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News Release from: Seica | Subject: Pilot V8
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 31 March 2008
Flying-probe tester tackles boards from
both sides
The Pilot V8 has 14 mobile resources fully available to test the UUT, with a full range of in-circuit and functional test capabilities.
New from Seica at APEX, the Pilot V8 is billed as the future of flying-probe test The latest addition to the company's line of flying probe test systems represents a radical departure from traditional flying prober designs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Feb 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Pilot V8 represents an important technological innovation in "double-sided" flying probe test: its novel vertical architecture enables simultaneous high-speed high-precision probing on both sides of the UUT, offering the maximum in test coverage and flexibility in a compact, extremely ergonomic package.
Equipped with eight electrical flying test probes (four on each side), two Openfix capacitive and two power flying probes, plus two CCD cameras (one on each side), the Pilot V8 has 14 mobile resources fully available to test the UUT, with a full range of in-circuit and functional test capabilities.
In addition, like the other Seica flying-probe systems, the Pilot V8 can also implement a series of "net-oriented" measurement techniques, based on measurements executed on the board signal nets.
These new test methods significantly cut the time required for in-circuit test by considerably lowering the number of measurements required, maintaining the same level of fault coverage and valuable diagnostic information.
The mobile power probes are another important innovation, which enable the power up of the UUT without requiring any additional fixed cables for easy implementation of functional test.
Seica's Pilot V8 can also execute parallel tests on two UUTs at the same time, effectively doubling test capacity for a four-probe system.
Like all Seica products, the Pilot V8 is based on the Seica VIPT platform with its innovative coverage, guiding the user through a series of automated operations in an intuitive, self-explanatory environment, drastically reducing programming time and practically eliminating the possibility for error and omissions.
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