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Datest, the industry’s favorite second set of eyes (and hands, and solder joints), is Datest is kicking off its 2026 Technical Webinar Series, bringing together some of the industry’s sharpest minds to tackle the problems engineers actually face every day—false calls, slow test development, complex boards, and inspection data that sometimes raises more questions than answers.
Let’s be honest: electronics manufacturing doesn’t come with a neat instruction manual. Boards are getting denser, assemblies more complex, and the tolerance for defects is somewhere between “zero” and “absolutely zero.”
The Datest webinar series brings together industry leaders to share practical knowledge about inspection, testing, and manufacturing reliability, no marketing fluff, no buzzword soup, just real technical insight.
The 2026 series kicks off with two expert-led sessions from technology partners who spend their days pushing the boundaries of electronics inspection and test.
AXI That Knows When to Speak Up—and When to Stay Quiet
April 14, 2026 | 10:00 AM PT
Datest will host Jesper Lykke, Chief Executive Officer of Viscom, for a technical deep dive into “Improving AXI Accuracy: Reducing False Calls Through Better Programming & Image Analysis.”
Anyone who has worked with inspection systems knows the problem: when AXI flags everything, operators stop trusting it. Production slows. Confidence drops. This session explores how modern AXI platforms use intelligent algorithms, precise 3D measurement, and AI-supported image processing to improve inspection accuracy while minimizing unnecessary line disruptions.
From CAD File to Test Program in Under an Hour
May 21, 2026 | 1:00 PM EDT
Next, Datest welcomes Dustin Warren, VP of Sales & Regional Director at SPEA, to explore “Streamlining Test Development: From CAD to production-ready Test Program in under 60 minutes.”
Because in today’s manufacturing environment, test coverage isn’t the only metric that matters, time to deploy that test is just as critical. During this session, Dustin will demonstrate how manufacturers can move from board CAD data to a production-ready test program in under 60 minutes using SPEA’s latest automatic programming tools. The result? Faster ramp to production, improved repeatability, and far less time spent wrestling with test program development.
Datest spends its days living in the reality of electronics manufacturing, helping OEMs and EMS providers diagnose failures, validate assemblies, and see inside boards without taking them apart.
So when we bring industry leaders together to share technical insight, it’s not about promotion.
It’s about education. “Our customers rely on us not only for inspection and test services, but also for guidance,” said Rob Boguski, President of Datest. “By hosting these sessions with partners like Viscom and SPEA, we’re dispelling the mystery that often envelops test technology with facts and helping engineers better understand the technologies that ultimately determine the reliability of the products they build. Technologies once warily viewed as black boxes are now valued as indispensable tools for process and product improvement.”
