I'm curious as to how folks can justify going to Flex circuits with the enormous costs involved in making them... (suffering from sticker shock) The costs going from rigid to rigid-flex seem to be about 10:1. Is that typical? Any comments on making the transition to flex that someone with the 'scars' can share? P.S. - Please call me if you have some idea of how to keep flex costs down and make this technology a viable option in a commercial low volume product. Otherwise I think a ribbon cable and connector are much cheaper alternatives to building the cable into a rigid-flex board. Best regards, Bill Brooks PCB Design Engineer, C.I.D.+ Tel: (760)597-1500 Fax: (760)597-1510 Datron World Communications, Inc. Vista, California --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil 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 DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail 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 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------