Accelerated Stress Testing (PAL)

Accelerated Stress Testing, AST, is a mandate today to meet time-to-market and product quality needs. AST has been shown to ferret out problems that would otherwise plague the customer in the field. One study demonstrated that AST was able to reduce PWB failures by almost two orders of magnitude compared to a control sample. AST uncovers problems before they are shipped to the customer, thereby rapidly maturing the product and demonstrating diligence protecting the customer. Today's market place demands and rewards such diligence.This CD-ROM demonstrates: 1. How AST reduces cycle time and improves product robustness2. How many samples are required for successful Stress Testing; (both for HALT and HASS)?3. When should HALT and HASS be performed?4. What tests and testing equipment are needed?5. How to get started doing AST, set up considerations and economic payoffs6. Which products benefit the most from AST?7. What stress variables are most effective for AST and what stress levels should be used?8. Should both component and systems still be burned in?9. Important Lessons learned from AST experts10. What is the role of stress testing in contract manufacturing?11. How to get development engineering's buy-in for AST