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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...]

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...]

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...]

Russia Seeks Invisible Air Defense Missiles

 

(June 16, 2016) Recently the Russian newspaper, Izvestia, reported that Russia wanted to hide its most sophisticated air defense missiles from U.S. spy satellites and spy planes by using containers that block the emission of electromagnetic pulses caused when operating electronic equipment. Citing an anonymous Ministry of Defense source, the Russian newspaper said the S-400 … [Read more...]

List of Common EMC Standards

 

You shouldn’t be surprised that Wikipedia has a comprehensive list of EMC standards. The list includes CISPR, IEC, ISO, European EN, FCC, and MIL-STD. There is also a link to the GR-1089-CORE EMC and product safety standards for network telecommunications equipment. A good link to bookmark. Click here. … [Read more...]

New Conductive and Resistive Inks Introduced

 

Creative Materials has introduced two new conductive and resistive ink products: 126-33, a new silver-filled electrically conductive ink, and 126-28, a low-resistance carbon ink. Typical applications include biomedical applications, biosensors, electronic component manufacturing, RFID antennas, EMI/RFI shielding of polyimide flexible circuits, polymer thick film circuitry, … [Read more...]

The ANSI-ASC-C63® Workshop July 22-23, 2016, in Ottawa

 

Topics to be presented include ANSI C63.4, CISPR 22, and ANSI C63.25. Don Heirman, Jason Nixon (special guest speaker from Innovation, Science and Economic Development – ISED - Canada, formerly Industry Canada) and Zhong Chen are presenting. This combined workshop is presented in two parts over a two day period. Topics covered include: (1) review of the 2014 edition of ANSI … [Read more...]

CISPR 35 Up for Final Vote

 

The final draft international standard (FDIS) for CISPR 35 has just been circulated to national Committees, with a closing date for voting of July 8 2016. It is dual-voted in CENELEC as well, but it might pass in IEC but not in CENELEC, so the future of the EN clone, EN 55035, is still somewhat uncertain. CISPR 35 is a new standard for broadcast receivers, information … [Read more...]

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