A highly ruggedized system enclosure from One Stop Systems (OSS) targets military and airborne applications. Constructed of solid seam-welded aluminum, the 11U high enclosure measures 19″ (H) x 25″ x 17″ (W) and weighs 56 pounds. It contains a 3U 15-slot CPCI backplane and features a “floating card that sits within the enclosure and is surrounded by four banks looped cable … [Read more...]
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Key EMC Standards on Avionics Available Online
The Vehicular Electronics Laboratory at Clemson University has posted a convenient update on the latest avionics EMC standards on its website. Included are ISO 14302e on “Electromagnetic Compatibility Requirements”, MIL-STD-461F, the “Military Standard for the Control of Electromagnetic Interference Characteristics of Subsystems and Equipment”, DO-160F on "Environmental … [Read more...]
More Aerospace Products
High-Voltage Disc Capacitors Suit Aerospace and Industrial ApplicationsThe Cera-Mite 715CxxKT series, a family of single-layer devices from Vishay Intertechnology, are screw-mount disc capacitors offered in a wide range of diameters and capacitance values over rated voltages from 10 k VDC to 40 k VDC. With low AC and DC coefficients and a negligible … [Read more...]
Enclosure Suppresses EMI in Military Airborne Configurations
A highly ruggedized system enclosure from One Stop Systems (OSS) targets military and airborne applications. Constructed of solid seam-welded aluminum, the 11U high enclosure measures 19″ (H) x 25″ x 17″ (W) and weighs 56 pounds. It contains a 3U 15-slot CPCI backplane and features a “floating card that sits within the enclosure and is surrounded by four banks looped cable … [Read more...]
Firm Wins $4.8 Million Contract to Shield Military Radio
Wisconsin-based VTI Vacuum Technologies, Inc. has been awarded a $4.8 million contract by the office of Federal Prison Industries/Unicor. (Unicor is owned by the U.S. Department of Justice.) The contract requires that VTI provide a corrosion-resistant topcoat,EMI shieldingand outsourcing of the CARC (chemical agent resistant paint) for 300,000 components that are assembled into … [Read more...]
Washington Labs Announces Scheduling of 2009 MIL-STD-461F Courses
Washington Laboratories will present a series of three-day courses on MIL-STD-461F over the coming months. The standard will be introduced, the including the newly modified test methods and test article configurations. The course covers critical information for military compliance professionals and those working on electronics systems development. Hands-on instruction in … [Read more...]
Wind Farms & the Ecosystem
The long-running saga of the attempt to build a wind farm for the “green” generation of electricity inched one step closer to construction with the release of a 2,800-page Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Mineral Management Service (MMS). The proposed Cape Wind’s Horseshoe Shoals location is outside the state’s three-mile zone … [Read more...]
Product Environmental Regulatory Compliance: The Current Status Worldwide
The drive to protect the environment and to conserve natural resources has brought about a proliferation of regulations Tony Dibiase As the clamor for better and newer electronic products continues worldwide, there is increased concern over landfills accepting growing “mountains” of discarded electronic products. Consequently, global environmental regulatory compliance … [Read more...]
Test Beyond the Specs: Why Test Higher in Frequency and Field Strength?
IEC 61000-4-3: 2006’s frequency escalation Jason Smith and Pat Malloy, AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation Souderton, PA An increasing number of new and proposed EMC standards are pushing the upper frequency test limits higher into the microwave spectrum. The latest EMC standard released, IEC 61000-4-3: 2006, is no exception. The upper frequency test limit has been increased from … [Read more...]
Towards an EMC Technology Roadmap
A technology roadmap is a tool for attaining the optimum development within a sector of technology Marcel Van Doorn, Phillips Electromagnetics & Cooling Competence Center Eindhoven, the Netherlands Introduction This article expands earlier work on the concept of a technology roadmap for EMC technology.1 Just as a traditional terrestrial map helps insure that travelers … [Read more...]
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