Those of us familiar with PCB work would agree that anything that helps hold probes secure and hands-free to components, traces, or test points is worth looking at. That’s where [2048bits]’ snap probe ...

Yamaichi Electronics offer new products for the wafer-level test of VLSI semiconductors. The new development YVERTICAL® is a vertical probe card with miniaturised spring probe contacts designed for ...

Editor Bill Wong takes a hands-on look at Sensepeek’s PCBite kit. PCBite consists of a metal base that works with spring-loaded magnetic standoffs and flexible arms with a magnetic base (see figure).

Simple mechanical changes can significantly improve probe card performance. Epoxy-ring probe cards with 2,000 or more probes are economical solutions to multi-DUT parallel test. The key to repeatable ...