Most of what I would say on this has already been said by others. PWB was widely used in military electronics, where they tended to be sticklers for detail. PCB was widely used, however, in commercial electronics, where the distinction between "wiring" and "circuit" was mostly ignored.
It is clear that the standard name for what most of us design is printed wiring boards, PWBs, what Mr. Saputelli called the "fab". The assembly is then a Printed Wiring Assembly, that is, a PWB with added parts. "Printed Circuit" only has cachet from usage, a usage that was unconsidered, it would be better if we said goodbye to it, without becoming language nazis. A "circuit" is not just the wiring, it is a loop, or possibly the non-power portion of the loop which completes the loop. The question was asked about true printed circuit boards. These boards have features, etched in copper or otherwise incorporated into the "board" as part of the fabrication process, which are not merely wires, they have electronic functions and they will properly appear on the schematic and will have footprints; examples are resistors, inductors, capacitors, mixers, delay lines. We have discussed methods for keeping shorts on these parts open for DRC purposes. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abdulrahman Lomax Easthampton, Massachusetts USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
