HALT Calculator Now on the Cloud.

January 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment

We are pleased to announce that our HALT Calculator is now available as a cloud-based application so you can access it direclty whenever you need. We also have a Paypal payment system in place on-line for quicker access. With the cloud application, we are also offering either pay by use (you can order as many [...]

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What is HALT and what is not HALT?

October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment

When we think of HALT, we think of HALT Chambers and the stresses they provide – cold temperature, hot temperature, rapid thermal transitions, vibration stress, and combined thermal and vibration environments. We need to expand our thinking of HALT into meaning any stress that can accelerate finding defects (in other words, to find design weaknesses [...]

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Free Webinar: A Faster, Cheaper Method for Determining Product MTBF – the HALT AFR Calculator – Friday, Nov 6, 9am PST

November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment

Free Webinar: A Faster, Cheaper Method for Determining Product MTBF – the HALT AFR Calculator – Friday, Nov 6, 9am PST Register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/523479043 Background: The Field Failure Rate Calculator is a patent pending mathematical model that, when provided with the appropriate HALT and product information, will accurately estimate the product’s field inherent AFR or [...]

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HALT Vibration Table in Slow Motion

October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment

We uploaded a video of our HALT Vibration Table in Slow Motion. You can actually see the different axes of vibration. Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-mBFtFW7Ds. This video was taken on a Qualmark 3.0 Typhoon table using a high speed video camera. You are watching approximately 1.5 seconds of video expanded out to over 2 [...]

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HALT and Humidity

April 24, 2009 | 2 Comments

May I know why is humidity stress seldom used in HALT testing ? Isn’t humidity is a commonly used stress that goes together with temperature during ESS ? From: Vincent Lee, Singapore

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New HALT and HASS Book

February 7, 2009 | 9 Comments

Harry McLean’s book “HALT, HASS, and HASA Explained: Accelerated Reliability Techniques” will be released in the next few weeks. You can pre-order at: HALT, HASS, and HASA Explained: Accelerated Reliability Techniques This is planned to be a 6 x 9 hard cover, priced at $39/members of ASQ and $65/list. In this author’s opinion, it is [...]