Patent ID: 7982481

Claim:
A module for a parallel tester for testing circuit boards: wherein the module has an end face on which contact points are arranged in a predetermined grid forming a basic grid section; wherein in the parallel tester several modules are arranged in parallel alongside one another, so that the basic grid section of the modules form a flat-surfaced basic grid on which an adapter or translator may be arranged for contacting a non-componented circuit board; and wherein each module has at least one module element, with a module element being formed of a circuit board and contact pins arranged in an area of a side edge of the circuit board, wherein the circuit board has two flat sides on which are provided, in the area of the side edge of the circuit board at regular intervals, contact fields connected to conductor paths and to which in each case one of the contact pins is attached, wherein the contact pins are arranged lying on the flat sides and at right-angles to the side edge and extend at least up to the side edge, so that they form with their end faces in each case one of the contact points of the basic grid section.