"fab" = bare board
"pca" = built board
"pcb" = not specific to either of above
"board" = ditto
"pwb" = a dweeb term for "fab", never used by cool guys
"pwa" i never saw/heard that one
Dennis Saputelli
Ian Wilson wrote:
>
> G'Day all,
>
> I was having an email discussion the recently...
>
> We use the term printed circuit board (or PCB) to describe the bare board
> (no components fitted) and the term printed wiring assembly (PWA) for the
> assembly (PCB + components). Some of the younger colleagues around here
> are comfortable with PCB and "assembled PCB" as meaing the board and the
> board+components respectively.
>
> (One of the older school here use the term PWB (printed wiring board)
> interchangeably with PCB. And PCA (printed wiring assembly)
> interchangeably with PWA. No guessing which industry he came from...)
>
> How do others interpret the following terms?
> PCB (printed circuit board)
> PWA (printed wiring assembly)
>
> What term(s) do you use for the assembled PCB?
>
> Hooroo,
> Ian Wilson
>
> (Maybe the Topic Police will get cranky over this flagrant mis-use of
> electrons but we can move to the OT list if it gets out of hand.)
>
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