Automated programming cuts production times

Rated at 1100 devices per hour, the 3000FS is flexible enough to handle parts in tray, tube or tape for device input or output.

BPM Microsystems has released the 3000FS Flashstream automated programming technology.

It is designed to prevent excessive programming times in JTAG and in-circuit programming production methods, is modelled on the BPM 3710 handler and contains four Flashstream programming sites.

Rated at 1100 devices per hour, the new 3000FS is flexible enough to handle parts in tray, tube or tape for device input or output.

"Combining these two technologies gives the 3000FS automated flash programmer the ability to produce a fully programmed 512Mbyte NAND Flash memory device every 3.4 seconds or 1100 devices in an hour", says Tim Nolte, Director of Global Marketing.

"Our customers will get the benefit of a robust device handling solution combined with Flashstream's speed to meet the challenges of large Flash memory programming in electronics manufacturing".

The company has also released the HelixFS, modelled on the BPM Helix tabletop handling system.

Rated at a delivery of 800 devices per hour, the HelixFS gives customers the option to use Flashstream sites or purchase and use BPM's current universal site technology, which supports over 28,000 device part numbers.

The HelixFS can switch between the dedicated flash sites and universal sites, to adapt to production needs.

Flashstream technology offers the fastest flash programming of NAND and NOR Flash memory available today.

Vector Engine co-processor technology developed by BPM uses a proprietary co-processor design to hardware accelerate Flash memory waveforms during the programming cycle.

Faster speeds are achieved through synchronous operations that eliminate the dead times when the DUT waits on the programmer.

The result is programming near the theoretical limits of the silicon design, the faster the device, the faster the device is programmed.

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