IPC-2221, Generic Standard on Printed Board Design, covers all aspect of design: fabrication, assembly, test, electrical, thermal, etc. It is a newly released document and supercedes IPC-D-275. It is $25 for members and $50 for nonmembers. For a thorough look a surface mount design, try IPC-D-279, Design Guidelines for Reliable Surface Mount Technology Printed Board Assemblies. It is $40 for members and $80 for nonmembers. Lisa Williams IPC 2215 Sanders Road Northbrook, IL 60062 URL: www.ipc.org >>> Derek Wynne <[log in to unmask]> 06/23/98 07:19AM >>> Hello All, Toucan Technology is a small design house that specializes in HDSL Modems. We have just started to Layout our own PCBs and I am looking for a good source of layout reference material covering the PCB design process from end to end, along with some material on the more vague areas of PCB layout such as Layout for EMC compliance and component reliability. I would like the names of a few of good books, training programs or good web reference material to get us started on the right path. We will be using Viewlogic's ViewDraw for schematic entry and PADS PowerPCB for PCB layout, if anyone is using this combination I would like to hear about your experiences, both good and bad, with the software, give me a call. All help will be greatly appreciated. ################################################################ DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE DesignerCouncil <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################ ################################################################ DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE DesignerCouncil <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################