Operation of IFD™ Technology

 

The numbers of circuits or channels, called Test Points, that can be simultaneously tested is virtually unlimited and these Test Points are installed increments of 256-channel in what is deemed a tester-module.   Up to 5 modules or 1280 test channels fit into one 7U-rack-mount space as a Pod and up to 64 tester-modules can be linked together and operated using a single CC.

 

The IFD™ Technology's sophisticated programmable switching circuitry allows dynamic circuit adaptation and other programmable, point to point, or point to multi-point tests using a variety of third-party instruments; even integration with other ATE fully achievable.   An Ethernet LAN port, USB, SPI communications and dedicated GPIO outputs, on the various variants of the IFD™ Technology, enabled fast switching of pairs of Test Points, complex pre & post commands to Smart Interface Adapters (SIA), and with routing to either internal or external instrumentation.

 

The advanced switching board within the IFD™ Technology has the ability to automatically ‘ground’ unused test points and, during testing, ‘ground’ known intermittent test points while simultaneously and continually testing for other failures which may be occurring on other test points during a single test period.

 

It is important to note that the IFD™ Technology is a diagnostic tool only.   All diagnostic results are based on uncharacterisable events (intermittence) or comparisons between presently measured values and previously stored values.  The results from the comparison tests are captured from reference units which are believed to be good, and the extent to which they are controlled or calibrated specimens is at the discretion of the User.

 

The test results provided by the IFD™ Technology should be used by the User as outlined in this User Manual, and it is ultimately the sole responsibility of the User to interpret the results and determine the proper repair action for any unit under test.

 

Any other third party ATE used in conjunction with the IFD™ Technology, including any internal or external instrumentation that may have been supplied with the IFD™ Technology, may require calibration in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.  It is the responsibility of the User to ensure this activity is carried out.