PISCATAWAY, N.J. & BRUSSELS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) and the NATO Standardisation Agency (NSA) have signed a Technical Co-operation Agreement (TCA) in order to share knowledge of each organization’s standards development activities and avoid duplication of technical standards whenever possible.Under the terms of the TCA, IEEE-SA and NSA … [Read more...]
Voltage Sag Testing for Industrial Equipment—and a New Power Quality Measurement Technology
An electrical product should be able to ride through any regular voltage sag. Andreas Eberhard, Power Standards Labs, Alameda, California, USA Immunity from voltage sags is vital for reliable operation of our ever-more-sophisticated electronic controls and equipment. Every electrical product should be able to ride through typical voltage sags, but in many cases the first sag … [Read more...]
Regulatory Agencies Upping Enforcement Actions
The FCC carries out random audits of products that have received recent TCB grants. David A. Case NCE, NCT, Cisco, Richfield, Ohio, USA The question that occasionally comes up, generally from someone not familiar with compliance, goes something like, “What will the Federal Communications Commission do to us if we are non-compliant, or how will the agency know?” Both questions … [Read more...]
Increasing Design Flexibility for Board-Level Shielding
Today's consumers want electronic devices in all shapes and sizes, a demand that can dictate the enclosure design and board shape. David P. Donaldson, Applications Engineer, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE, USA As electronic devices are getting smaller and as consumers are demanding more features, designing printed circuit boards (PCBs) is becoming increasingly … [Read more...]
Forum on CPSIA Compliance
Well know test firm Intertek will offer a two-hour Lunch & Learn Forum on compliance with the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). Several factors including mandatory third-party testing, newly prohibited acts, and several other provisions have posed serious questions and raised the spectre of pitfalls for importers and manufacturers. The presenter Quin Dodd … [Read more...]
EMI Reduction Techniques for High-Demand Consumer Applications
Innovative drop-in SSC solutions effectively manage EMI, preventing costly redesign, reducing production time and maximizing valuable circuit board real estate. Narendar “Buddy” Venugopal, PulseCore Semiconductor, Campbell, CA, USA INTRODUCTION As technology advances become even more sophisticated and applications become increasingly streamlined, traditional methods of EMI … [Read more...]
MORE ON TESTING SERVICES
Intertek Opens New, Larger Facility in California Late last year Intertek opened a new testing and certification lab in Lake Forest, CA replacing its lab of 13 years in Laguna Niguel. The new, larger 29,000 square foot facility will increase capacity to meet the rising demand for testing and certification services in the western U.S. The new facility houses Intertek’s new … [Read more...]
EMC Lab Purchased
Lisle, IL-based Molex, Inc. has announced that it has purchased the equipment assets of the Motorola Antenna/EMC Measurement Labs in Aalborg, Denmark. The lab has state-of-the-art antenna and EMC measurement equipment, including anechoic chambers, an EMC chamber, and a SAR system. Molex will utilize the lab for RF research projects to advance Molex' antenna technologies for … [Read more...]
Report on EM Risks
In a follow-up to a story reported earlier in the eNews, the European Parliament has indeed adopted the report drafted by Frédérique Ries of Belgium entitled Avoiding the Potential Risks of Electromagnetic Fields. The report was adopted with 559 votes in favor, 22 against, and 8 abstentions. The adopted report calls for better protection of EU citizens though the “optimal … [Read more...]
Jobs: Healthcare, Wireless May Continue to Thrive in 2009
Demand for engineers in the defense sectors is stable according to the number of positions requiring security clearance. Time-to-hire is still several months. Evidently, RF engineers with matching skill-sets and security clearance are still a scarce commodity. Analysts at ABIResearch® (ABI) predict several electronics markets, which will continue to "grow explosively" next … [Read more...]
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