FixturFab sells test fixtures for all stages of circuit board production.
Test Fixture Types
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DEV260
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DEV2112
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DEV260 Pro
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MA2111 Series
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MA2112 Series
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MA2113 Series
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MA2114 Series
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Service Life
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1K+
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1K+
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5K+
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500K+
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500K+
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500K+
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500K+
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Material
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Acrylic
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Acrylic & MDF
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Acetal, Acrylic, & PETG
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Steel, Aluminium, Acrylic
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Steel, Aluminium, Acrylic
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Steel, Aluminium, Acrylic
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Steel, Aluminium, Acrylic
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Target Environment
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Lab / Desktop
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Lab / Desktop
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Lab / CM
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CM
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CM
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CM
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CM
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Development Phase
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EVT / DVT
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EVT / DVT
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EVT / DVT / PVT
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PVT / MP
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PVT / MP
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PVT / MP
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PVT / MP
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Closing Action
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Sweep
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Sweep
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Linear
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Linear
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Linear
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Linear
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Linear
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Maximum Board Size
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196mm x 180mm (7.72in x 7.09in)
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218mm x 447mm (8.58in x 17.60in)
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170mm x 130mm (6.69in x 5.12in)
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150mm x 240mm (5.91in x 9.45in)
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285mm x 240mm (11.22in x 9.45in)
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440mm x 310mm (17.32in x 12.20in)
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540mm x 310mm (21.26in x 12.20in)
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Maximum Test Points
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200
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400
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200
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200
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380
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758
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930
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| Top Probing Support |
No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Side Probing Support |
No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Exchangeable Cartridges |
No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| High Voltage Compatible |
No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Typical Finished Weight
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1.4kg (3lbs)
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2.8kg (6lbs)
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2.0kg (4lbs)
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7.7kg (17lbs)
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10.4kg (23lbs)
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16.0kg (35lbs)
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20.0kg (43lbs)
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Development and Production Test Fixtures vs Test Systems
Estimated Starting Prices and Lead Times
Test Fixture Type |
Starting Price (50 Test Points) |
Starting Lead Time |
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| Development Test Fixtures |
New DEV260 - $1,000 Replica DEV260 - $500 |
2 weeks |
| Production Test Fixtures |
New MA2111 - $13,300 Replica MA2111 - $8,300 |
6 weeks |
These estimated starting prices and lead times are for a test fixture with 50 single-sided test points and bare test probe receptacles.
- This assumes the Device Under Test (DUT) follows our Design For Test (DFT) guidelines.
- Additional features like Top and Side Probing increase the complexity and price of each Test Fixture.
Tester Archetypes
| Mechanical-only | All-in-one | Multi-cartridge | Things to Consider... | |
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| Unique DUTs? | Single | Single | Multiple | Multi-cartridge topologies are efficient if product run-rates are medium to low, costly to duplicate when run-rates increase. |
| Requires Blueprint? | No | Yes | Yes | Complex designs integrating test instrumentation and software require a FixturFab Blueprint phase to define a Test System. |
| Cost to Design? | $ | $$ | $$$ | Mechanical-only fixtures require minimal design knowledge transfer to fixture design team, saving time & money. |
| Cost to Replicate? | $ | $$ | $$$ | Instrumentation costs in a multi-cartridge approach can make it expensive to replicate. |
| Ease of Deployment? | Easy | Medium | Hard | The multi-cartridge approach is difficult to bring up and qualify across the full scope of DUT variants. |
| Ease of Re-use? | Easy | Hard | Medium | All-in-one fixture customization makes the reuse of system components unlikely. Mechanical-only fixtures are easy to reuse. |
| Design Time? | Fast | Medium | Long | Explaining testing schemas is difficult, the more the design team owns the process the faster it happens. |