MET Labs explains how to achieve FCC compliance in six steps in their recent blog posting. They first explain about the need for EMC compliance and the various routes to compliance in the U.S. - verification, declaration of conformity, and certification. The six steps are outlined below: • Step 1 - select radio frequency and design equipment • Step 2 - test during … [Read more...]
Application Note: Selection and Operation of RF Power Amps for EMC Testing Apps
Instruments For Industry (IFI) has made available an application note that highlights issues when choosing a power amplifier for your immunity test applications such as regulatory burden and system loss profile. In another application note (available once the short questionnaire is filled out in the link below), IFI briefly explored the basics of how to choose a power … [Read more...]
New Extruded EMI Gaskets Announced
Nolato Silkonteknik announced their new Compashield® EE gaskets that provides both excellent EMI shielding performance and environmental sealing function in flange-and-groove mounting applications, and for that reason they have attracted lots of interest from customers who are concerned about saving space. Their extrusion process involves gaskets of electrically-conductive … [Read more...]
New Manual "ABC of Power Modules” Released
Würth Electronik has just published a new book, “ABC of Power Modules - Functionality, Structure and Handling of a Power Module" a practical manual specifically about using components to control DC voltage. The manual explains the basics of voltage control and frequently used switching topologies. Coverage includes the mechanical design of a power module and its impact on EMC … [Read more...]
Chance to Win Oscillioscopes During Scope Month
Starting March 1st, Keysight Technologies starts their annual Scope Month. They’ll be giving away more than $500,000 in oscilloscopes - one every day and two on Fridays. By registering, you’ll receive helpful measurement tips; access to the Oscilloscopes Blog; new content on oscilloscopes; access to industry experts; and your chance to win a scope. To register, click here. … [Read more...]
Automotive-Focused Wireless Communication Test House Opens Lab
Together with several automotive technology partners, wireless communication test and consulting firm Cetecom (Paris) has launched the Open Lab Alliance (OLA), aimed to accelerate the development of connected vehicle and autonomous vehicle technologies. The OLA provides real world in-lab test scenarios necessary for developing connected vehicle subsystems and applications. It … [Read more...]
ESA’s Mercury Orbiter Tested for EMC
ESA’s Mercury orbiter underwent electromagnetic compatibility, radiated emission and susceptibility testing last month inside the Maxwell chamber of ESA’s ESTEC Test Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. If the orbiter of the BepiColombo mission seems to stand at an unusual angle above its test chamber floor, that’s because it does – intentionally so. “We are performing two … [Read more...]
Meeting the Challenge of “Universal" Coverage in the Coming 5G Era
The University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) has recently published a white paper on potential coverage and reliability of 5G networks, especially in rural areas. Dr. Tim Brown of 5GIC, reports, "Everyone can foresee a gigantic capacity challenge for wireless networks over the coming decades. The research community is responding well by developing 5G technology in … [Read more...]
Engineers of Major Plane Company Back New Labor Contracts
Fortune Magazine reports Boeing Company's engineers’ union ratified new six-year labor contracts by a wide margin recently that will ensure stability during a period when the plane maker is bringing out new versions of its two most profitable jetliners, the 737 and the 777. More than 70 percent of voters backed the agreements for two bargaining units of the Society … [Read more...]
Has The EMC Directive Achieved What It Set Out To Do?
NewElectronics (UK) has written a white paper on the EMC Directive - its history, the new legislative framework and how it affected the Directive, how well it’s being enforced, and market surveillance. The EMC Directive is all about electrical interference – both emissions and immunity. As test house TUV puts it ‘Do not disturb. Do not be disturbed’. When enacted in 1989, the … [Read more...]
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