Phoenix automatic optical inspection systems for printed circuit board and IC substrates reportedly handle defect detection, minimize false calls, and offer easy setup and high throughput.

Camtek, www.camtek.co.il

CBS shielding series has a rugged two-piece fence-and-cover design for easy access to board-level components during assembly and rework and provides a cover retention up to 2.5 lb./linear inch once attached.

XFdtd Release 7 electromagnetic simulation software has expanded import functionality and specialized options for biological EM applications. Features enhanced functionality for CAD Merge capability, with support for printed circuit board models now included. Virtual Population, ICRP, and NICT voxel models can now be imported for biological studies of radiation exposure to human voxel phantoms. Import of all voxel types now automatically assigns correct biological materials. SAR statistics have been added, including mass, dissipated power, and mean SAR over regions. CAD Merge functionality has been added to ODB++ PCB import. Other features include improved speed for loading large projects; static solver can now be used in conjunction with XStream GPU Acceleration simulations; TDR and TDT output types for signal integrity applications; group delay output type for analyzing distortion data during device design; additional materials in the materials library, and the ability to edit material's notes. Is available in Pro and Bio-Pro versions; include XStream GPU acceleration, 32- or 64-bit analysis module, geometric modeler and postprocessor, shared memory multiprocessor at eight cores, and a variety of 3D CAD import modules.

Remcom, http://www.remcom.com/xf7

SymbolGen app automates the extraction of complex PDF tables and diagrams, including BGA and SOIC maps, which are often split over multiple PDF pages.