International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 87 - Number 9 |
Year of Publication: 2014 |
Authors: Malge P. S., Nadaf R. S. |
10.5120/15240-3782 |
Malge P. S., Nadaf R. S. . PCB Defect Detection, Classification and Localization using Mathematical Morphology and Image Processing Tools. International Journal of Computer Applications. 87, 9 ( February 2014), 40-45. DOI=10.5120/15240-3782
An automated visual printed circuit board (PCB) inspection is an approach used to counter difficulties occurred in human's manual inspection that can eliminates subjective aspects and then provides fast, quantitative, and dimensional assessments. Various concentrated work on detection of defects on printed circuit boards (PCBs) have been done, but it is also crucial to classify these defects in order to analyze and identify the root causes of the defects. This project proposes a PCB defect detection and classification system using a morphological image segmentation algorithm and simple the image processing theories. However, besides the need to detect the defects, it is also essential to classify and locate these defects so that the source and location of these defects can be identified. Based on initial studies, some PCB defects can only exist in certain groups. Thus, it is obvious that the image processing algorithm could be improved by applying a segmentation exercise. This project uses template and test images of single layer, bare, grayscale computer generated PCBs.