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Hardware modeler for PCB testHHB Systems has announced the CATS

Modeler for the functional test of printedcircuit boards, including those withsurface-mount devices. The modeler simu-lates LSI and VLSI devices by means ofplug-in hardware model cartridges thatincorporate actual chips as simulationmodels.CATS is derived from the company's

industry standard CADAT 5 logic timingand fault simulator. The modeler usesexisting design vectors for test programdevelopment. CADAT 5 allows concurrentfault simulation using a mixture of switch,

Test-pattern generation syste,Zycad's NextGen test-pattern generation

program automatically creates tests forcomplex electronic devices. Used in con-junction with Zycad's Fault Evaluatorsimulation engine, the program providestest patterns for devices containing any mixof combinational and sequential logic.The NextGen system comes with data-

base capabilities that are intended to link

gate, functional, and behavioral hardwaremodels.Up to 30 hardware models can be ac-

cessed on-line. When a specific chip is usedrepeatedly, only one hardware model ofthat device is required.The CATS Modeler is available in two

versions: the 8000 series for $80,000 with a2M-byte memory and a 140M-byte harddisk; and the 6000 series for $65,000 with aI M-byte memory and 85M-byte disk.Contact HHB Systems, 1000 Wyckoff

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mall phases of design and test.The product will be available in early

1987 and will be priced at $125,000. Buyersof both NextGen and Zycad's simulationenginer will be given per-unit discounts.

Contact Zycad, 3500 Zycad Dr., St. Paul,MN 55109; (612) 779-5601.

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Hewlett-Packard's HP 64000-UX is asystem environment for development ofmicroprocessor-based products, The HP9000 Model 320 technical workstation ispart of the system.

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Raster plottingon Fast-Mask

Silicon Solutions is adding a raster plot-ting package to its Fast-Mask Engine, adedicated accelerator system for IC layoutand verification. The product, designedand manufactured by Silicon Solutions, issold through an exclusive OEM agreementby GE Calma. Fast-Mask is widely used asa complement to Calma's GDSII IC layoutdesign systems, which run on Data Gen-eral's Eclipse S280 and the GDSII/32.The package allows chip designers to

output their drawings on a plotter. It in-cludes both the software and the hardwareneeded to support color as well as blackand white Versatec electrostatic plotters.Standard Calma plot features such as fill-codes, text-font files, and automatic scalingand rotating are supported. Users can ini-tiate plotting with commands embedded ina rule-check file.They can perform design-rule checks and

plot the errors in a single job, or they canfracture the mask data and plot the outputin a single job.Contact Silicon Solutions, 1380 Willow

Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025; (415)321-8574.

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HP workstation formicroprocessor designThe 64000-UX Microprocessor Devel-

opment Environment from Hewlett-Packard is a multiuser design system thatcan be integrated with other HP 64000series systems and use HP's DesignCenterCAE/CAD tools.The system consists of an HP 9000 Model

320 computer and can network with DECVax and IBM PC development environ-ments. Software for the system includes in-circuit emulators, language systems, analy-sis tools for 8-, 16-, and 32-bit micropro-cessors, and HP's computer-aided softwareengineering tools for the microprocessorsoftware development cycle.

Engineers can develop software speci-fications for complex designs using the HPTeamwork/ Structured Analysis program,synthesize the software using a selectedcross compiler or assembler, and thenanalyze the software using a a variety ofemulators and analyzers that reside in theHP 64120A card cage.

Contact Hewlett-Packard, 1820 Embar-cadero Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303; (415)857-1501.

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TRACS linked to non-GenRad ATE

Unique burn-in

Kineticon's newburn-in test system

allows full functional test during burn-in.

Kineticon has introduced a burn-in testsystem that allows for full functional testduring burn-in. Both the drive electronicsand DUTs are on the same PCB, eliminat-ing through-wall connectors. The result ishigh-speed signal integrity, quality, andclarity, with greater device drive capability.The design features clock circuitry at the

logic end of the board, from simple staticburn-in to complex burn-in test. Connec-tors are limited to the sockets in an elevatedenvironment. A 75-mm silicon foam in-sulation wedge allows drive-circuit-to-socket connections to pass through whilesealing the penetrated chamber wall.

Each system module contains a carriageand tray module that accommodates up to40 burn-in boards simultaneously. Twoboards can rest side-by-side. Boards movein and out according to instructions pro-grammed into the system's Test SystemManager (system controller). The operatornever touches the boards after they arepositioned until they are ejected and cooled.The Test System Manager holds a library

of previously created patterns and controlsall burn-in test functions.

Price not provided. Contact Kineticon,2112 S. Congress Ave., Suite 207, WestPalm Beach, FL 33406; (305) 969-6669.

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GenRad has introduced a product thatlinks its test-data management system totest systems from other ATE vendors. Ithas also introduced a software enhance-ment package to its Test and RepairAnalysis/Control System (TRACS) thatallows users to create customized reportsduring manufacturing.The Intelligent Communications Con-

centrator, with its general-purpose testerinterface (GPTI) application software linksnon-GenRad test systems to TRACS.DataTrace-32 allows TRACS users toanalyze relationships within TRACS dataand create customized reports. TRACS isan automated data management systemthat provides reports of PCB failures,yields, and trends and identifies criticalboard manufacturing problems.

Thermal inducing systemThe ThermoSocket thermal inducing sys-

tem from Temptronic permits the thermalconditioning of components in a socket forfault isolation in numerous applications.Resolution is 0.1 ° C, making it suitable forsubmicron fault isolation.

A useful application of the systems is inconjunction with liquid crystals to locatehot spots on a chip. The system providestemperature control to monitor the nematicto isotropic transition phase of liquidcrystals applied to a microcircuit surface.

ICC is a distributed processing node thatmanages the asynchronous communicationrequired to collect real-time test data fromnon-GenRad-manufactured board testers,service testers, and system testers into acentral TRACS.When configured with GPTI software

and GRnet, GenRad's LAN, ICC operateseight RS-232-C/432-C serial I/O ports toconnect up to eight systems. The com-munication link is provided through GRnetand either the GRnet network interfacemodule or Ethernet hardware.DataTrace-32 is priced at $25,000. ICC

with GPTI software is priced from $13,000to $38,000, depending on configuration.Contact GenRad, 300 Baker Ave., Con-cord, MA 01742; (617) 890-4900.

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ThermoSocket consists of a micropro-cessor-based temperature controller andzero-insertion-force sockets with standardpin spacings. Temperature-controlled heatexchangers provide a controlled environ-ment of 0'C to 150°C.A typical fault-locating setup costs $5000,

including the controller, the assembly tohold the device at a controlled temperature,and the ThermoJogger temperature stepper.Contact Temptronic, 55 Chapel St., New-ton, MA 02158; (617) 969-2501.

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Failure analyst searching for a hot spot using Temptronic's ThermoSocket thermalinducing system.

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