PinPulse/PinScan Operating Manual Page 2 of 34 D00219 Rev E – 2020-08-07
Table of Contents
I. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION .................................................................................................... 3
II. DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................. 5
III. SETUP GUIDE ......................................................................................................................................... 7
IV. QUICK START GUIDE ......................................................................................................................... 10
4.1. CONFIRM ADAPTER AND PINMAP FILE ........................................................................... 11
4.2. CONFIRM THE PINSCRIPT .................................................................................................. 11
4.3. CONFIRM THE VOLTAGE SCRIPT ..................................................................................... 12
4.4. ENTER THE TEST AND DEVICE DESCRIPTIONS ............................................................. 12
4.5. SELECT THE TESTING ORDER .......................................................................................... 12
4.6. SELECT THE ESD MODEL .................................................................................................. 13
4.7. SELECT THE CURVE TRACE OPTION ............................................................................... 13
4.8 RUN THE TEST. .................................................................................................................... 13
4.9 MONITORING THE TEST ...................................................................................................... 13
4.10 Viewing a Completed Test. ................................................................................................ 15
V. OPERATION IN MORE DETAIL ........................................................................................................... 17
5.1. Organization of the System ................................................................................................. 17
5.2 PinPulse ................................................................................................................................. 17
5.3 The Adapter Board ................................................................................................................ 17
5.4 The PinMap ............................................................................................................................ 19
5.5 The PinScript ......................................................................................................................... 19
5.6 The Voltage Script................................................................................................................. 20
5.7 Testing Order ......................................................................................................................... 21
5.8 The ESD Model ...................................................................................................................... 22
5.9 Curve Trace ........................................................................................................................... 22
5.10 PinCheck .............................................................................................................................. 23
5.11 The PinCheck Variance Report .......................................................................................... 24
5.11 Viewing Test Results .......................................................................................................... 24
5.12 The Test Log file.................................................................................................................. 25
5.13 Data Analysis and Anomaly detection .............................................................................. 27
VI. Maintenance, Calibration, and Troubleshooting ................................................................................... 28
6.1 Mechanical Verification ........................................................................................................ 28
6.2 Waveform Verification .......................................................................................................... 28
6.3 Troubleshooting .................................................................................................................... 29
VIII. WARRANTY ...................................................................................................................................... 30
APPENDIX A – PinScan Files..................................................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX B - ETS PinPulse ™/ PinScan ™ Executive Summary .......................................................... 33
APPENDIX C – COM Port Setup ................................................................................................................ 34
Revision History - D00219A Initial Release – 2017-09-05
D00219B – 2018-06-01 Format change
D00219C – 2019-06-09 Add operating details, Format change
D00219D – 2019-07-11 Minor edits
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