After three decades in play, the NFL is dropping the old analog system used by coaches to relay plays to their quarterbacks and instituting a new digital communication system instead. The old analog systems faced heavy interference from concerts and airlines that often interrupted vital communications, as well as poor sound quality and communication delays. The new digital … [Read more...]
EMI/EMC Testing on Mission Observatory
EMI and EMC testing is being conducted at Orbital Science Corporation in Gilbert, Ariz., to validate that while the Landsat Data Continuity Mission Observatory is in space, all components will function together efficiently. After EMI/EMC testing is finished successfully, the observatory will be prepared for mechanical tests next month to ensure it will survive the launch … [Read more...]
Company Earns Honors for Supplier Excellence
LCR Electronics, Inc., a manufacturer of EMI filters, backplanes, ruggedized integrated chassis and electronic control products for military, telecom, medical and commercial applications, was awarded a 4-Star honor for supplier excellence by Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems business unit. LCR Electronics was f presented with the 4-Star award for supplier excellence from … [Read more...]
AT&T Disables Tower Frequencies after Emergency Communications Disrupted
ATT temporarily disabled a frequency emitted by 16 towers in Oakland Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 21, after the signals interfered with emergency responder radio communications. The towers caused radio failures in police cars and fire trucks when they were within a quarter to half mile radius, David Cruise, Oakland's public safety systems adviser, said. FCC confirmed the … [Read more...]
RF Susceptibility Testing on Production Floor
Radiated Electromagnetic Interference testing to IEEE C37.90.2 requirements was recently conducted by DTT using Shieldex US/V Technical Textiles portable shielded enclosure at an Automation Controls Manufacturer’s Facility in Wisconsin. An utomation controls manufacturer contracted with V Technical Textiles and Diversified TEST Technologies to conduct Radiated Electromagnetic … [Read more...]
Product Testing Without Test House Stay
EMI Solutions offers product testing with the help of Dr. Brett Robinson and team to help make sure designs are ready for full certification testing without a test house stay. EMI Solutions has more than 50 years of combined hands-on engineering, design and test experience to help solve EMI/EMC issues. It offers radiated and conducted emissions testing; sniff testing to the … [Read more...]
Fisker Car Catches Fire; Company Says Not Engine, Battery-Related
Click here for a video of the Fisker car fire on Aug. 10 A Fisker Karma seemingly set itself on fire Aug. 10 in Woodside, Calif., as its owner went into a grocery store. The company has investigated and says the six-figure plug-in hybrid’s advanced powertrain, nor the battery or engine, was the problem. “Evidence revealed thus far supports the fact that the ignition source … [Read more...]
EMI/RFI Portable Shielded Enclosure at NASA Jet Lab
The first U.S.-based clean room acceptable EMI/RFI portable shielded enclosure, has been completed and deployed in a class 1000 clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. It is now in service to test and run diagnostics on the Mars Science Laboratory Rover and other spacecraft. The new EMI test chamber is 9,375 cubic feet in size with an inside … [Read more...]
EU Issues EMC Regulations for Olympics
The Office of Communications for the European Union has made EMC-related regulations for the London 2012 Olympics. The regulations, titled the "Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Interference from Apparatus) London Olympic Games Regulations 2012," seek to avoid electromagnetic interference with wireless communications during the events. Any item that may cause EMI must operate … [Read more...]
Power Grids Collapse in India; Are Smart Grids a Solution?
India was affected by a second power failure around 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, as three regional power grids collapsed, affecting 600 million people. A Powergrid Corporation spokesman told AFP the north, northeastern and eastern grids are down, but in the process of being fixed. Power sharing was reportedly to blame for the collapse. The northern grid drew on the eastern grid … [Read more...]
