In a message dated 12/01/1999 9:48:57 AM US Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > > Question: What is the IPC Standard for ESD? > The short answer is - there is none. We decided to not reinvent the wheel. The ESD committee looked over EIA-625 (quoting the reference from memory so take that with a grain of salt) and found it to be sound. I would recommend you use that. The ESD committee usually recommends that document when such questions come in. The last I heard, the EOS/ESD Association was in the process of writing the successor to MIL-1686, but don't know where it stands right now. Doug Pauls Chair, ESD Task Group ############################################################## TechNet Mail List 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://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################