Keep in mind the IST is destructive and can only be
performed on test coupons - not actual boards.

It is not like a bare board continuity check.

You would have to do a lot of upfront design work to
make certain that your coupons could be used in the
tester.

While there has been some correlation testing performed with
thermal cycling/thermal shock type tests, the IPC is trying
to do a round robin to correlate with thermal stress testing.
However it is not going too well.


Susan Mansilla
Technical Director
Robisan Lab

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