Re: WANTED : in-circuit IC tester

Yes, using the HP 10529A I had several times good IC showed as bad
(especially counters, flip-flop) but, most terrible thing, a couple of
times I had also bad IC showed as good!
----- Original Message -----
From: "JJ" <rugd2go@comcast.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] WANTED : in-circuit IC tester

> 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
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
>
> Fabrizio Vasile <fabrizio.vasile@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@the-coates.com>
>>To: "Technical Tools Mail List" <techtoolslist@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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