Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1700896 | Procedia CIRP | 2013 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Testing, repair and overhaul of long-living printed circuit boards (PCBs) is a laborious task if no schematics or layout plans are available. Existing Reverse Engineering (RE) methods are time-consuming, error-prone, and destructive and require reference samples which makes them not feasible for non-OEM users of electronic devices. The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK) in Berlin and the Technical University Berlin have defined a new process for automated and non-destructive schematic and layout reconstruction based on electrical and optical measuring techniques. Current results and innovative approaches using computer vision analysis for recognition of PCB structure aiming to build error-free net lists through a net list merging algorithm are depicted in this paper.
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Authors
Hendrik Grosser, Boris Beckmann-Dobrev, Friedrich Politz, Rainer Stark,