Category: Industry Standards and Forums

Who will use IEEE 1687?

Larry Osborn

September 14, 2010
4:38 am

The IEEE 1687 standard resonates with engineers and managers, no matter which part of the semiconductor-based product lifecycle they are involved with, because it either solves a technical problem, it provides a cost advantage, it reduces the amount of work, or it enables automation of some (onerous) task…

What is IEEE 1687?

Michael Johnson

August 20, 2010
6:43 pm

This is the first of a series of blogs answering the question, “what is IEEE 1687”. Subsequent blogs will cover the topics “who uses IEEE 1687”, “what are the advantages of using IEEE 1687 (why use IEEE 1687)”, and “how to use IEEE 1687.”

iNEMI Built-In Self-Test Project Wrap-Up

Alan Sguigna

July 21, 2010
12:46 pm

Last week iNEMI (the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative) concluded its nine-month project investigating Built-In Self-Test (BIST). The purpose of the iNEMI Project was to develop and promote the adoption of chip BIST at the board and system level. Here's a summary of the conclusions...

Ever heard of PCOLA/SOQ/FAM ?

Alan Sguigna

July 6, 2010
7:18 pm

How do test engineers quantify the amount of test coverage they get on a particular board design? Is this science or black magic? I believe it’s both. One scientific innovation I’ve seen recently is the adoption of PCOLA/SOQ/FAM by iNEMI. Yeah, I know that’s a lot of letters strung together, but here’s what it means...

IEEE 1149.7 & 1687 – dispelling the misconceptions