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Old 14th Aug 2019, 4:12 pm   #119
kalee20
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Default Re: When did PCB tracks become 'traces'?

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Originally Posted by TonyDuell View Post
To drift slightly, I've seen PCBs (or whatever you want to call them) with one part number in the etch and a different part number in the silkscreen. Turned out that the former was the part number for the bare board, the latter for the populated board.
I've been commissioned to do that! Seems daft - as the silk-screen legend is applied by the PCB manufacturer so by the time the bare board arrives at Goods Inwards it already has the number for the populated board on it, even though it is still unpopulated!
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