Forum Discussion

Altera_Forum's avatar
Altera_Forum
Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
14 years ago

In-system FPGA "retest"

I lately faced a number of issues with an FPGA board, that was refurbished (a BGA CSP sensor has been replaced several times, i.E. the board has been subdued to some soldering stress, etc.). I...
Altera_Forum's avatar
Altera_Forum
Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
14 years ago

I've never heard of such a test available for customers, but you should try to contact your distributor/FAE directly, maybe they can help.

That said, after mechanical/thermal stress it is more likely that you have a soldering problem than a failure on the chip itself. Is it a BGA? Can you have the board x-rayed to check the solder balls?