APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING AXIALLY LEADED CIRCUIT COMPONENTS

摘要

A placement machine (10) with an apparatus (11), a controller (12) and component storage locations (13) is described. Controller (12) monitors placement of axially leaded circuit components, selected or picked from storage locations (13), onto circuit substrates by a placement member (14). Apparatus (11) has a controller input port (15) at which control signals from controller (12) are received. A processor (16) of apparatus (11) processes a control component signal, associated with a depleted component, to identify a reference component mounted on a reference component substrate (17). Thereafter, processor (16) detects an electrical coupling of an axially leaded circuit component from a plurality of axially leaded circuit components to replace a depleted axially leaded circuit component required for placement by placement machine (10). The plurality of axially leaded circuit components is verified using a half voltage measurement technique in which the axially leaded circuit component is connected in series with the reference component.