Perhaps it's mere academic foolishness to state that, at high speeds, the wiring *itself* is a component.
I guess what I really want to say is what's the point. I would hope that everybody who needs to know understands the difference. Certainly all the list participants. Another pointless pedantic academic discussion unrelated to getting the job done. Here's my perspective: I just pulled an all-nighter manually rerouting due to a 0.5mm pitch FFC connector that got wired 180 degrees out. I discovered the problem at 11PM. By 5:30AM I had the board ripped up, re-placed, re-routed and ready for CAM. At 5:45AM when I realized I hadn't saved in a long stretch, I hit Alt-F-S. At this, Protel 99SE locked up and the previous couple of hours' work was lost. Shame on me for working too hard. Shame on me for not hitting Alt-F-S more often. Shame on me for not having auto-save turned on because database sharing doesn't work right and I didn't want to accidentally overwrite the other guy's work...but...SHAME ON PROTEL FOR PROVIDING UNSTABLE, FLAKY-ASS, SO-CALLED "PROFESSIONAL" "ENGINEERING" SOFTWARE THAT ROBS ME OF MY TIME aND my BEAUTY SLEEP! Well, I'm going back to work now. I'm busy designing actual boards for actual commercial products that have to be fabbed, stuffed, tested, and installed in those actual products over the next few weeks. Y'all have a nice time chatting about IPC this and that, m'kay? > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Wolfe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:06 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] What does "printed circuit board" mean to you? > > > Ian, > There is an industry standard that does define these terms, the IPC. > Look at IPC-T-50 "Terms and Definitions for Interconnecting > and Packaging > Electronic Circuits" > PCB & PWB have in the past (old school) been interchangeable > in meaning > Printed Circuit Board & Printed Wiring Board and generally > mean the bare > fabricated board, as you said. > However IPC in T-50 does make a distinction between PCB & PWB > a Printed > Wiring Board (PWB) as one that does not unclude Printed > Components though, > and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) as one that can contain > Printed Components. > It kinda makes sense wiring is just wiring and circuit includes parts. > PWA is the assembly using as one of its parts the PCB or PWB. > T-50 defines Printed Wiring Board Assembly > as An assembly that uses a printed wiring board for component > mounting and > interconnecting purposes. > it also defines Printed Circuit Board Assembly > as An assembly that uses a printed circuit board for > component mounting and > interconnecting purposes. > So I guess whether or not you define the bare board as a PCB > or PWB depends > on whether you have a PCB assembly or a PWB assembly. > Hope this helps. > Bob > Robert M. Wolfe, C.I.D. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 11:47 PM > 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
