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PC-based board testers. Nobody has made one yet?

By PghPinballRescue

2 years ago


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    #1 2 years ago

    Has anyone considered building a PC-based or arduino-based board tester?

    I'm visualizing a circuit board with USB on end to plug into the PC, and a bunch of harnesses to connect the board being tested.

    For example, lets say you're testing a Bally MPU board.

    Plug the board into the harnesses on the tester, plug in the USB port to the PC, and hit GO on the screen which initiates a voltage check, logic check, yes/no test, etc... to/from all of the necessary pins.

    Obviously you'd need a power supply to give the correct voltages to power the board.

    But having the ability to print out a list of bad or out of spec components would be awesome.

    Each board would have its own profile in the software for testing.

    #6 2 years ago
    Quoted from ForceFlow:

    Gottlieb built one for system 3 games. Very hard to find. Wish I could get my hands on one.
    I think the reason you don't see PC/microcontroller based testers is because most board testing takes place at the hardware level, rather than at the software level.

    Part of the tester could be a test probe(s). During the test, it'll say "probe R5" and it'll take its reading. Then move on to the next part that needs probed.

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