June 2026

Getting a Bluetooth device to market in one country is a project — getting it to market in 30 is a whole other challenge. Grace Lin maps the regulatory landscape across major economies, from FCC certification to RF exposure rules and labeling requirements worldwide.

MIL-STD-461H dropped in April 2026 with no new requirements and no new test equipment — so what changed? Ken Javor breaks down every substantive update, and why most of them exist to stop EMC lawyers from gaming the standard.

Dropping a pre-certified radio module into your product sounds like a compliance shortcut — but integration choices can still land you back at the test lab. Cory Bradshaw and Craig Brandt explain what manufacturers need to get right before and after the module goes in.

Before you can calculate shielding effectiveness, you need to know whether your material qualifies as a good conductor — and that's where loss tangent comes in. This deep dive connects the math to the physics, from plane wave propagation to practical near- and far-field shielding formulas.

Grounding is the foundation of any ESD control program — but doing it right means more than just connecting a wrist strap. This primer covers the key requirements of ANSI/ESD S20.20, common grounding techniques, and what's coming in the next revision of S6.1.