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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1997
Jerald N Hall, Scappoose, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for verifying the installation of strapping devices on a circuit board assembly includes a plurality of strapping devices coupled to a plurality of configurable devices, an output port coupled to the plurality of strapping devices, and a plurality of input ports, coupled to the plurality of strapping devices with a corresponding first plurality of traces each having an associated pull-up resistor tied to a positive voltage level. The output port is adapted to output electrical signals of a first state at a first time and a second state at a second time to each of the plurality of strapping devices. The plurality of input ports receive the associated output signal from the plurality of strapping devices at each of the first time and the second time via the corresponding first plurality of traces, wherein unconfigured or malfunctioning ones of the plurality of strapping devices are identified.