(July 7, 2016) The Netherlands national Amateur Radio society, VERON, has issued a report on spectrum pollution problems caused by residential solar panel installations. Electrical systems in the European Union, including solar panel installations, must comply with applicable EU EMC standards. These solar systems include a combination of solar panel, inverter, and associated … [Read more...]
NTSB Offers Safety Recommendations for Driverless Vehicles
(June 30, 2016) "As federal and state governments begin to develop policies surrounding autonomous vehicles, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hopes regulators will call on the agency’s safety expertise to help bring more self-driving cars to the roads," reported TheHill.com. NTSB Chairman, Christopher Hart, said "the agency has a team of safety experts and accident … [Read more...]
Company Acquired to Build on EMC Testing Services
(July 1, 2016) Element Materials Technology has announced the purchase of Northwest EMC in the U.S. to build on its Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing services. Northwest EMC is a large EMC testing provider in the U.S., with five laboratories and over 60 employees. Northwest EMC adds capabilities in wireless device testing, MIL-STD and RTCA DO-160 and complements … [Read more...]
IEC 60601-1-9 – Environmentally Conscience Design for Medical Equipment
The standard for environmentally conscious design, IEC 60601-1-9, was published in 2007 (amended in 2013) as a collateral standard to IEC 60601, the widely accepted series of international standards for the basic safety and essential performance of medical electrical equipment. Compliance with the IEC 60601 series is required by regulatory bodies responsible for electrical … [Read more...]
Britain After Brexit, with the Accent on EMC
(June 24, 2016) Written by Kenneth Wyatt - Britain has voted to leave the European Union, a monumental decision that’s triggering some serious alarm bells throughout the country. As it stands, many UK laws and regulations are determined by EU legislation and it’s not immediately clear what the EMC standards ramifications in Britain will be during the two year transition and in … [Read more...]
Low Profile Common Mode Chokes Released
Coilcraft has announced a line of low profile (0805) common mode chokes, useful for EMI suppression in high speed signal lines, USB 3.x, HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort, DVI, etc., as well as in high speed differential signal lines, such as USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, LVDS, etc. They are also suitable for USB-type C specification 1.0 ports. They are designed to work as high as 6.5 GHz data … [Read more...]
Free, Feature-Rich Simulator to Aid Design for EMC Introduced
A global leader in semiconductors, STMicroelectronics, is helping protect today's smart devices by making shirt pockets, car dashboards, office desks, and other statically dangerous locations safer through the introduction of their new online software tool ESD-SIM. ESD-SIM is capable of assessing both circuit protection and signal integrity, to help select the right … [Read more...]
FCC Respond to Increased Noise Floor Concerns
(June 30, 2016) The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) has had concerns about increases in ambient noise, especially in the AM broadcast band, and have received a response from the FCC. As reported earlier, on June 15, 2016, the Commission issued public notice DA 16-676 announcing that its Technological Advisory Council (TAC), an FCC advisory group, will investigate … [Read more...]
FAA Releases Commercial Drone Rules
(June 21, 2016) The first operational rules for routine commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or “drones”) has been finalized by the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration. “We are part of a new era in aviation, and the potential for unmanned aircraft will make it safer and easier to do certain jobs, gather information, and deploy … [Read more...]
Juno Makes Successful Orbital Maneuver Around Jupiter
(July 4, 2016) Launched from Earth in 2011, the Juno spacecraft performed a successful orbital burn July 4th and will study the giant planet from an elliptical, polar orbit. Juno will repeatedly dive between the planet and its intense belts of charged particle radiation, coming only 5,000 kilometers (about 3,000 miles) from the cloud tops at closest approach. According to … [Read more...]
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