Abstract

Kirk and Fred discussing the use of HALT and whether there is a standard that is used for HALT and the use of test standards in general.

Key Points

Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss a topic that has been an ongoing discussion since they began the Speaking of Reliability series started  many years ago.
Topics include:

• Standards are many times used to get specific test procedures completed by vendors. Making vendors contractually complete HALT is the worst way to have a vendor discover and understand the usefulness of HALT methodology.
• Kirk has observed that at least one sample of an Arduino microprocessor has demonstrated operation without failure for hours at 200 deg C.
• Standard test methods remove much of the engineering judgement, or actually thinking about what and why a test process is being performed.
• Fred provides an example of using a standard test procedure that has never failed and caused much waste without thinking  about the reasons the test should be performed.
• At some point HASS becomes a poor return on investment, and should not be continued on a mature manufacturing process.

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SOR 618 Is There a Standard for HALT?Kirk Gray

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Show Notes

Click on this link to access the article from the US ARMY and CALCE titled  “Reliability Prediction – A Continued Reliance on a Misleading Approach”

For more information on the newest discovery testing methodology here is a link to the book “Next Generation HALT and HASS: Robust design of Electronics and Systems” written by Kirk Gray and John Paschkewitz.