Patent ID: 9563739
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for a printed circuit board assembly (“PCBA”) having electronic components, the method comprising: highlighting, on a display of a computer system, selected electronic components on a graphic representation of the PCBA, wherein the selected components are selected responsive to temperature and time limits of the selected components; associating ones of the highlighted components to respective temperature sensors on the PCBA; associating one or more additional ones of the highlighted components with at least one of the respective temperature sensors responsive to where the one or more additional ones of the highlighted components are located on the PCBA relative to the at least one of the respective temperature sensors; receiving data by the computer system for respective signals indicating temperatures encountered by the respective temperature sensors when the PCBA is heated in a manufacturing process; and showing by the computer system whether any of the time and temperature limits were exceeded during the manufacturing process, permitting use of a reduced number of temperature sensors in monitoring the heating of the PCBA during the manufacturing process, due to increased coverage of the temperature sensors.