Sherlock Automated Design Analysis is a software tool developed by DfR Solutions[1][2] for analyzing, grading, and certifying the expected reliability of products at the circuit card assembly level.
[3] Users upload either a complete design package, like ODB++ or IPC-2581,[4] or individual data packets, such as Gerber, Bill of Materials, and Pick and Place[5] files.
Sherlock incorporates stresses from a variety of environments into its physics-based prediction algorithms, including elevated temperature, thermal cycling, vibrations (random and harmonic), mechanical shock and electrical stresses (voltage, current, power).
Published research has indicated that the physics of failure-based predictions are highly accurate[6] and are now used to validate other techniques.
[10] Subsequent releases include A company has reported requiring suppliers use Sherlock to reduce risk and help accelerate design validation and product verification.