Patent ID: 6901311

Claim:
Device for characterizing a component magazine provided with a plurality of electrical components insertable by pick-and-place tools, comprising: a plurality of conveyor devices; a plurality of insertion heads; and a plurality of feeder modules for inserting the electrical components, wherein at least one data medium is linked to the insertable components and is adapted to store at least technical data relating to the components, wherein the data medium is detectable by a processing unit, and wherein the component magazine includes a plurality of recesses for accommodating components and wherein the data medium, implemented as a transponder, is disposed in one of the recesses, wherein the device is for pick-and-place tools in which components are adapted to be removed successively from component magazines, wherein the data medium is disposed in such a way that it is detectable by a detection device before the last component is removed from the component magazine linked to the data medium.