The modification for a better mechanical fit has been made and halogen-PCBs will be ordered to start the first series production of SPEC boards.

A serious piece of automated test software has been made that will check all soldered connections on the board and that will measure the different supply voltages. This is all possible because of the groundwork done by the Production Test Suite project software logically called PTS and the FMC Carrier tester test card that measures all connections to the FMC connector. We have used these to create the “PTS for SPEC” production software. The user manual gives a good overview of the ease of use.

We are now ready to send a complete test bench (PC, SPEC reference card, FMC test card, cables etc.) to the company that will produce and test 70 boards. First 10 though, just to be sure…