{"id":3593,"date":"2026-03-24T09:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/?p=3593"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:36:18","slug":"%f0%9f%94%8d-is-your-aoi-process-really-able-to-see-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/%f0%9f%94%8d-is-your-aoi-process-really-able-to-see-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd0d Is your AOI process really able to see everything?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many defects do not originate during soldering \u2013 they arise much earlier, when components or pins are simply <strong>not visible<\/strong> to the AOI camera. Wrong angle, blocked sightline, a tiny shadow \u2026 and the error slips through inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>This is exactly where <strong>PCB\u2011Investigator\u2019s AOI Analysis<\/strong> helps: It simulates inspectability during the design phase \u2013 <strong>in both 2D and 3D<\/strong> \u2013 so you detect issues before they become costly.<br><br><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2D Inspection:<\/strong><br>Measures distances in expected viewing direction, considers camera angle, and reports blocked pins \u2013 before hardware exists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3D Inspection:<\/strong><br>Simulates component shadows in horizontal\/vertical directions. If a pin falls into a shadow zone, it\u2019s flagged as potentially uninspectable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professional\u2011grade detail:<\/strong><br>Pin\u2011level result tables, camera angle settings, tolerance controls, component\u2011ignore rules, color\u2011coded pins, shadow\u2011layers, import\/export of result sets, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><strong>Bottom line:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AOI Analysis ensures that every relevant pin is visible to your inspection systems, reduces risk, and lowers manufacturing cost <em>before<\/em> production even starts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 &nbsp;Try the AOI Analysis in PCB\u2011Investigator and bring maximum inspectability into your PCB designs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many defects do not originate during soldering \u2013 they arise much earlier, when components or pins are simply not visible to the AOI camera. Wrong angle, blocked sightline, a tiny shadow \u2026 and the error slips through inspection. This is exactly where PCB\u2011Investigator\u2019s AOI Analysis helps: It simulates inspectability during the design phase \u2013 in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[25,98,36,16],"class_list":["post-3593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-aoi","tag-aoi-analysis","tag-pcb-investigator","tag-pcbi","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3595,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3593\/revisions\/3595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}