Thread Subject: Re: Ball Grid Array/Surface Mounted Device ReworkSystems

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From: Peter Korn
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2007 12:40 PM

David, Jim,

We touched in this a bit last week, bandying about language about
"primary function". I think the conversation might have been more
focused on telecommunications products (e.g. primary functions vs.
incidental functions), but perhaps there is some applicability of those
concepts to this situation.

The primary function of this device is to assemble hardware components;
and it has embedded E&IT to support that function.


Regards,

Peter Korn
Accessibility Architect,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

> i would say this is not e&it. it's a soldering workstation.
> i think it'd be great to have a central federal resource that could
> provide such guidance.
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> *Subject:* [teitac-general] Ball Grid Array/Surface Mounted Device
> ReworkSystems
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> See: http://www.air-vac-eng.com/drs25.htm
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> The Access Board gets a lot of questions like this – regarding
> products I never heard of before. I don’t know if 508 requirements
> are kicked in. I would like the TEITAC to please discuss whether
> it can provide guidance to agencies who are faced with many such
> decisions regarding whether a product is covered by 508. It is a
> yes or no question.
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> My question is whether the software mentioned in the product
> description performs an IT function within a product that is not
> IT because its principle function is not that of IT. (Similar to
> the embedded IT in the definition of E&IT.) I used to say that all
> software was covered by 508, but now I am hesitant to continue
> saying that. I would like the refreshed standards to clarify how
> to better determine if something is covered by 508. Specifically,
> how does one determine what the principle function is of something
> that is not ordinary (at least not to us), and particularly
> whether that function is an IT function?
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> David Baquis
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