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The GFCI test routine homeowners forget and why it matters

Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter outlets quietly guard the most dangerous spots in your home, cutting power in a fraction of ...
Nature

Test Point Selection and Fault Diagnosis in Analog Systems

Test point selection and fault diagnosis remain critical challenges in the analysis and maintenance of analog systems. As these systems operate with continuous-valued signals and are susceptible to ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Aging Aware Steepening Metric for the Fault Coverage of a Test Set (Purdue Univ.)

A new technical paper titled “Aging Aware Steepening of the Fault Coverage Curve of a Scan Based Transition Fault Test Set” was published by researchers at Purdue University. “Chip aging may result in ...
Electronic Design

Test Point Mounted Fault Indicators

The new Fisher Pierce® TPM Series Test Point Mounted Fault Indicator from Thomas & Betts helps workers locate faulted circuits in underground distribution systems quickly. The new Fisher Pierce® TPM ...
Electronic Design

Understanding Cell-Aware ATPG And User-Defined Fault Models

ATPG targets faults at IC-gate boundaries, but 50% of defects are located within cells. Learn how cell-aware ATPG and user-defined fault models help to ferret out these hard-to-squash bugs.
Semiconductor Engineering

Journey From Cell-Aware To Device-Aware Testing Begins

Early results of using device-aware testing on alternative memories show expanded test coverage, but this is just the start. Once the semiconductor industry realized that it was suffering from device ...