Circuit Check, Inc.
For over 40 years Circuit Check has been a leading edge provider of custom engineered test solutions to the electronics industry. Our electronic test company began as a bare board testing service in 1979. As our clients’ needs for test equipment grew more sophisticated, we evolved to meet those requirements with innovative new products and processes.
- 763-694-4100
- info@circuitcheck.com
- 6550 Wedgwood Road
Suite 120
Maple Grove, MN 55311
United States
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Wireless In-Circuit Test Fixtures
Higher density more complex circuit boards complicate testing requirements while smaller more tightly spaced test pads create a wiring challenge for the fixture fabricators, test engineers and maintenance personnel. Wireless fixtures solve the challenges associated with the nest of wires found in standard long wire fixtures. Wireless fixtures replace the “nest” of wires with copper traces on a multilayered printed circuit board called a Translator Board or T-Board®. Circuit Check’s wireless fixture technologies reduce test program debug and maintenance times while easing the ECO process. Thus allowing for the higher level of test performance, the ability to probe smaller denser targets and achieve ultra-high node counts.
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Benchtop with Drop-In Test System
600 Series Compact ATE Platform
The Circuit Check 600 Series Compact ATE Platform with built-in professional fixturing solves the uncertainty of repeatable results that are common with bench testing. With the 600 Series Compact ATE, test procedures can become automatic, with test steps and go/no-go limits easily programmable. Hand-probing is eliminated, replaced with accurate, repeatable tooling and reliable spring-loaded test probe fixturing.
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Actuation Methods for Functional Test Systems
Functional test typically applies full operational power to a final product or a loaded printed circuit board in order to determine if the Product/ PCB performs functions as designed. This type of test often involves custom built test equipment and custom test fixturing. Circuit Check supports all forms of functional test strategies within its Signature Series functional test fixtures.
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Automotive Solutions
One of the most challenging applications in the field of automotive testing is manufacturing electronics. With each successive model year, the number of automated features increases. Every segment of the automotive electronics plays a role in the safety and reliability. These critical applications require high dependability and low maintenance and warranty costs. Our customers don’t have room for error, hardware test systems must perform as designed. Circuit Check provides Automated Test Systems that meet the stringent needs of this marketplace.
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Environmental Functional Test Fixtures
Circuit Check builds test fixtures for Halt/Hass testing whether a fixture is used within an environmental chamber or is a standalone fixture. Circuit Check has the capability to manufacture these types of fixtures.
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Industrial Electronics Testing for Smart Devices & More
As more and more devices are being designed with inherent intelligence and the ability to connect and communicate, the amount and complexity of electronic content is continuously increasing for our industrial customers. They need the ability to quickly and efficiently verify proper operation of these products as they flow off the production line. Circuit Check responds to these needs by offering a wide range of industrial electronics testing solutions from consulting to complete test system and software design. We also offer adaptable support solutions to ensure proper equipment operation throughout its life cycle.
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Interface Test Adapter
ITA
Circuit Check is focused on the military and aerospace market. Our solutions are delivered according to a rigorous set of test requirements and quality metrics. The Circuit Check staff of engineers follow a defined Project Management process to control the project deliverables,manage the scope, and meet the quality needs for in-field serviceability and test system longevity.
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FEA and Strain Gauge Testing
Circuit Check began Strain Gauge Testing in 1999 when BGA/SMT technology started replacing PTH components, reducing strain levels was a reactive post fixture fabrication process. We quickly recognized that the “reactionary” process was neither efficient nor were we capable on knowing the lowest achievable strain levels. Our engineering team came up with visual tools utilized during design to easily identify areas of excessive probe force, though still not enough data was generated to identify the lowest possible strain. Finite Element Analysis software models the PCBA and test fixture and applies the pressures from test probes and board supports and indicates the micro strain level applied to the PCBA. Using the FEA software during our design process allows our engineers to modify fixture designs to attain the lowest possible micro strain before fabrication begins.
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Through Connector Functional Test Fixtures
Circuit Check is a pioneer in the development and implementation of access mechanisms enabling testing of circuits through on-board connectors.
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Drop-In In-Circuit Test Fixtures
The Chameleon
The Circuit Check kit called the Chameleon allows easy re-use of a majority of an ICT fixture’s major components. The Chameleon includes a full size probe plate and interface alignment plate so all valuable tester resources are available. The probe plate assembly is held in place with twelve (12) screws and the vacuum box’s interchangeable push plate is easily replaced by removing four (4) shoulder screws.
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Standalone with Drop-In Test Systems
800 Series ATE
The Circuit Check 800 Series ATE provides the versatility of utilizing the economical drop-in fixturing present in the 600 Series or an integrated dedicated fixture, while simultaneously providing the increased test equipment capacity of the 1000 Series. This combination produces a cost effective full turnkey test solution.
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Functional Test Fixtures
Businesses rely on Circuit Check’s functional test fixture expertise. Functional test typically applies full operational power to a loaded printed circuit board in order to determine if the PCBA performs functions as designed. This type of test often involves custom built test equipment and custom test fixturing. Circuit Check supports all forms of functional test strategies.
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New Generation Vacuum Box for the 3070 Test Platform
Vortex Series
The Vortex Series is a new generation vacuum box for the 3070 test platform that will easily revolutionize in-circuit test. The simplified and streamlined design allows for maximizing the usable testable board size of the Vortex 100 Performance Grade fixture. The rugged all aluminum design maximizes the opening angle of 85° ideal for Cobot usage, while eliminating the top plate and associated hardware and retaining our classic quick plate guided probe technology.
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Rotary Table Handler
6000 Series Rotary Handler
Rotary table handlers are an excellent choice for PCBA or product – level test, programming, part marking, automatic part rejecting, and vision inspection in order to satisfy manufacturing applications that require high throughput. Rotary table based systems used in production can also help reduce the impact of load and unload times for the operator, because the device-under-test (DUT) automatically moves to the next cell within the station as each DUT is loaded. Circuit Check’s 6000 series handlers are modular, scalable and flexible, supporting high-mix and high-volume production needs. A common application example is to configure a 6000 series as a rotary station to perform simultaneous PCBA bar code scanning, testing, programming and marking, in a pipe-line process which improves throughput requirements. The 6000 series handlers leverage Circuit Check’s unique quick-change fixture drop-in technologies to allow for station modularity and scalability. Production line flexibility is achieved because the 6000 series handler is software and hardware agnostic, enabling adaptability to a variety of applications, and is limited only by the number of stations.
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Drop-In Functional Test Fixtures
Circuit Check’s drop-in base fixture and replaceable personalized plates are the ideal solution where production volumes are lower and the need to change from one fixture and test program to another occurs quickly. Interchangeable test fixture drop-ins enable the same test system to be quickly reconfigured with different tooling and probe patterns for different products. This maximizes equipment re-use, while minimizing the cost for each new test. With Circuit Check’s base fixture and drop-ins, the wiring and test electronics are not disturbed, thus ensuring configuration consistency each time the system is re-tooled.
