Patent ID: 7562350

Claim:
An inspecting apparatus for inspecting a performance of a variety of circuit baseboards, comprising: a PLD configured to inspect a circuit baseboard using at least two PLD files based upon a signal from the circuit baseboard; a PLD file storing device configured to store a plurality of PLD files; a correspondence assigning device configured to assign correspondence of a PLD file to the circuit baseboard to be inspected; a registering memory configured to store information of the correspondence; an ID reading device configured to read identification information and identify the circuit baseboard, said identification information being previously included in the circuit baseboard to be inspected; and a specifying device configured to refer to the correspondence information and specify the PLD file based on the circuit baseboard identified by the ID reading device; and a loading device configured to load the prescribed PLD with the applicable PLD file; a load completed PLD file determining device configured to determine if the applicable PLD file has been loaded in the prescribed PLD in a previous inspection; and an additional PLD file specifying device configured to specify at least one unused PLD file to be added for a next inspection, based upon the applicable PLD file specified by the specifying device based on the ID and the determination of the load completed PLD file determining device when a different type of the circuit baseboard is to be inspected; wherein said loading device loading the PLD specified by the additional PLD file specifying device, and said loading device deletes the PLD file determined as being disused in the PLD.