There are many misunderstandings regarding how the type of manufacturing technology used in the assembly of printed circuit boards (PCBs) relates to automated test. To dispel some of the confusion, it ...

Hence, the panoply of test methods that can be brought to bear on the assembled board, in addition to the traditional in-circuit test techniques, includes automatic optical inspection, X-ray ...

Through-hole assembly means bending leads on components and putting the leads through holes in the circuit board, then soldering them in place, and trimming the wires. That took up too much space and ...