Extra Eye First Article Inspection process

Any company that assembles PCBs can gain value from automated first article inspection (FAI). A critical step in PCB assembly set-up, FAI can stop a single small mistake from ruining an entire production run.

Extra Eye’s automated First Article Inspection process is said to be much faster than manual inspection. With set-up in minutes and easy operation, the process provides an alternative to automatic optical inspection (AOI) for low-volume series.

Users can create an inspection program in less than a minute and automatically locate boards in a multiboard panel in seconds. They can locate and inspect multiple identical components with a single click and automatically and instantly compare entire boards to the golden board.

The process creates automated inspection, even for first boards, enabling users to easily view small components with automatic rotation and zoom. Users can quickly inspect components added after SMT assembly and generate detailed documentation of every inspection.