{"id":662,"date":"2025-05-19T21:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T21:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/?page_id=662"},"modified":"2025-05-26T23:23:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T23:23:30","slug":"aml100-automated-production-tester","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/index.php\/sample-page\/aml100-automated-production-tester\/","title":{"rendered":"AML100 ATE Production Tester (2021-2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"956\" height=\"1270\" src=\"https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ate.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ate.jpg 956w, https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ate-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ate-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ate-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alvaro-varela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ate-650x863.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I designed all the electronics for Aspinity&#8217;s AML100 ATE Production Tester. The ATE hardware is comprised of 4 channels, each used for simultaneous characterization and production testing of Aspinity&#8217;s AML100 ultra low power analog sensing IC. The hardware utilizes one main motherboard with 4 separate IC test sites (for parallel testing). Each test site employs high density, high-mating cycle, rugged connector used for connecting a test daughterboard. Each daughterboard is driven by a STM32H27 MCU and contains circuitry used for forcing current, forcing voltage, sensing current, and sensing voltage as well as circuits for telemetry. 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