Electronica 24: Cybord's New RTI or Real-Time Interceptor Future of Supply Chain Traceability

EMS@C-LEVEL · 25 Nov 2024 · 10m

AI in practice: 3 real uses of AI described

What this episode covers

Oshri Cohen, CEO of Cybord, unveils the Real-Time Interceptor (RTI) at Electronica 2024, an AI-driven tool that inspects electronic components in real-time on pick-and-place machines to reject bad parts before assembly. Cohen explains that while EMS companies value the efficiency and profitability gains, OEMs are the primary adopters because they bear the risk of field failures and brand damage. The platform also addresses critical supply chain needs, including country-of-origin compliance, cybersecurity, and managing inventory risks like expired date codes from the grey market.

AI in practice

Where this conversation describes AI being used to build or deliver a product. Part of the AI in practice tracker.

ManufacturingCybord RTI (Real-Time Interceptor)

The AI system inspects electronic components in real-time on the pick-and-place machine, identifying bad parts before placement and instructing the machine to drop them, thereby eliminating scrap and rework costs.

“we are able now to do this real-time . So with the capability of real-time responding to the machine and the machine , while it still holds the pick place machine , still holds the component in the air before it even places the item in place we're able to tell the machine back that this component is good or not and if it's not good , the machine will drop it immediately…”

Oshri Cohen · Hear it at 0:39

Sourcing & supply chainCybord platform (AI/ML)

The platform uses AI to analyze component data and images to enforce country-of-origin restrictions and detect counterfeits (such as unauthorized ProdMarks), allowing customers to automatically reject non-compliant or forged components during sourcing.

“We have a customer insisted to get the system just to be able to enforce country of origin , which it's not even something that we thought would be interesting . And here is a customer came in and said listen , I need a solution for country of origin because of the restriction…”

Oshri Cohen · Hear it at 4:40

Sourcing & supply chainCybord (AI/ML)

The system leverages a large database of component images and AI interrogation to assess the physical condition of components (like date codes and storage history) rather than relying solely on expiration dates, helping customers decide if grey market or older stock is usable.

“I think what you have is something where you're sitting on the line , you're taking data in real time , you're creating these massive databases of images and you're leveraging AI to interrogate them…”

Philip Stoughton · Hear it at 8:08

Mentioned

Companies
Cybord, TTI, Koh Young, IPC
Products
Real-Time Interceptor
Also
Electronica 2024

Other shows on the same ground, closest first.

  • OnTrack · 14m

    Counterfeit Detection & Supply Chain Risks with Cofactr

    Phillip Gulley, co-founder of Cofactr, explains how his company operates as a supply chain risk management platform that integrates procurement, logistics, and rigorous counterfeit inspection. He details Cofactr’s physical handling of components, including 100% X-ray and LCR testing, to catch sophisticated counterfeits like mixed reels containing empty casings. The conversation highlights Cofactr’s deep integration with Altium 365, which pushes supply chain risk data back into the design environment, and their use of AI on AWS GovCloud to manage vendor communications and resolve partial deliveries.

  • NPI Sherpa · 31m

    DeepDive 1-on-1 Series: FUEL & PROTECTION - Securing the Supply Chain Before the Climb (31m22s)

    Rob Carl, Founder & CEO of Global NPI Solvers, joins host Sarah to discuss the 'Fuel & Protection' phase of the NPI Sherpa Pre-Ascent Protocol, focusing on supply chain resilience and regulatory compliance before production scaling. They analyze the risks of single-source components, gray-market brokers, and SDK-chosen silicon, using a Ford vs. startup allocation story to illustrate volume leverage. The conversation also covers the critical importance of tooling redundancy and the catastrophic financial impact of regulatory gaps, such as a wireless module certification error that caused a border hold in Germany.

  • The Amp Hour · 1h 11m

    Someone is watching...we think - Horme Hostility Hypochondriac

    Dave Jones of EEVblog and Chris Gammell of Contextual Electronics discuss Jones being flagged on a US government watch list by Element14, the complexities of open-source hardware definitions, and the supply chain issues surrounding the BeagleBone Black. They also analyze Tektronix's new MDO3000 mixed-domain oscilloscope, debating its market positioning and the 'innovator's dilemma' as it abandons the entry-level market, and touch on DARPA's SHIELD program for component authentication.

  • The Amp Hour · 1h 22m

    Moving Down The Stack with Scott Williams

    Scott Williams, founder of the Australian electronics consultancy Zentronics, discusses the technical and business realities of running a growing design firm. He details the company's shift toward integrating IoT platforms and managing complex supply chain issues, such as sourcing Hirose connectors for Raspberry Pi Compute Modules during shortages. Williams also shares insights on component selection strategies, the ethical implications of using expensive compute modules for simple tasks, and the critical importance of EMC design and testing in ensuring product compliance.

  • Oxide and Friends · 1h 23m

    For Want of a Resistor

    Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal host members of Oxide Computer Company’s operations and electrical engineering teams, including CEO Steve Tuck, Robert "RFK" Keith, Eric Aasen, and Scott Tagwerker, to discuss a critical supply chain crisis involving a PCIe clock buffer from Microchip. The team nearly halted production when they discovered the substitute part required a 49.9-ohm termination resistor that was missing from the design, causing clock signals to fail. After a frantic debugging effort involving rework of tiny 0201 resistors and identifying a copy-paste error in part numbers, they implemented a stencil change to integrate the fix into normal manufacturing, saving the production line. The episode highlights the extreme fragility of hardware supply chains and the importance of human engineering judgment in debugging physical failures that AI or automated systems might miss.

The summary, chapters and topics are generated from the episode’s audio by this directory, not written by EMS@C-LEVEL. The episode itself belongs to its publisher.