EARL: Does your view hold the same from an assemblers point of view. More specifically, in your history, would the assembler prefer ENIG over SILVER and/or TIN? THe assemblers I speak with just do not have the background/experience to decide. However, they are quick to reject the bare board vendor for what they THINK is a solderability problem. (That's when I move with failure review etc. I hope to reduce this incidence dramatically by proposing user friendly finishes based on board design.) Charlie -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Earl Moon Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 12:14 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] SURFACE FINISHES As a cost factor to you it's nickle and dime stuff. To most board shops I work with, it is as well. It's a matter of choice so much that it's almost subjective (whatever looks best though black pad isn't too pretty) - excluding HASL, or course. I hope you are right about its final demise. MoonMann ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------