| Production PCB testing depends
on a robust test jig to hold the spring loaded probes that make connections
to a bare board PCB. Probe-Ability
is a powerful computer-based tool for speeding the design and production
of "bed-of-nails" rigs for PCB testing.
Starting with only the PCB
drilling data in Gerber format, Probe-Ability
will analyse the layout and tell you if there are locations too closely
spaced to be populated with probes. |
| It continues trying probe
sizes so as to populate every hole with the largest probe that will fit
that location using the clearance distances you specify to adjacent locations. |
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Locations are grouped into
individual optimised toolpaths for each size of tool called up, and processed
into code for your CNC drilling machine. |
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| Inbuilt stored data for your
commonly used probe sizes . . . |
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. . . and their associated
tooling can be entered and edited to your own requirements. |
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The result
- in minutes, not days - is the quickest design route to the best test
rig for that PCB!
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