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100 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I JANUARY 2022 Flex007 Feature Interview by Andy Shaughnessy I-CONNECT007 I recently spoke with Bert Horner of e Test Connection Inc., about the current state of flex and rigid-flex assembly testing. He explained some of the differences between testing flex and rigid PCBs, the requirements for testing specialties such as high-voltage flex, and the added demands of handling flexible circuits. Andy Shaughnessy: Bert, tell us about your com- pany and the kinds of test equipment you've developed for flexible and rigid-flex circuits. I understand you also provide test services too; do you offer testing for flex? Bert Horner: e Test Connection Inc., is a full services test engineering and test service company that offers different test solutions to test rigid and rigid flex circuits. For proto- type or lower volume assemblies, we have fly- ing probe and boundary scan solutions and for the production testing, we have in-circuit test and functional test solutions from partners like Teradyne, Keysight, and National Instru- Testing Flexible Circuit Assemblies