Apart from this, it has been referred to in numerous contract documents for the procurement of PCBAs (Printed Circuit Board Assemblies) worldwide.
It has been the base document in inspection departments at EMS companies and OEMs for decades. Of all the acceptance criteria documents in the IPC portfolio it is the one that is used most frequently and is best known throughout the electronics industry. IPC-A-610 Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies, in its latest H Revision, was published in September 2020.
