ABI Electronics - RevEng
Schematic Learning System
The ABI RevEng Schematic Learning System is a powerful yet simple to use system designed to generate professional schematics from a sample board. Maintenance and repair of electronic equipment suffers from lack of circuit diagrams. With RevEng, implement a cost effective maintenance strategy that is independent of the original manufacturer or service provider.
- Cut down fault finding time
- Improve turn around time
- Replace less components
- Reduce spares inventory
- Limit board write-offs
The Problem...
Issues in Maintenance
Maintenance and repair of electronics equipment suffers from a lack of circuit diagrams. This has been caused by a combination of actions such as :
Restrictive practices
Restrictive practice occurs when the only support available is through a single OEM or the supplier. This creates a noncompetitive situation where the customer cannot seek an alternative provider. Whilst this may not be a bad situation, it does mean there is a lack of choice and a reliance on a single source of support.
Increased use of electronic systems
There has been a dramatic increase in the use of electronics in all areas of industry and commerce. This has led to a corresponding increase in awareness of the cost of maintenance and support.
Availability of local support
When products cannot be repaired locally and have to be sent overseas for repair, users suffer:
- Very high costs
- Very high costs
- Loss of independence
Legacy equipment
These are old products that are not manufactured or supported by the original supplier. This is an increasingly pressing problem for users and maintainers of long life systems such as water and electricity utilities, military, air traffic control, aircraft maintenance, avionics simulation, traffic control, trains and signalling. For systems with an operational life of 25 years, the support strategy for spares and repairs are critical issues.
Changes in company structures
Over the past few years many famous and long established companies have been taken over, restructured or gone out of business. This has led to the growing situation where no support is available. Thus, there is no protection by choosing products from established and reputable companies.
Changes in technology
The rapid acceleration of change in technology have increased the problems of support. Many products are made obsolete
and are not supported or manufactured long before the end of their service life. In recent years, the use of surface mount technology has increased dramatically. To meet this change, manufacturing companies have invested heavily in new assembly equipment. This has led to a corresponding decline in the manufacturing capability for through-hole technology
products.
Availability of spares
Although many consumer products are replaced rather than repaired, this approach cannot be applied to long life systems. A standard offer from many suppliers is an upgrade to the latest product or the nearest equivalent. When a product is part of a large system, this solution is unacceptable unless the replacement is physically and functionally identical.
... The Solution
Take Control of Your Business
Create essential product documentation so you can implement a maintenance strategy that is cost effective and independent of the original manufacturer or service provider. RevEng is a schematic learning system that allows users to create a circuit diagram from a sample board. Using our multi-channel measurement unit, the RevWin graphical software guides the operator to place and move clusters of IC clips and probes to learn the connectivity and generate a net list. Importing the net list into the fully featured software EdWin, operators are able to generate professional standard circuit diagrams using "auto-place" and "auto-route". RevEng is not limited by the size and complexity of the circuit or by the component technology used.
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