hi, it's clear that paul (and ken, in a personal email) understand this. it also explains why we have failures on our internal testing of bare motherboards when our ditmco is set to 10 ohms max. thanks, phil -----Original Message----- From: Paul Holloway [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 11:21 AM To: 'TechNet E-Mail Forum.'; Crepeau, Phil Cc: [log in to unmask] Subject: RE: [TN] Continuity requirement (resistance value) for class 3 product Hello Ken, If I understand the question, the answer maybe: IPC-9252 'Guidelines and Requirements for E.T. Unpopulated Printed Boards'. Section 4.3, Table 4-1 'Test Requirements by Level' Class 3,continuity 50 ohms, pass 0 to 50, fail > 50 ohms. I hope this helps. Paul Holloway -----Original Message----- From: Crepeau, Phil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:35 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Continuity requirement (resistance value) for class 3 product hi ken, i'm afraid i don't understand your question. could you expand on this? thanks, phil -----Original Message----- From: Ken Patel [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 8:57 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Continuity requirement (resistance value) for class 3 product Technetters, What is the current Continuity requirement (resistance value) for class 3 product at bare board level? Re, Ken Patel --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------