Highlights from the 2007 APEX show
The 2007 APEX show was held February 20-22 in Los Angeles, CA. www.goapex.org
-- Test & Measurement World, 2/23/2007 8:36:00 AM
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During a ceremony held February 21 in Los Angeles, CA, Test & Measurement World announced the recipients of its annual test industry awards that honor excellence in both engineering and product development. Presentations were made to the winners of the Test Engineer of the Year, Best in Test, Test Product of the Year, and Test of Time awards. Read More |
CheckSum targets 3070 users, mates ICT and
functional test, touts win with Corelis
CheckSum was busy during the 2007 APEX show, where it introduced its Analyst fcs in-circuit tester, targeted at users of Agilent 3070 systems; debuted its Analyst ems+ft system, which combines in-circuit test (ICT) and functional test; and announced an order for multiple CheckSum systems that integrate boundary-scan tools from Corelis. Read More
Viscom introduces X7056 parallel AOI/AXI inspection system
APEX served as the Venue for Viscom to introduce its X7056 parallel optical and x-ray inspection system, which combines 3-D automatic x-ray inspection (AXI) with parallel top and bottom optical inspection. The optical inspection rate is four square inches per second; the AXI rate is one square inch per second. Read More
Agilent debuts i3070 and upgrades
vectorless test
Agilent Technologies chose APEX to debut its Medalist i3070 in-circuit test (ICT) system, which according to the company employs advanced algorithms to increase analog test throughput by 50%, compared with legacy 3070 systems. The i3070 systems include Agilent’s VTEP v2.0 vectorless test technology, which also debuted at APEX. Read More
BPM Microsystems highlights automated programming system
BPM Microsystems chose APEX (February 20-22, Los Angeles, CA) to showcase its 4710 automated programming system, which is designed specifically for high-density devices that exhibit long programming times. The 4710 can rapidly program flash devices while offering the versatility to program microcontrollers, FPGAs, PLDs, and other device types. Read More
Acculogic highlights board-test hardware and software
Acculogic introduced an in-circuit test (ICT) system, a flying-prober enhancement, and boundary-scan (JTAG), CAD-processing, and test-control software during the 2007 APEX show. Read More
Digitaltest, TTCI demonstrate ICT at APEX
Digitaltest chose the 2007 APEX show to highlight automated in-circuit, flying-probe, and functional test systems. The company shared a booth with The Test Connection Inc., which demonstrated an integrated in-circuit and functional tester that employed a PXI system. Read More
Sunstone touts concept-to-delivery PCB strategy
Sunstone Circuits, a specialist in prototype and high-mix, low-volume PCB design and production, chose APEX to introduce what the company describes as its ECOsystem, "a strategic vision to consolidate and improve the PCB prototyping process for designers from concept-to-delivery through the integration of four discrete segments of PCB prototyping." Read More
Texmac launches flying-probe services
Texmac at APEX announced that it is now offering testing and programming services based on Takaya APT Series flying-probe test systems. The services are available for users of Takaya systems and to electronics manufacturers needing to have fixtureless test performed on a contract basis. Read More
Aegis highlights Version 7 software release
Aegis Industrial Software, a vendor of manufacturing information management systems, showcased the Version 7 evolution of its NPI (new product introduction) and MES (manufacturing execution system) software system at APEX. The software facilitates the collection and analysis of test and inspection data. Read More
Elektrobit exhibits test equipment at APEX
Elektrobit exhibited a range of JOT Automation test equipment at the 2007 APEX show and announced that over a third of all mobile terminals manufactured in the world are tested using Elektrobit’s test-automation equipment. On display were two mobile terminal test boxes (the J409-41 and J409-54) and a new panel-flash stand-alone fixture. Read More
VJ Electronix premiers x-ray system at APEX
VJ Electronix introduced its Vertex Series-A x-ray inspection system at APEX (February 20 to 22, Los Angeles, CA). The company reports that the new system employs a flexible design that allows it to be customized to any inspection task, that it allows for faster load/unload product exchange, and that includes a closed-loop control system to ensure reproducible results. Read More
Eunil H.A. Americas highlighted its SPOIS PCB optical inspection system at APEX. The system employs MVTec’s Halcon software. Read More RMD Instruments introduces RoHS system
RMD Instruments chose APEX to introduce its LeadTracer-RoHS XRF (x-ray fluorescence) system, which is designed specifically for the electronic industry to provide portable screening capability to help meet RoHS directives. Read More CyberOptics presents AOI platform
CyberOptics chose APEX for the US debut of its Flex Ultra HR optical inspection (AOI) platform. The company also introduced a new user interface. Read More
Aegis Electronic Group presents new Sony cameras
Distributor Aegis Electronic Group presented new Sony smart cameras, including the XCI-V3, which is equipped with a VGA (640x480-pixel) progressive-scan CCD, and the XCI-SX1, which incorporates an SXGA (1280x1024-pixel) progressive-scan CCD. Both cameras include an AMD Geode GX533 processor with either a built-in Linux or Windows XPE operating system. In addition, these cameras incorporate 1 GB of flash memory and a 100BaseTX/10Base-T interface for network connectivity. www.aegis-elec.com
