SMART Group have been running workshops on Component Counterfeiting in the UK as part theory part hands on testing which is fun. Certainly we are seeing more of this issue with members. http://www.smartgroup.org/pdf/contcomponents.pdf Have put together a check list that may be of interest, the idea is to collect and have available reference data for future comparison of suspect parts. Makes visual examination, FA and x-ray analysis simpler. Any suggestions to add to it are very welcome. www.askbobwillis.co.uk/counterfeit/ccls.xls Many thanks and have a great weekend Bob Willis 2 Fourth Ave, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 4HA England Tel: (44) 1245 351502 Fax: (44) 1245 496123 Mobile: 07860 775858 www.ASKbobwillis.com SMTA Internation workshops on Lead-Free Design, LGA/QFN Assembly and Reflow Profiling in August New Bob Willis "Printed Board Inspection & Quality Control Workshop" 3rd September www.ASKbobwillis.com/PCBworkshop.pdf Book your place on Bob's "Step by Step Failure Analysis Workshop" 11th September www.ASKbobwillis.com/faworkshops.pdf -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory Sent: 24 July 2008 19:38 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Countefeit Components Afternoon all, We were forwarded a *.pdf file from one of our customers today that I thought would be good to share with you all if you haven't already seen it. It's from a company called the American Electronic Resource about how to identify counterfeit components. At the end of the document it had a link to go to for the same information, so here it is: http://www.aeri.com/counterfeits.html I thought it was pretty informative... Steve --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 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 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 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 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------