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JULY 2021 I SMT007 MAGAZINE 63 • Heller • JUKI Automation Systems Corporation • Koh Young Technology • Nordson Asymtek • OK International • PARMI • Pillarhouse International Ltd. • PVA • SJ INNOTECH • SPEA Automatic Test Equipment • SYNEO LLC • TE Connectivity • Test Research, Inc. • ViTrox Technologies Sdn. Bhd. • YJ Link Co., Ltd We will update this list as vendors con- tinue to submit declarations, so stay tuned for updates. If you are an EMS or OEM using ven- dors you don't see on the list, ask them to sub- mit their IPC-CFX legacy support declaration, using the form on the web page. Want to Get Smart about CFX? Earlier this year, we unveiled the first in a series of on-demand IPC-CFX education using IPC's EDGE education platform. e CFX 100 course is a set of five 15-minute modules that are intended to take any person from little to no understanding of IPC-CFX to knowing how to have your equipment send and receive its first set of IPC-CFX messages. To date, more than 200 people have regis- tered for this course, with more than half of those coming from EMS and OEM companies. You can view details about the CFX 100 series, including free access to IPC-CFX 101, here. In the months ahead, we will roll out the next series of education topics, which take a much deeper technical dive into IPC-CFX topics relevant to all IPC-CFX users. Addi- tional courses will focus on specific equipment types, from pick and place to AOI, ICT, FCT, and other test equipment. IPC also provides free webinars for industry to provide firsthand insight into utilization of the QPL list, go to https://www.ipc.org/ipc- cfx-2591-qualified-products-list-qpl. If you don't see your vendors there, ask when they will be on the QPL. If you are a vendor who wants to demon- strate your IPC-CFX capabilities to industry, contact TamaraSites@ipc.org for more infor- mation. What about My Old Stuff? A Focus on Legacy Equipment So, the IPC-CFX-2591 QPL works for new equipment I plan on buying down the line, but what if I want to begin implementing IPC- CFX now? You are not the first to ask this question. We have had discussions with many OEM and EMS companies who want to integrate IPC-CFX now rather than wait for equipment swap-outs. ey want to immediately gain benefits from the clean, data-rich messaging stream for SPC, data analysis, quality improve- ment, and the many other things IPC-CFX can offer. ey also want to have an IPC-CFX line in place for when they do buy new IPC-CFX equipment; it's plug and play. To shine a spotlight on IPC-CFX implemen- tations for legacy equipment on shop floors, IPC has started collecting support declara- tions from equipment vendors. On these dec- larations, vendors indicate which equipment they will (or can) support with IPC-CFX and how they can support—add-on hardware or direct implementation. For some companies, they can provide IPC-CFX support for equip- ment more than 10 years old. e following vendors comprise the early short list of those with support declarations: • Acculogic • ASM Assembly Systems • Creative Electron, Inc. • CyberOptics • Ersa GmbH • Europlacer • FlexLink Systems Inc.