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SMD
Mixed technology
BGA

Increase prototype yields
Troubleshoot complex circuit boards
Reduce time to market
Compatible with over 20 CAD formats

Troubleshoot PCB assemblies - fast

You know that troubleshooting complex PCBs is a skilled task. The GRS is designed to help you rapidly home-in on a fault giving you maximum time to put your skills to ‘best use’ in getting your boards up and running, thereby saving time, cost and allowing you to maximize your production yields.

Prototypes, short production runs, new product launches all present a challenge in the manufacturing environment. 

How do you ensure that pcb test programs and fixtures are up and running simultaneously with a product production launch? The new GRS500 from Polar is designed to help you. Designed especially to troubleshoot in the following situations — prototype boards, newly launched products and production runs that are too small to justify traditional ATE. This facilitates comprehensive test with the advantage of low set-up times and cost. The key is the extensive use of CAD data combined with simple and proven troubleshooting technology. When production ramps up, the GRS500 is an invaluable asset supporting your functional test and maximising yields.

Designed to help troubleshoot complex boards when fixture based tools are not a viable solution, the GRS500 is designed to help you compare the characteristics of good and faulty PCBs, using nodal impedance test, and a "Videosection" technique which presents you with high resolution images of a good board for use in live video comparison with the board under test, - finally powerful CAD based repair software helps you track down the position of the fault on the suspect net.

Versatile probing system

Designed to troubleshoot on all technologies, the GRS Probing system features:

• A 100mm flying probe height allowing clear flight over the tallest components.

• Two live video cameras

• Camera one for programming and inspection

• Camera two for live view of probing position 

The GRS capability includes troubleshooting on technology from SMT, through hole and BGA (the GRS automatically assigns test points to all accessible nets connected to BGA).

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Designed from the outset for long life, flexibility and low cost of ownership, the GRS500 will help reduce your costs for many years and is suitable for use on a wide variety of PCBs

You stand to benefit most if you can answer yes to more than 2 of the following criteria

Make high value added circuit boards
Often introduce new products 
Specialise in short series production
Utilise functional test or ATE
Use boundary scan
Need to debug prototypes