Desktop Automated Programmer- AH-160

In the last article, I show our Automated programming system which is for the factory. As you can see, it is huge and heavy. (About 450 Kilograms. ) Some companies do not have the factory, but they still have medium amounts for production. It is an embrass situation, because if they use manual programmers, the UPH is not enough. But apperantely, an Automated Programming System is too much.



That's why Leap worked on an Desktop Automated Programmers to solve this problem. This idea is brilliant because it is just like a small and light programming system, which you can put it in your office, and make your office like a production line.

                                    (Only need to link to a laptop and it can works smoothly.  )

The main concern is the loud noise of the automated machine . It is definetely not appropriate to make loud noises in the office by any machine. (Even the air conditional should not be too loud, not to mention the production machine. ) Unlike other Automated Programming System, AH-160 is an Office Automation Machine. Which means it doen't need the air facilities, so it will not cause the any loud noise.

       (AH-160 is picking up the ICs from tray, and right sides are SU-320 / 4 programmers )

AH-160 is build in 4 of our stand alone gang programmer SU-320. (It can program 4 pcs of IC at the same time. ) Which means AH-160 can program 16 pcs of IC at the same time!
And its UPH is 550. (Our engineer try it and tell me actually it can up to 700.) Besides, its dimension is 520x700x550 mm and only 70 KG. So it is not difficult to move it from office to prodcution line or labtory.  The operation of software is easy and friendly. (As all Leap's product) Most important at all, the price is much lower than the Automated Programming System. For those who want to invest Automation machine step by step, AH-160 is the perfect one for starting.



Please see below video and you can know how it works

Automated Programming System

 

Automated Programming System AH-480 (UPH is up to 3000)

Why should we use Automated Programming System?

When you have the large quantities programming requirement, what should you do?
To buy an Automated programming system or manual programmers?
For most of people, to buy an Automate programming system seem to be very expensive, indeed, you do have to cost some budget on it.  But is the cost really higher than manual programmers?
For the list price of the product, of course Automate programmers are much expensive.

Manual Gang Programmer SU-320 (Able to support 16 devices at the same time) 

I think most buyers forget or underestimate the cost of the payment to the workers.
If you need to  program 40 K devices per day, you will definitely not choose manual programmers.

That's because you will need to hire more than 10 workers for this mass production. (We assume the UPH of the manual programmer is 350 to 400) If the average payment per month for one worker is USD 1000, it will cost you USD 10000 per month.

But if you use an Automated programming system such as AH-480, the UPH is amazing  up to 3000. So you only need 2 workers to operate the system. Which means you can save at least USD 8000 per month. Though the list price of Automated programmer is much expensive, but if we consider it from the long term  perspective (Actually, less than one year), it can save much budget.


Besides, the yield rate for Automated programmer is up to 99.8 %, which is definitely higher than manual programmer.  There is logfile for each device, so it is easy to check the quality and quantity of the devices.

In fact , for mass production, the adaptors of manual programmers are easily to damage than using the adaptors of the Automated programmers.  Because the state of stress is evenly distributed, whereas the adaptors of manual programmers are not. The useful time of adaptors of Automated programmers could be twice as much than the manuals'.


Here is the introduction video which shows how AH-480 work:

In conclusion, if you have the mass production requirement. To buy an automated programming system is the best solution.  Of course, due to the different programming speed of different devices, the UPH will be different. So you will need to check with the manufacture of IC programmers to confirm that. (Note: AH-480 is the world top mass production programming system now.)

 If AH-480 is too large and not what you need.(If the programming quantities is not so many.)
In the next article, I will update another programming system which is suit for office.

10 Reasons for using our Logic Analyzer

Almost every electronic laboratory is equipped with oscilloscope, which can provide operation and measurement results to the engineers through 2~4 channels. However, on the measurement of digital system, the engineers generally place a higher demand on the channel number, other than oscilloscope.

To avoid the shortcomings of common bulky logic analyzer with complex functional operations, Leaptronix has developed a compact and

easy-to-operate LA20 Series Logic Analyzer. This manual has 10 reasons to help the engineers make a deeper understanding of the logic analyzer, and also enable the designers to market their new products quickly.

Reason 1: To make you design more easily

LA20 Series Logic Analyzer is designed in such a manner that you can identify clearly the logic state during measurement process, and mark 0 and 1 directly on the waveform. In addition, LA20 series has the function of Glitch.

You can visualize small glitch on the screen if glitch is detected, or find out more information if capturing data at a higher sampling rate.

Reason 2: find out quickly your desired data in the captured data

LA20 Series can capture over 512,000 dots separately from 32 channels, and also make it possible to process bigger data size.

Zoom/shift function: a special oval shift key provides visual control of zoom and shift capture, of which up/down for adjusting zoom, and left/right for shifting the waveform. When this key is pressed and held, the waveform will shift more quickly, and you can shift data from one end to the other end within a few seconds.

Reason 3: analyze parallel bus

LA20 Series allows for establishing parallel bus. The codes can be displayed automatically provided that the channels are assigned with data lines. Meanwhile, 16 busses can be displayed and defined, enabling you to check the code data of parallel bus; additionally, the searching function permits to search for complete captured data, thus simplifying greatly your identification.

Reason 4: analyze serial bus

The serial busses, such as: I2C, SPI and UART, are extensively applied to embedded system for communication and initialization; if the captured data is decoded artificially, this cumbersome job will take a lot of time. LA20 Series can help the engineers define and then decode I2C, SPI and UART busses very easily.

Reason 5: capture events

The logic analyzer is characterized by its triggering function. Given the discrete triggering mode, the currently available products cannot capture accurately the data to be analyzed; LA20 Series enables the users to select three-level continuous/discrete trigger setting, and capture data more accurately without the trouble of triggering data; to ensure more comfortable operation and setting for the benefit of engineers, OR Trigger, Trigger Counter and Pulse width Trigger, etc, can help find out quickly the interest of the engineers.

Reason 6: Auto-Store could identify quickly the problems from software or hardware end

The logic analyzer is characterized by its triggering function. Given the discrete triggering mode, the currently available products cannot capture accurately the data to be analyzed; LA20 Series enables the users to select three-level continuous/discrete trigger setting, and capture data more accurately without the trouble of triggering data; to ensure more comfortable operation and setting for the benefit of engineers, OR Trigger, Trigger Counter and Pulse width Trigger, etc, can help find out quickly the interest of the engineers.

Reason 7: measure mixed signal from Trigger Out

During measurement of mixed signal, synchronous test can be conducted with the help of Trigger Out (external trigger) of logic analyzer and digital oscilloscope, enabling monitoring and troubleshooting of mixed signal synchronously.

Reason 8: PC Remote Control

During measurement of mixed signal, synchronous test can be conducted with the help of Trigger Out (external trigger) of logic analyzer and digital oscilloscope, enabling monitoring and troubleshooting of mixed signal synchronously.

Reason 9: Probe of logic analyzer

The probe is crucial to obtain measurement results. The circuit board is sometimes designed with test point, or welded with conducting wire to obtain signals; LPTL 8 Channel signal capture wires’ design conform to the test environment:

1. The input end of every 8 channels is fitted with a probe that can be directly inserted into 2.54 mm pin header.

2. The probe of 1m can facilitate the measurement of signals at different areas of the circuit board.