For many years, the IPC-A-600 Acceptability of Printed Boards has set the standard for PCB workmanship quality, giving comprehensive acceptance criteria with full colour illustrations and photographs showing all types of printed board surface and internal conditions. Many of the users of the document and the training programme do not work in the board fabrication process, but may perform audits and incoming inspection.
This results in students not being familiar with what the boards look like at the various steps in the fabrication process and makes it more difficult for them to comprehend some of the acceptance criteria.
The IPC-A-600 KIT contains boards that represent various steps in the PCB fabrication process, along with documentation describing the process steps, care and handling instructions. Its compact size makes it easy-to-use in any environment.