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IPC COMMUNITY 56 SUMMER 2023 IPC COMMUNITY 56 SUMMER 2023 E-Textiles, establishes the requirements for the design of printed electronics and their forms of component mounting on coated or treated textile substrates. IPC-8952 references the other new e-textiles standard, IPC-8971, Requirements for Electrical Testing of Printed Electronics on Textiles, as well as a new IPC Test Method, Conductor Temperature Rise Due to Current Changes in Conductors for Printed Conductor Materials on Textiles. These two standards are excellent examples of how A-Teams—even those from other com- mittees—can spur standards development. Unlike the preceding A-Teams we've men- tioned, Traceblazers was able to use the work of the Inkpendables A-Team from the D-60 Printed Electronics Committee, which devel- oped and managed IPC-2292 and IPC-9257, the design and electrical testing standards for printed electronics on flexible substrates. Traceblazers, led by Pratyush Rai of Regen- eron (Tarrytown, New York), used those two standards as starting points to revise require- ments for printing on flexible substrates to be suitable for textile substrates, enabling them to focus their time and energy on develop- ing entirely new requirements specific only to textile substrates (e.g., printing over seams and stitching). Additionally, since Inkpendables was work- ing on Revision A of IPC-2292 at the same time Traceblazers was working on IPC-8952, both teams fed information on their content changes and additions to one another. This led to improvements in both standards. Pratyush is now leading a new project to develop a standard for quality and reliability of printed electronics on coated and treated textiles and e-textiles, so we expect a new A-Team to form. Paula Veske is leading Wearablist to early successes. Traceblazer in a tweed blazer: Pratyush Rai. Printed electronics e-textile. (Source: IPC-WP-025, courtesy of Loomia)