In our last newsletter we announced that Melexis (press release) had selected Pintail's TestScape system as part of their ongoing commitment to delivering the highest quality devices to their customers. The installation provides real-time monitoring of all of their approximately 300 testers spread across three countries in Europe.

I am happy to report that deployment is going very well after only 90 days from contract.

Pintail was able to quickly program the data translation module of SwifTest-Monitor to interface with various legacy testers operated by Melexis. The performance of SwifTest is so fast that dozens of Melexis testers are being monitored by a single instance of SwifTest on a server.

One of the key features making the implementation of SPC monitoring easier is the ability of TestScape to automatically generate recommended SPC control limits based upon historical production data. The user then has TestScape conduct a simulation of the proposed new controls using recent production data (See flow chart.) The capability of doing this before release to production avoids introducing triggers that are either overly sensitive or ineffective. Configuring new devices for SPC is fast and efficient.

With cooperation from our project manager at Melexis, we are working on a Case Study that will be available in a few months. The document will describe the success factors and issues that we learned during this important deployment.