Do you or your company do:
Engineering Development Manufacturing Test Functional Test
Calibration/ Adjustment Repair/Debug Production Test
Software Configuration Automated Test System Integration
Test in EMI/RFI Chambers Field Repair Support Basic Research
and probably save you money, as well.
Our systems can be customized for or by you, the end-user, to meet a wide variety of custom
needs
- Ever have to hook up an instrument or two, plus power, to debug a board? Connecting 40 channels
of logic analyzer probes may take 20 minutes. The Mousetrap provides pogo-pin connections to the
pins and locations of your choice. Connections are quick and reliable, and counting pins to find the
right one is a thing of the past. Click on Engineering Development / Debugging for more information.
- New Product Introduction is a high-pressure activity. Your product needs to go to market now, so
you need a high yield from Manufacturing, but Manufacturing has never built your New Product before.
You need Functional Test to solve initial yield problems. The Mousetrap and Drawer Systems provide
inexpensive functional test solutions. If you re-use the one built for Engineering, it might be almost free.
- Once the Manufacturing line has been tuned (via a Initial Production Run/ Limited Production Run),
you may still need to Calibrate or Adjust your products. Perhaps you need only to load and configure
the latest software, or perhaps you sell different Software Configurations to different customers.
- Perhaps your have a periodic production run, or are a small company or lab, with very proprietary
products, and choose to do functional test, calibration, adjustment, etc., in a secure location. With our
systems, you still get the benefits of factory automation.
- Perhaps your production volume will be such that you probably need one of our competitor's
functional test systems. No problem. Move The Mousetrap or Drawer System to your Calibration/
Adjustment or Rework/RMA areas. Use a little on-site factory automation to maximize your profits
- Sometimes, several components need to be integrated, tested and verified. A modern avionics
system is a reasonable example. The Drawer System makes the building and functional test of a
system, IN PARALLEL with the structural development effort, possible and easy. If a bug is detected,
the accessibility makes swapping in Gold Units, to isolate bugs, quick and easy. For tougher
problems, removing the individual boards from the suspect unit, and placing them in one or more
Mousetraps, and then connecting the Mousetraps to the rest of the system. System Integration is
easier now.
- Sometimes, being able to provide Factory-level services in the field is needed. The Mousetrap or
Drawer, as part of The 90% Solution, or with your instruments, can provide manufacturing test at the
Factory-level, anywhere in the field. If deployable, automated test is of interest, click here.
- Sometimes, parts and a fixture to make a generic workstation is needed. Perhaps something
non-magnetic, perhaps something for high voltage (~500,000V).
These are some of the reasons for the website name: mousetrap-solutions.com.
Click here to view the current Products and Parts.
Click here to view the current Functional Test Solutions and Systems.
manufacturing test needs change, our functional test systems can easily adapt.
involved up front in almost all cases, and can budget, schedule and manage accordingly.
The minimum experience is level is 20 years.
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19 March 2006 Cable Converter Boards
Cable Converter Boards (CCBs) provide an easy interface between standard 100 and 68-pin High
Density cables, as used on many PXI- and PC-based instrument cards, and the outside world.
All boards are wired pin-to pin, from the connector to jumper pins. Connecting a 64-ch DAQ
(100-pin HD connector) to a wirewrap board is now easy. Disconnecting the DAQ is now easy too,
since the CCB can be mounted to the wirewrap board.
If you've ever wanted to make a couple of jumper connections to a cable, CCBs make it easy and
reliable. There is plenty of room for many J-hook connections.
Boards currently available (specify male or female connector):
100-pin HD
68-pin HD ------------------------------------------------------------->
34-pin IDC
9-pin DB-9.
Other pincounts coming soon.
See the Mousetrap Parts for more details.
15 May 2005 PunchPlugs
PunchPlugs make mass ethernet connections easy. The loopback version makes testing of all
ethernet ports easy, whether on the production floor or in a rack in the field. A punch (not very hard)
is all it takes. The connector variety combines custom connection configurations with the ease of a
simple connection movement. No more guessing which cable goes to which port. PunchPlugs are
available in loopback and connector 1x- and 2x4, 2x6, 2x6 staggered and 2x8 configurations.
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