IPC HERMES-9852

The aim of IPC HERMES-9852 is to create a state-of-the-art communication protocol for surface-mount technology (SMT) production lines. Therefore, this new communication protocol has to cope with the following:

• Replace the electrical SMEMA interface as specified in IPC-SMEMA-9851
• Extend the interface to communicate (including):
  • Unique identifiers (IDs) for the handled printed boards
  • Equipment identifiers of the first machine noticing a printed board
  • Barcodes
  • Conveyor speed
  • Product type specific information (including):
    • Product type identifier
    • Length
    • Width
    • Thickness

With respect to version numbers IPC-HERMES-9852 adheres to the rules of Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 (SemVer_2.0.0).