Lumaspect Inspect™
AI optical inspection for assembled circuit boards, designed for small batches and frequent changeovers.
Discover Inspect™ →Lumaspect · AI visual inspection · Lugano, Switzerland
AI that sees the defects.Starting with circuit boards.
Lumaspect develops AI optical inspection systems built on off-the-shelf hardware. Our first product, Lumaspect Inspect™, checks assembled circuit boards. The same platform lets us take on other kinds of inspection with our customers, as a product or as a custom project.
Product, consulting, custom projects.
We work with small, medium and large companies. Sometimes a product is enough, sometimes the solution has to be built around the problem.
Analysis and overview
We help you understand what a camera can check, with which approach and within which limits, even if the solution in the end is not ours.
How we work →Prototypes and ad hoc solutions
When a ready-made product is not enough, we build the inspection bench around your part, starting from our platform.
Let’s talk →Automated inspection is usually built for high volumes.
ERR_01Cost
Dedicated machines are expensive and hard to justify with small batches and many variants.
ERR_02Setup
Every new product needs programming time; with many part numbers it becomes a job of its own.
ERR_03Visual checks
Where automation does not pay off, parts are checked by eye, with results that depend on the person and the day.
ERR_04False alarms
Thresholds that are too strict flag far more than needed, and operators end up not trusting the system.
From board to verdict, in five steps.
Fast acquisition stays on the bench; the models run on dedicated servers. The operator steps in only when needed.
01
Acquire
An off-the-shelf optical head on an open-source frame captures the board’s fields under controlled light.
02
Align
Every image is realigned to the golden board or the CAD data.
03
See
The visual model checks presence, position and polarity of components and measures anomalies.
04
Decide
The System One decision model answers with calibrated probabilities: real defect, verdict, severity.
05
Confirm
Below threshold the operator decides; every verdict is traced and feeds the metrics.
First prototype in progress · looking for pilot companies
Lumaspect Inspect™
The customer’s question
“Can we inspect our boards automatically in small batches, without an AOI machine costing hundreds of thousands?”
At a glance
- 2D optical inspection of assembled boards, after soldering
- Missing, shifted, rotated parts, reversed polarity; visual anomalies
- Off-the-shelf hardware and 3D-printed parts, no proprietary optical head
- Two AI models and operator confirmation below threshold
- Three machines, {{machineStage}}, {{machineGantry}} and {{machineDual}}, running the same software
- SaaS, on premise or hybrid
Pilot
A trial on your boards: good and defective samples, a few defects chosen together, metrics measured and compared with your current inspection.
One platform, many inspections.
Acquisition, visual model, decision model and console do not depend on the kind of part. These are the areas where we build prototypes with customers.
01Machined parts
Presence of features, burrs, scratches, visible dimensions on turned and milled parts.
02Medtech
Inspection of components and packaging with the traceability industry standards require.
03Welds and joints
Beads, brazes and bonds checked with structured light and comparison with the reference.
04Packaging and labels
Presence, position and readability of labels, lot numbers and codes.
05Surfaces and finishes
Cosmetic defects on metals, plastics and paints, where the threshold is subjective and a deciding model helps.
06Assemblies
Screws, connectors, harnesses: everything that must be there, in the right place, the right way round.
How we work.
We are a product company that also does consulting. We help small, medium and large companies understand whether and how to automate visual inspection, and we see the solution through to production.
01 / ASCOLTO E REQUISITI
Ascolto e requisiti
Understand together what needs checking, why, and what happens today when a defect gets through.
02 / ANALISI E VISIONE D'INSIEMEAnalisi e visione d'insieme
Find out whether the defects you care about are actually visible, and which approach makes sense.
03 / PROPOSTA E PROTOTIPOProposta e prototipo
See a concrete solution working on your parts before deciding whether to invest.
04 / PILOTAPilota
Try the solution on your line, with your operators, before rolling it out.
05 / MESSA IN PRODUZIONEMessa in produzione
Move from pilot to a system that works every day and is compliant.
06 / MANTENIMENTOMantenimento
Keep the system working when products, suppliers and batches change.
The calendar won’t wait.
A machine with AI has to be put into service in compliance. We take that into account from day one, not at the end.
EU 2024/1689
AI Act
Risk management, data, logging and human oversight for AI in regulated products.
high-risk obligations: 2026–2027EU 2023/1230
Machinery Regulation
New requirements for machines with evolving behaviour and software safety components.
applies from January 2027EU 2024/2847
Cyber Resilience Act
Security by design and updates for every product with digital elements.
vulnerability reporting from September 2026RS 235.1
Swiss FADP
Data protection for sensors, video and staff data in Switzerland.
in forceProduction software, before and after AI.
Lumaspect was founded by Luca Marrocco. I have been developing software for more than twenty years and using Linux since 1996; I have worked on backend and frontend systems for banks, fintech, blockchain and pharma.
AI changes the tools, but the rules of a system that works every day stay the same: reliable data, clear interfaces, tests, security and maintenance. Lumaspect exists to bring that way of working to visual inspection.
20+
years of production software
1996
first Linux kernel
IT · EN
we work in two languages
CH · IT
based in Lugano, clients in Switzerland and Italy
Close to customers, open to the world.
We work on site with Swiss and Italian companies that sell worldwide. France, Germany, India and China are the next step.
09Contact
Let’s talk about your quality control.
Tell us what you make and which defects worry you. We will tell you honestly whether and how we can help.