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• BP's Fifth Generation Technology for up to 400% faster programming
  
• Vision centering
  
• The most accurate automated, vison-based programmer available (70 microns at 4 sigma)
  
• Automatic self-teaching
  
• 4-site Concurrent Programming System
  
• Throughput of up to 700 devices per hour
  
• Tray shuttles provide true non-stop operation
  
• Variety of input/output media: trays, tubes, or tape and reel
  
• Fine-pitch pick-and-place handling system
  
• Optional integrated label printer and applicator
  
• Optional laser marking system
  
• Device support for Flash memories, EPROMs, antifuse
• FPGAs, PLDs, and microcontrollers µBGA, SOIC, PLCC, TSOP and fine-pitch QFPs
  
• Fast and easy job changeovers

Fifth Generation Technology

The BP-3500 incorporates BP's Fifth Generation Programming Technology that increases programming speeds by up to 400%, depending on the device. The BP-3500 is ideal for production environments where speed and flexibility are critical. This breakthrough product programs near the theoretical limits of the device while closely following the semiconductor manufacturers' algorithms. If cost and quality are critical factors for your in-house requirements, the BP-3500 delivers non-stop production capability for as many as 700 devices per hour. Compared to the BP-3100, the BP-3500 can program devices that are up to four times more dense without any reduction in speed.

Service, training, and upgrades are available from locations worldwide. BP Microsystems stands behind every BP-3500 with unparalleled support.

The BP-3500 System
The BP-3500 is the first automated programming system to incorporate self-teaching and non-stop operation. It is designed to be the most convenient way to program all varieties of surface mount devices so you can focus on your core business.

The BP-3500 is based on the experience that comes from having installed more vision-based programming systems worldwide than all other manufacturers combined. Engineered to make programming efficient and convenient, the BP-3500 is ideally suited for in-house programming requirements where cost and quality are critical. The system also comes with device support that's unmatched by any other programmer manufacturer in the world. The BP-3500 is a powerful tool capable of accurately programming up to 700 devices per hour continuously.

Perfect for medium to high-volume programming environments and with the smallest footprint of any fine-pitch automated programmer, BP-3500 will keep
you on the cutting edge of technology-and programming accurately, reliably and cost efficiently-well into the future.

Revolutionary Combination of Technology
The BP-3500's remarkable performance, reliability and flexibility are the result of integrating several revolutionary technologies: vision centering, self-teaching, fault tolerance, concurrent programming and laser marking.

Vision Centering
Vision Centering is a leading-edge technology that precisely measures, aligns on four axes-X, Y, Z and q-and places components into system sockets and input devices without touching the leads. This results in highly accurate part placement. Since alignment is performed "on-the-fly", throughput is not degraded by the vision centering operation.

To assure precision over time, the BP-3500 features closed-loop positioning. The self-calibrating mechanism assures accurate part placement by automatically compensating for variations and wear. This feature ensures the system will place parts as accurately years from now as it does today.

Self-teaching
A cornerstone of the BP-3500 is its self-teaching capability. The system automatically self-teaches new socket modules or input/output locations in seconds with 10 micron resolution. The BP-3500 then knows where to pick up, program, mark and output parts. Files store the learned information so the teaching configuration process is required only when socket modules are used for the first time. By eliminating human judgment from the teaching process, the BP-3500 achieves unmatched teaching accuracy and convenience.

Sophisticated optical, magnetic and electronic positioning technologies then accomplish the pick-and-place job in a single operation. Coupled with BP's Concurrent Programming System, self-teaching cuts job time and dollars to a minimum, and frees you to focus on your core business.

Concurrent Programming System
Not only does the BP-3500 support a host of devices including flash memories, microcontrollers, FPGAs, and PLDs in SMT packages like µBGA, SOIC, PLCC, TSOP and QFP, it programs devices concurrently for higher throughput. With our proprietary Concurrent Programming System, four high-speed device-programming sites coexist within a single BP-3500 chassis as separate and distinct workstations. That's like having four independent, universal programmers under one hood. Here is how the system works:

1. A device is inserted into one of four BP-3500 sites.
2. Once that device passes a stringent continuity test, programming begins.
3. Other devices are inserted into remaining sockets, any time, according to each site's independent programming cycle.
4. Once a device is programmed, it's removed and a blank is inserted, regardless of where the other devices are in the programming process.

The result-programming goes on concurrently and unlike gang programmers, programming can continue even as sites are being reloaded. And, should one site fail, the Concurrent Programming System's fault-tolerant architecture ensures that programming continues on the remaining sites.

Non-stop programming
BP-3500's advanced JEDEC tray shuttles allow true non-stop programming. The system can be set up to place programmed devices back into the same tray or into the other empty tray. When a full tray of programmed parts is ejected, programming can continue non-stop using the other tray.

Variety of input/output media
The tube feeder uses a vibration system to automatically move blank components from input tubes and programmed components into output tubes. The optional tape and reel output system provides both flexibility and efficiency, while minimizing device handling. In a single operation, devices are programmed, marked and taped with high-level accuracy.

The system can also be used to tape and reel parts from either tray or tubes without programming.

Features designed with you in mind
The BP-3500 has been designed and built with features that make it easier to use, maintain and flexible enough for all your automated programming needs. These include:

Fast and easy job changeovers
Job changeovers are fast and easy due to the BP-3500's modular architecture, which allows sockets to be removed and new ones put in place in less than five minutes including software setup.

Reliability designed in
The BP-3500 is designed with reliability built-in by using simple robust mechanical assemblies and few moving parts.

Maximum flexibility
The BP-3500 comes with options designed to give you the maximum flexibility:

Laser Marker
An optional laser marking system permanently scribes part numbers on devices after programming. HEPA and charcoal air filters and safety interlocks help ensure safety and health. The entire laser subsystem is contained inside the BP-3500 chassis so no additional floor space is required.

Label Printer
An optional thermal-dye transfer label printer prints high-contrast labels that the system applies to devices after programming. The printer's zero-queue design prints labels on demand. The printer is compatible with paper, mylar, kapton, and metallic label stock.

Unsurpassed Support and Training
BP Microsystems supports the BP-3500 automated programming system with a direct factory hotline and a worldwide network of field service sites. There are 6 field service sites in the United States as well as numerous locations throughout Europe and Asia that can service the BP-3500. Training is available to teach customers how to operate, configure, and service the unit.

Minimal training
Minimal training is required since a single Windows control program allows control of the entire system and teaching is performed automatically.

Easy maintenance
Maintenance only requires periodically greasing the rails, replacing air filters and keeping the critical components clean and free of dust.

High Programming Yield
BP programmers are engineered to achieve uncompromised programming yield - only manufacturer certified or qualified algorithms are used. BP's pin drivers deliver high-fidelity programming waveforms through striplines free from the effects of overshoot, noise, and ground bounce. Devices must pass a rigorous visual inspection and continuity test before programming begins. By using the same test and burn-in sockets that semiconductor manufacturers use, compatibility is also assured.

Easy transition from design to production
BP supports your design throughout its life. Our engineering and production programmers both run the same algorithms to ensure a rapid transition from design to production.

Total Control
JobMasterTM proprietary automated production software gives you total control of device programming operations so that you can set up jobs to precise specifications, save the process to the system's internal hard drive or your network and repeat the same jobs easily. You can also monitor programming via the control software, which displays the status and throughput yield of each site, as well as job throughput, in large, easy-to-read, colorful graphics.

BP Microsystems, 1000 N. Post Oak Rd, #225, Houston, TX 77055. Tel: 713-688-4600; Fax: 713-688-0920.