Finding Pins on the Board

Finding Pins on the Board

The Locator function helps you to find pins on the board. Using the guided (handheld) probe, touch any pin on the board and let the Locator guide you towards the target pin.

1   Select the Locator tab.

2   Specify the pin you want to find (target pin): select the type from the Find drop-down list and enter all or part of the name, then click Go.

The target pin is centered in the graphics display area (Figure 2-6).

Figure 2-6    Target pin

3   Start the Locator: select Probe or Mint pin from the Locate drop-down list, then click OK.

4   When the Probe Status indicates Ready, with the handheld probe touch any pin on the board near the target pin.

(If you selected Manual start, you have to click the Start button after touching the pin. The default is Auto start.)

In the graphics display area, the touched pin blinks. An arrow points from the touched pin to the the target pin as shown in Figure 2-7. The Guide panel displays information on the touched pin.

Figure 2-7    Find pin

6   Repeat the above step till you find the pin.

A FOUND status is displayed when you touch the target pin.

7   You can specify another pin to find, or click Stop to stop the Locator.

The Results Panel

The Results panel (Figure 2-9) in the Locator tab displays all the BT-Basic output and print statements, similar to the Output panel in the Operator Interface.

Figure 2-9    Results panel