IC Programming
Services – Flashing, Serialization, Coplanarity Inspection
Our fully automated equipment and adherence to standardized quality procedures (ISO 9001, and VDA 6.3) ensures the highest levels of quality control with minimum handling.
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Do you need the flexibility of a local service provider to manage and configure your consigned inventory on-demand?
Do you want to configure your products at the lowest total cost while reducing your programming lead times?
Do you want to control your firmware revisions on the fly?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you need programming-as-a-service from EPS.
Programming-as-a-Service
Programming-as-a-service is a facility that allows Electronic Manufacturers to outsource the programming of integrated circuits to a Programming House, removing the complexity and considerable time burden of programming during in-circuit test, introducing increased efficiencies on the production line and cost savings to an organization.
When it comes to device programming, we at EPS Global understand our customers’ needs: competitive pricing, fast turns and zero defects. We own state of the art programming equipment – a combination of our own proprietary equipment which we manufacture at our Research & Development Center in Czech Republic and continuous investment in the latest equipment from global brand name programmer suppliers. We maintain strong relationships with our key customers and programmer manufacturers ensuring we are aware of market trends and changes.
Leverage our infrastructure and experience to reduce your costs, increase your productivity and meet your production deadlines.
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Global Programming Capabilities
Your Requirements Catered For
Our services support just about any technology and package in quantities ranging from a small prototype run to large volume production levels. We carry all commercially available standard sockets as well as specially designed custom sockets, and we have strong relationships with all of the chip manufacturers enabling us to get over the line first with new algorithms.
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Complete Integration of all Programming and Inspection Processes
Frequently Asked Questions
It’s the outsourced flashing, configuring and provisioning of integrated circuits: memory, microcontrollers, CPLDs, eMMC and UFS devices and more, before they reach your assembly line. Often called programming-as-a-service, it removes the time and complexity of programming during in-circuit test, freeing up your line and reducing capital and operational cost.
In-circuit programming consumes valuable test-cell time, and long-cycle devices (like eMMC and UFS) can create serious bottlenecks. Offline pre-programming moves that work upstream, increasing line throughput, yield and test capacity. It also removes reliance on always-on power and internet at the line, which isn’t guaranteed in every manufacturing location, and supports secure provisioning that can’t be done effectively in ICT.
We program flash memory, microcontrollers, CPLDs, and multichip packages with long cycle times including eMMC and UFS, across QFP, BGA, QFN and most other package types. We carry all commercially available standard sockets plus custom-designed sockets, and our relationships with chip manufacturers mean we’re often first to support new device algorithms.
EPS Global operates a network of around 22 programming centers across 16 countries, deliberately located in areas of volume manufacturing close to our customers. This includes centers in the United States, Mexico (five sites, including Querétaro, Reynosa, Chihuahua, Guadalajara, Monterrey), and Brazil (Americana, São Paulo and Manaus), Ireland, Romania, Czechia, among others across Europe and Asia. We provide a local delivery solution so parts reach your point-of-use on time.
We run fully automated equipment with minimal handling, under ISO 9001 and VDA 6.3 procedures, and build a 3D coplanarity check into all programmed devices to catch lead/handling issues common with high-pin-count packages. Much of our equipment is proprietary, designed and built at our own R&D center in Czechia.
For most customers, yes. We don’t sell machines, only programmed parts on a per-piece basis — and our scale and lower cost of capital mean our per-part price is more cost-competitive than buying and running your own equipment, without the capital outlay, idle-capacity rent, maintenance, or single-point-of-failure risk.
COPLANARITY CHECKING
The miniaturization of integrated circuit packaging has produced families of difficult to handle chips which present their own problems. EPS has built in a 3 dimensional coplanarity check on all devices programmed in their centers to protect against handling and placement problems regularly encountered by manufacturers using high pin count devices.
UFS & EMMC PROGRAMMING
Universal Flash Storage (UFS) technology has migrated from mobile phones and other consumer devices into Automotive applications. Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Navigation and Integrated Infotainment Systems are driving IC data storage demands up to multiple gigabyte and terabyte levels. In addition to our flash memory and microcontroller programming, we have developed extensive capability in programming multichip packages with long cycle times including eMMC and UFS devices to offer high-volume throughput.
Controlling Firmware Changes with Ease
Do ECNs cause issues in your business? Firmware changes can be frequent in manufacturing but can cause delays in the process. We have the systems to manage your consigned inventory, accommodating these change processes to ensure you always have the correct version ready for manufacturing. Code changes will not hold up production and will be reflected globally regardless of your manufacturing location.
We are actively expanding our partnership program and would be very pleased to speak to anyone who is looking for a reliable, flexible IC programming partner. Get in touch and let’s see what we can do to help.
We were looking to tape & reel metal heatsinks, and Diehl Controls introduced us to EPS. They have provided good service, and good support in project development. They also offered a great logistics solution for the material transportation.
From personal experience – these guys do a great job! I emailed them for help on a project this morning and had a fifteen minute answer.
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We are always looking to expand our partnerships and service offering. If you would like us to research and quote on any project, please contact us.
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