI), Flying Probe Tests, In-Circuit Testing (ICT), and Functional Testing (FCT, FixturFab’s specialty).

https://fixturfab.com/articles/pcba-testing-overview/

01/27/2024

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