A new measuring station, model AMS-8061 Area Monitor, is now available from Narda Safety Test Solutions. This autonomous measuring station monitors electromagnetic fields from 100 kHz to 6 GHz in up to 20 freely definable frequency bands. This allows the field exposure levels due to GSM, UMTS, and LTE as well as DAB and DVB-T to be recorded separately. The measurement conforms … [Read more...]
The Wearable Future
The IEC has released a blog article, The Wearable Future, that explains the trend of smart wearable devices, the potential market, and how they are monitoring the technology and applying appropriate EMC and safety standards. Several new interesting wearable devices are described that were announced at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last … [Read more...]
How To Achieve FCC Compliance in Six Steps
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...]
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...]
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...]
New Oscilloscope Expansion Announced
RIGOL Technologies, Inc. announced an expansion in their portfolio of mixed signal oscilloscopes. The new DS1000Z Plus series allows customers to purchase a traditional 4 channel analog scope then upgrade with 16 channel logic analysis capability at a later time, allowing customers to add additional capabilities as they are needed. As analysis needs grow there are 5 … [Read more...]
EMC Directive 2014/30/EU Becomes Mandatory April 2016
Elite Electronic Engineering highlights some of the changes between the current EMC Directive 2004/30/EC and the new EMC Directive 2014/30/EU in a white paper published October 14, 2014. It’s time for manufacturers, importers, and distributors to adapt their CE Marking conformity assessment processes to the new directive by April 2016. The new directive will be required for … [Read more...]
New Formats in Firmware Upgrade for Spectrum Analyzer
Jason Chonko, applications and support engineer for Rigol North America, announced a new firmware upgrade for the DSA815 spectrum analyzer. The new firmware adds JPG and PNG formats to the Quick Print Options. Prior to this, the only screen print format was BMP, which doesn’t import very well into Microsoft Word. To change the Quick Print format, press SYSTEM > Down Arrow … [Read more...]
How White Hat Hackers Stole Crypto Keys from an Offline Laptop in Another Room
In recent years, "air-gapped" computers, which are disconnected from the internet so hackers can not remotely access their contents, have become a regular target for security researchers. Now, researchers from Tel Aviv University and Technion have gone a step further than past efforts, and found a way to steal data from air-gapped machines while their equipment is in another … [Read more...]
Hackers Take Hospital Offline, Demand $3.6M Ransom
For more than a week, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center has been in a state of emergency after a malware attack shut down the network unless a ransom of $3.6 million was paid. The attack has compromised the hospital’s ability to care for patients as medical professionals have been unable to access patient records such as lab reports, X-rays and MRI results. Currently, the … [Read more...]
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