This new technical paper titled “End-to-end deep learning framework for printed circuit board manufacturing defect classification” is from researchers at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) in ...

Board manufacturers are boosting their investment in inspection, test and analytics to meet the increasingly stringent demands for reliability in safety-critical sectors like automotive. This ...

Most electronic assembly lines produce some defects, or faults. For example, solder-paste printers may deposit excess, smudged, or insufficient quantities of solder, and component pick-and-place ...

As electronic products move from prototyping to mass production, manufacturers must rely on efficient, scalable, and ...

The global electronics manufacturing industry is undergoing rapid transformation. The increasing complexity of devices, shrinking component sizes, and the rise ...

Conducting product testing on printed circuit boards (PCBs) has the potential to become costly. Because of this, it’s easy for businesses to view PCB assembly testing as an expense without much value.

Geopolitical tensions and pandemic-related disruptions have revealed deep vulnerabilities within the supply chain for manufacturers as well as the businesses and governments that rely on them. In ...

As the core technology used in modern electronics manufacturing, surface-mount technology (SMT) assembly density is increasing, the number of pins is increasing, and the pitch is decreasing. In ...