Siemens today announced it has acquired ASTER Technologies ("ASTER"), a privately held market leader in printed circuit board ...

In-circuit test (ICT) systems have been the leaders in using electrical means to look for structural defects in PCBs. They employ bed-of-nails fixtures to provide electrical access to as many as 7000 ...

Siemens plans to integrate Aster's advanced "shift-left" design for test functionality into Siemens' Xpedition and Valor ...

Moves to create a standard way to pass information between production and test equipment on PCB assembly lines have met with a mixed reaction, with some suppliers veering towards a standard originally ...

Test engineers have a variety of options for testing printed-circuit boards—ranging from in-circuit testers to the latest in embedded-instrument technology. Despite the decline of PCB physical access ...

For testing PCBs, test engineers have a variety of options ranging from venerable in-circuit testers and flying probers to functional testers and the latest in embedded-instrument technology.

This strategic move integrates ASTER’s advanced "shift-left" design for test (DFT) functionality directly into Siemens' ...