PCT Manufacturing Station

The examples above show how third party companies have built PCT into fixtures for use in manufacturing. Alternatively, a stand-alone PCT can be used for low volume product runs. Our customers include the world's largest board manufacturers, so high-volume test using PCT is already well-established.

The features and benefits of PCT Manufacturing Test Solutions include:

• Complete functional tests in 1-2 minutes.
• JTAG structural tests in seconds, by running SVF files.
• Very high test coverage and full diagnostics.
• Only 5-10 test access points required, so test access for mobile products isn't a problem.
• Can increase coverage provided by ICT, MDA or Boundary Scan.
• Adds fast functional testing to ICT, MDA and Boundary Scan.
• Highly automated - even video signals and LCD output can be checked without operator intervention.
• Fault logging and statistical analysis utilities.
• Flash device programming is also supported.
• Supplied with a wide range of pre-programmed tests.
• Completely open architecture - supports 3rd party instrumentation, test executives and programming languages:
  • Test executives: National Instruments™ TestStand™ or any Microsoft® Windows®-based test executive.
  • Programming languages: C, C++, Microsoft® Visual Basic®, Microsoft® Visual C++®, National Instruments™ CVI™.

PCT Diagnostic & Repair Station

PCT is also ideal for board development and field returns debug. Features include:

• Automatic fault diagnosis, even for dead boards - turn your bone-pile boards into financial assets.
• Detailed component-level diagnostics facilitate less skilled debug and repair.
• Rapid fault location - full diagnosis in seconds.
• Fast and easy to connect to UUT
• Supplied with library of pre-programmed tests, such as:
  • Start / Stop Processor
  • Read / Write Memory
  • Fill / Check Memory
  • Read / Write I/O
  • RAM Test (SRAM, DRAM, SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, RAMBus...)
  • ROM CRC/Checksum
  • Breakpoints
  • Run UUT
  • ...
• Supports wide range of processors
• Open architecture - easy to integrate 3rd party instrumentation, test executives and programming languages.
• Flash memory programming is included.