Aimed at engineering benches where the use of conventional fixtures can be too costly, PCB test-fixture kits from Merifix enable engineers to replace unreliable, makeshift lash-ups with proper ...

and OEMs integrating the controller and DIMM into a system using PCB technology. The compliance test bench is available as an add-on to Advanced Design System 2014.01 software from Agilent EEsof EDA.

The problem is well-known: programming and debug headers ... many of us already have — an SOIC-8 test clip — to connect to a special footprint on the PCB without requiring another connector.