An autonomous robotic assistant for test and verification — steady, sub‑millimeter, and tireless.
Humans performing repetitive inspection and probing tasks is a bottleneck. High‑value engineers and testers spend hours on the bench — hunting for test points on dense boards, locating components under magnification, positioning probes without slipping — when they could be designing, debugging, and shipping. Soldering test wires onto pads frees your hands for the scope, but repeating that on every board and every net doesn't scale.
Tertius takes over the tedious work — so your team can focus on design and debug.
Every joint, sensor, and actuator built for repeatable bench work.
One controller · shared coordinate frame · independent roles per module
Micron‑level positional accuracy for dense boards, fixtures, and microscope‑assisted work.
Hot‑swap tool tips — probe holders, test clip mounts, inspection cameras — with zero reprogramming between swaps.
Add modules as workload grows — parallel probing, hold-and-inspect, or dedicated roles per arm.
Before fab, Tertius scans your layout — flags nets without direct access, checks probe clearance against your rules, and recommends test point placement while you still have room to fix issues.
Test points land on accessible copper, clear of keepouts and tall parts — aligned to the nets your bring-up plan actually needs to probe.
On the bench, probe from your EDA data — click a net in the schematic and the arm moves to that pad on the board. Schematic, layout, and bench stay linked so you are not hunting coordinates by eye. Try it in the panel
Import Gerber, ODB++, or IPC‑2581 to build automated probe sequences and verification routines. No manual programming required; script or override only when you need it.
Tertius reads your schematic and layout to build functional test suites — I2C device presence, SPI exercises, rail integrity, clock waveforms, and more. No hand-written harness for every board spin. Run a suite in the panel
Suites stay linked to real nets and components. Re-run after every build without re-authoring scripts from scratch.
Less time repositioning probes — more time interpreting what the measurements mean.
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Describe what you need in plain language — probe nets, trigger and capture waveforms, read rail voltages out, dump bus traffic in hex. Tertius maps intent to probe placement, instrument config, provides near-instant results. No script to write first; override when you want to.
Your schematic and layout stay in the loop, so “the I2C bus on U1” resolves to real pads and nets — not a hunt through menus.
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