Did you ever wonder why there are all these requirements in IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, IPC-7711/7721, or for that matter any of the other IPC design or manufacturing standards? If you are looking for the “devil in the details” well you have found it. The IPC-AJ-820, “Assembly and Joining Handbook” covers all the details around the design, manufacturing and even repair of PCBs. This often-neglected standard is the foundation for all things PCB. Join us in an introduction to this “how to” and “reasons why” handbook that will take some of the mystery out of the process of creating a printed circuit board.