Hello Ian, Generally, from IPC-T-50, both PCB and PWB are subsets of the more generic term Printed Board. PWBs providing point to point wiring only, PCBs providing printed circuit elements. Printed Board Assembly, PBA, refers to the assembled board with all of its components. (although I've also come across CCA, Circuit Card Assembly to describe this as well.) We generally use PB for the bare board, and PBA for the assembly.
regards, Phil. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 20 February 2002 15:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEDA] What does "printed circuit board" mean to you? 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.) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
