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Mini In-Circuit Tester

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Mini In-Circuit Tester

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The Keysight Mini In-Circuit Tester (ICT) is designed as a modular in-circuit test unit in a 5U, 19-inch rack mount form to flexibly complement the existing tests in your manufacturing line to increase your test coverage as well as failure diagnostics capabilities.

Overview

The electronics world is blooming with millions of different printed circuit board assemblies, and each has its own functionalities. Keysight Mini ICT provides you scalable, modularized in-circuit test to fit different types of test requirements with device-level failure diagnostics capability.

Not all kinds of boards can go through standard in-circuit tests procedures. Some of them can only be tested with simple functional tests due to constraints such as board size, test access, cost of the board, production yield, etc. However, common defects such as opens, shorts or component failures are harder to find when only functional test is used.

The Keysight Mini ICT provides device-level failure information using ICT test technologies such as enhanced vectorless test, boundary scan, on-board programming and general digital tests for ease of deployment for a flexible test strategy.

Benefits of In-Circuit Test

In-circuit test (ICT) technologies are invented to provide in-depth failure information to reduce repair efforts such as repair time and the required engineer qualification levels. It normally requires bed-of-nails fixtures as well as on-board test pads to provide test access to the individual components. ICT has been a very successful tool to help all kinds of electronics boards achieve fast ramp-up with high quality in the manufacturing environment.

In-circuit test systems normally refer to floor standing systems operated as a stand-alone, unique test process. Keysight Mini ICT packs the full power of an in-circuit tester into an instrument-sized box that can be easily and flexibly integrated into any existing test rack. The products tested on the test rack can immediately benefit from the ICT technologies to get manufacturing defects removed early and quickly.

Basic in-circuit test features analog component tests, such as opens, shorts, resistors, capacitors and inductor tests. The Keysight Mini ICT provides modern enhancements around familiar features, such as intelligent shorts learning, circuit analysis-based parallel component analysis, and user-friendly tools that show parallel and connecting devices. These help to ensure that basic in-circuit test is implemented easily and runs stably.

With Keysight’s patented vectorless test suite, VTEP v2.0 Powered, tests such as functional test will be boosted with significantly higher failure details with accurate results. With a simple sensor plate on top of the IC and connectors, the mini ICT pumps in signals to your device and senses the signal back from those sensors. This is sufficient to tell if the solder joints are open. If boundary scan devices are available, VTEP v2.0 Powered test coverage can be extended to the connecting ICs and connectors, without the need for test probes or bed-of-nails fixtures.

Mini But Strong

Furthermore, the Mini ICT supports true powered digital test with per-pin programmable digital drivers and receivers. With more than five times of back-driving capability compared to other platforms, the Mini ICT delivers the most stable digital tests. Digital channels from the Mini ICT are specially designed with signal-to-ground pairs that guarantee superior signal quality. The real-time driver monitoring mechanism removes the worries about damages from over-driving. Furthermore, the Mini ICT shares digital test libraries with the industry leading i3070 systems, enabling you to save time and effort by leveraging existing libraries that you may already have.

For device programming capabilities, the Mini ICT provides Inter-Integrated Circuit (I 2C) and serial peripheral interface (SPI) serial programming capabilities as a standard offering, and it can be easily integrated with other external programming tools to expand the range of test coverage.

SCPI Command Support

Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI) is a well-accepted industry standard when controlling instruments remotely. Keysight Mini ICT is the first ICT-based instrument that come with SCPI command support in the industry. This enables lots of integration opportunities for the Mini ICT to work with other instruments to complete the overall test required.

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