Interpreting the test results are normally very easy to identify shorts, opens, or a particular faulty component location. As a pcb assembly contract manufacturer speed, efficiency, and quick test results help ensure a quality printed circuit assembly. Although there are advantages to ICT, we do find some disadvantages as well. The development of this fixture has a significant investment of time and money associated with it. To our customer base, the expense of the fixture and programming can only be recovered on boards being assembled in large volumes.
The answer to both problems may be the CPLD. PNC’s CPLD programmers can help engineers reduce PCB size and allow on the fly circuit reconfiguration. Most people know that PNC specializes in fast PCB prototyping, but PNC is more than a PCB Contract Manufacturer, PNC can speed prototyping by designing PCBs that replace inflexible circuit designs with PCBS that can be reconfigured to remap I/Os or change the order that circuit elements power up. A CPLD design developed by PNC can also allow the same PCB to be reconfigured to be used for the next generation product.
