The Mousetrap System The Mousetrap System is a fully adjustable, reconfigurable, and reusable desktop fixture. It has an internal capacity of 13 x 13 (an ATX mobo will fit), and is 26" x 20", slightly wider and longer than most ICT fixtures. The pan is effectively 17" x 17" x 5.75", since the shafts travel with the upper frame, but there is about 15" x 2" available on each side. The Mousetrap System is available as a stand-alone item, or as part of The 90% Solution The Mousetrap may be ordered with a J-Bar Kit, or with a Cartridge. You choose what you want and buy only what you need. Extra J-Bars and Cartridges are available, and may be mixed, to allow pogo-pin probing on the bottom, and manual access from the top. Probes and cables are extra, see Parts. Instruments are also extra. See Services for The 90% Solution and The 95% Solution. Do you prefer ICT-style probing? Do you need to quickly reconfigure for different UUTs? See the Mousetrap with the Cartridge, below. Click here, here or here for Mousetrap applications suggestions. The Mousetrap is derived from the Trap design experience, but the components are much smaller, and so are not easily interchangable. |
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Perhaps you need something less adjustable and more swappable. |
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The Mousetrap with The Cartridge |
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Maybe you're a Contract Manufacturer, or the in-house manufacturing section of your company, and need lots of Functional Test Capacity, yet also need to test many different UUTs. Of course, you have a small budget. Below is a picture of the Mousetrap, with the J-Bars and Probe Holders replaced by Mousetrap Cartridge. The Cartridge shown is blank, in its delivered state. It has not yet been cut, drilled or wired for a UUT. This must be done by your local service. The Cartridge (see Parts for details and pricing) allows ICT-like probing. The middle plate of the Cartridge holds the UUT (or maybe 2-6 UUTs depending on your UUT size). |
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The top and bottom plates of the Cartridge are drilled for pogo-pins and guide pins. The pogo-pins are then wire-wrapped to 1 or more headers on the top and bottom plates, just like ICT. The complete Cartridge can be swapped out and replaced by a different Cartridge, as desired. Just disconnect some cables, and unbolt the plates. This allows 1 Mousetrap 90% Solution to provide Functional Test to a large number of different UUTs (a Cartridge and related test software for each) for a fraction of the cost of dedicated testers. If you're a Contract Manufacturer, you can now provide Functional Test to many customers for a fraction of the previous cost, in a business model similar to ICT. Your customers need only pay for test software development, machining, drilling and wiring Cartridge (using your local service), rental on any specialized equipment needed, and test time on your Mousetrap. Note: The original development code-name for the Cartridge was "Cheese". We recommend using the product name "Cartridge". |
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Functional test, functional test systems, functional test solutions, system integration, factory automation, test fixtures, test fixturing, manufacturing test, production test, boundary scan, fixtures, fixturing |
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