Patent ID: 11864311
Assignee: HEATHKIT COMPANY, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F  G | IPC F  G  H

Claim 18:
19. A system for assisting electronics assembly, comprising:
an electronic device being assembled by a builder, said electronic device being an electronics kit;
an assistive component comprising a microcontroller/microprocessor having embedded or attached memory, said assistive component comprising one or a plurality of assistive methods, each said assistive method being implemented at least in part in a firmware image, said firmware being embedded in the electronics kit;
circuit connections from the microcontroller/microprocessor to one or a plurality of test points in a circuit of said electronic device;
the microcontroller/microprocessor and/or its embedded or attached memory storing model data characterizing the operation of the electronic device under assembly with respect to defined test values in correspondence with one or a plurality of assembly steps, wherein said model data are stored in the microcontroller/microprocessor or its embedded and/or attached memory; and
the microcontroller/microprocessor having firmware adapted to take at least one measurement from the one or a plurality of test points and compare the measurement to the model data in order to confirm or disconfirm proper operation corresponding to a completed one of the assembly steps.