[Techtoolslist] WANTED : in-circuit IC tester

[JJ]

Has anyone had good luck with the HP10529 ?  I seem to get a lot of false ic failures during tests.  Have you seen the HP ever show a failed IC test good?

Justin

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Fabrizio Vasile <fabrizio.vasile at gmail.com> wrote:


>Yes, ABI Boardmaster 4000 in another tool on my list but nowadays it's 

>pretty rare and still quite expensive.Besides it seems it's quite fragile in 

>some parts.Anyway it's a great piece of equipment but , like other 

>in-circuit tester, has its pro and con.

>

>----- Original Message ----- 

>From: "Mike Coates" <mike at the-coates.com>

>To: "Technical Tools Mail List" <techtoolslist at flippers.com>

>Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 7:16 PM

>Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] WANTED : in-circuit IC tester

>

>

>>I have an ABI 4000, and find that if it tells you an IC is good, then it 

>>is, if it tells you it's bad, then double check it, because it's wrong 60% 

>>of the time!

>>

>> however, for repairing things for which schematics are not available, or 

>> it has a hidden PCB (where there's 2 or 3 pcb's for instance, that plug 

>> into each other) it still proves useful.

>>

>> Once I have set it up, I tend to check everything in the area of concern, 

>> and put white stickers on anything dodgy - then use the fluke and the 

>> probe to decide if they really have failed!

>>

>> On 30/07/2013 17:54, Matthew Rossiter wrote:

>>> Has anyone here ever used the ICT-101 with much success?   I had one for

>>> a while and the results were so sketchy that I eventually sold it back

>>> on ebay.  I saw a lot of good IC's come up as FAIL.  Once you lose a

>>> certain amount of trust with a tester, it's really not much use.

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