We are aware on no replacement for 217. "Obsoletion / No Replacement" has some people in a froth. Various IPC documents have sampling tables. For instance, IPC-6012A - Qualification & Performance For Rigid Printed Boards has a C=0 table. Dave Fish ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earl Moon" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 5:11 AM Subject: Re: [TN] OLD TIME MIL STD FOLKS ONLY, OR NOT > Been down the 217/218 road now awhile. You've got the "how to write it > stuff" that matters little to me. Then, there's: > > Document ID: MIL-HDBK-217F(2) Title: RELIABILITY PREDICTION OF > ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Scope: The purpose of this handbook is to > establish and maintain consistant and uniform methods for estimating the > inherent reliability (i.e., the reliability of a mature design) of military > electronic equipment and systems. It provides a common basis for reliability > predictions during acquisition programs for military electronic systems and > equipment. It also establishes a common basis for comparing and evaluating > reliability predictions of related or competitive designs. The handbook is > intended to be used as a tool to increase the reliability of the equipment > being designed. > > I like this one because it kind of points to DFM/CE through SPC, if so > applied. Anyone have experience using this document and applying all/some of > its porported requirements? Is there a "concise" IPC counterpart or is it a > combination of several? > > MoonMan > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > 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 e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > 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 e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------