TESTING, IS IT TESTING THE LIMITS OF THE PWB MANUFACTURER? Verification of the quality of a PWB through electrical testing is an essential but expensive part of the manufacturing process. As component connection land and PWB feature sizes decrease, the cost-effective and technical limits of traditional testing approaches are quickly reached. Other testing approaches can contact the small feature sizes, but are entirely too slow to cost-effectively handle significant volumes. The California Circuits Association (CCA) is hosting two (2) half-day conferences on Electrical Testing of Bare Boards. May 7, 1996 at the San Jose Hyatt in San Jose California and May 9, 1996 at the Holiday Inn Gateway Plaza in La Mirada, California. Cost of the conference is $125 for CCA and IPC Members and $175 for non-members. Included in the panel are speakers from both leading industry suppliers and PWB manufacturers - Paul Benke, Zero Defects, Dana Korf, Zycon Corporation, Ed Shea, Applied CAM Engineering, Joe Creeden, Intertrace, Carl Zimmermann, CK Technologies, Randy Allinson, Probot, August El-Kareh, Alcedo, and ITRI will discuss its electrical test committee work. For further information contact Jim O'Toole at (847) 509-9700, extension 312, or e-mail [log in to unmask]