Tuesday, April 17, 2012

US State Department might remove printed circuit boards from the ITAR Control List

http://www.circuitsassembly.com/cms/component/content/article/159/12692-caveat-lector

I find this editorial enlightening. Even as a designer of commercial PCBs I've found many deficiencies in "cheap" boards coming from overseas. Military reliability is far more important and the control of the PCB is far tighter and stricter. It's one thing if your iPhone or TV doesn't work properly, but in a combat situation the same reliability is not effective when lives are depended on it. Not all PCBs or material that make PCBs or the shops that make PCBs are the same. This must be inspected rigorous and often to insure the quality and performance needed. This is where the money is being spent and should continue to be spent. It's too easy to slip in counterfeit material and workmanship into PCBs. Quality Control is ongoing and continuous.

Please feel free to comment, share, and subscribe,

Thanks,
Allen

No comments:

Post a Comment