Power Testing PCBs with the Co-Founders of FixturFab

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Functional testing is when you power up an electronic device for the first time and then perform voltage rail checks, processor programming, and more. And this is exactly what FixturFab offers their customer.

In this episode, Zach is talking with the co-founders of FixturFab, Duncan Lowder and Joe Selvik. They chat about automated test fixtures and turnkey systems that aid low-to-medium electronic production in delivering successful devices.

0:00 Intro
1:12 Introducing Jow Selvic and Duncan Lowder
2:54 FixturFab’s Test Fixture
9:14 Turnkey Test System
17:12 Remote Test Fixtures
21:44 FixturFab & Hardware Designers/Manufacturers
32:50 Automated SMT (Surface Mount Technology)
39:59 The IKEA of Test Fixtures

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