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A Lightweight and High-Precision PCB Surface Defect Detection Method Based on YOLOv8.

Zhenling Wang1, Ya Gao1, Ying Xiao1

  • 1School of Internet of Things Engineering, Wuxi Institute of Technology, Wuxi 214121, China.

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|June 25, 2026
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This study introduces an improved YOLOv8 method for detecting Printed Circuit Board (PCB) surface defects. The enhanced model balances accuracy and efficiency, achieving high-precision detection results.

Keywords:
PCB surface defect detectionYOLOv8high precisionlightweight

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Area of Science:

  • Computer Vision
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Manufacturing Technology

Background:

  • Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturing faces challenges with diverse and numerous surface defects.
  • Accurate and efficient detection of these defects is crucial for quality control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose an improved YOLOv8-based method for high-precision PCB surface defect detection.
  • To enhance the balance between detection accuracy and computational efficiency.

Main Methods:

  • Implemented a lightweight backbone network using RepGhostBottleNeck to reduce model parameters.
  • Integrated an attention mechanism module and a small object detection head module.
  • Optimized the network's loss function for improved performance.

Main Results:

  • The improved YOLOv8 model achieved a high average mAP@0.5 of 0.976 on a constructed dataset.
  • Demonstrated superior performance in detecting various PCB surface defects.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed method offers a robust and efficient solution for PCB surface defect detection.
  • The modifications enhance the YOLOv8 architecture for improved accuracy and efficiency in industrial applications.