System-in-package (SiP) and other advanced packaging technologies are putting more components together in tighter spaces than previously seen. Often these packages are contained in a module, which is ...

Walk around any contract manufacturer and you will see plenty of ICT (In-Circuit Test) machines. If you see any functional testers, they will be specialty systems specified or even owned by their ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. So, what does this mean for the organizations that develop these products? It means that ...

Production test of a finished electronic product often involves two techniques: in-circuit test (ICT) and functional component test (FCT). The ICT technique examines a non-powered circuit board to ...

SE: Why is applying functional test content so challenging today? Ruiz: There are a couple of different factors that make successfully applying functional patterns on the tester a challenge. In fact, ...

Any programmable instrument can be used in a system. But what makes one system-ready and another just a programmable instrument? When developing a functional test system from scratch, you have many ...

Last week, testing specialists PV Evolution Labs launched its latest Module Reliability Scorecard, which names more than 100 products from 26 manufacturers as top performers, after being put through ...