Behind the Scenes With IPC

摘要

Things were a lot different when IPC was founded. Young men yearned for the new 1957 Chevy Bel-Air. The Space Age had just begun. And relatively few people in the world were involved in the design and manufacture of PCBs. In the nearly 50 years since, the electronics industry has grown exponentially. And IPC (Association Connecting Electronics Industries) has grown from a standards organization with a handful of members into global trade association that runs its own trade shows and provides standards, training, certification, market research, public policy advocacy and more. But even after five decades, many PCB designers and manufacturers are unsure of what IPC does, how it operates and the role of the Designers Council. What follows is a non-exhaustive look at IPC.