Is it true that Nickel/Gold plating has higher yield than HASL boards for fine-pitch boards during pcb manufacturing while same yield for non-fine pitch? If I want to convert my fine-pitch boards, it will cost little higher compared to HASL while non-fine pitch boards will cost more for Nickel/Gold finish. Is it true or a bunch of baloney from typical sales? He may want to scare me not to convert non-fine pitch boards to Nickel/gold which I want to know from you guys. re, ken patel ______________________________________________________ Ken Patel Phone: (408) 490-6804 1708 McCarthy Blvd. Fax: (408) 490-6859 Milpitas, CA 95035 Beeper: (888) 769-1808 ################################################################ TechNet 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 TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ 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 ################################################################