Measurement of PCI connector tilts using phase-shift fringe projection

The tilt angles of peripheral component interconnect (PCI) connectors on a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) were measured using the phase-shift fringe projection method. The inspection system developed consists of a personal computer, digital camera, a standard projector and a mirror. The projector was used for projecting a sinusoidal fringe pattern onto the connectors. Phase-shifting was achieved by using a mirror mounted on a rotary stage in the path of the projected fringes. Since the light source used is non-collimated, calibration was performed to obtain an equation for the incident angle of the beam along the length of the object surface for different object heights. Glass blocks of known dimensions were used to test and verify the measurement system. The phase-shifting technique was applied to determine the tilt angles on the glass blocks and later applied to actual connectors. The vision-based inspection system developed using phase-shifting technique demonstrates successful tilt angle measurement on a PCBA.